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Scottie Scheffler hits a tee shot during the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, in May 2024. Every superhero has an origin story and Scottie Scheffler’s narrative arc can be traced back to November 15, 2020 – a series of events that barely anybody noticed at the time. That was the day Scheffler and Tiger Woods played together in the Masters tournament: the first and only time […]
Keegan Bradley put an end to months of speculation on Wednesday by breaking his own heart. He’s betting that personal sacrifice is going to lead to Ryder Cup glory in a month’s time. The American captain of the Ryder Cup team has spent the last year and a half getting ready for the end-of-September showdown at Bethpage Black on Long Island, figuring out how best to rally […]
Robert Wirehag (center) arranges youth soccer games in the Swedish city of Uppsala. photo illustration by CNN Every Saturday night throughout the year, Robert Wirehag – a pastor and former youth soccer player for Swedish club IK Sirius – arranges “night football” in Gottsunda, a suburb of Uppsala, Sweden’s fourth-largest city. Uppsala is traditionally known as a peaceful university town roughly 44 miles from the capital of Stockholm, […]
Edwards celebrates a triple jump world record in Gothenburg, Sweden in August 1995. Stu Forster/Action Images/Reuters Arriving in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, triple jumper Jonathan Edwards made an unlikely purchase in duty free. He decided to pick up a pair of sunglasses – not for sunning himself on the city’s ample and attractive coastline, but because he wanted them for the upcoming world championships, the […]
Carlos Alcaraz dazzles Arthur Ashe Stadium with a behind-the-back winner. A Moment That Lit Up Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe Stadium erupted as Carlos Alcaraz improvised a dazzling behind-the-back return during his7-6(3), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Arthur Rinderknech. Sprinting past the ball, the Spaniard flicked his racket behind his back,stunning the crowd as his opponent netted the volley. Fans rose to their feet in amazement, while […]
Carlos Alcaraz’s new buzzcut stunned tennis fans worldwide. A Haircut Heard Around the World When world No. 2 and five-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz stepped onto the US Open stage with a freshly shaved buzzcut, the tennis world erupted. But behind the jokes, memes, and hot takes is another story: that of his loyal barber, Víctor Martínez, who has unexpectedly found himself in the […]
