Golf’s Great New Redemption Story Is a Little Too Easy June 18, 2024
Minutes after Bryson DeChambeau won his second U.S. Open on Sunday, the golfer gave his win a dramatic flourish. The tournament site was Pinehurst, North Carolina, the same place where DeChambeau’s fellow Southern Methodist University alumnus, Payne ...
Charles Barkley Is Open for Business June 04, 2024
Inside the NBA has almost died twice. This time, the man responsible is Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Two years ago, the threat came from Charles Barkley. Barkley toyed with leaving Ernie, Kenny, and Shaq for an announcing job with LIV Gol...
Scottie Scheffler Is Golf’s Most Pleasant Destroyer April 16, 2024
It’s a shopworn cliché that the Masters doesn’t really start until the back nine on Sunday. But clichés get shopworn for a reason—they tend to be true. Scottie Scheffler, the world’s no. 1 player, the 2022 champion at Augusta, and the prohibitive fav...
The Humane Genius of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ April 12, 2024
Ladies and gents, Curb Your Enthusiasm is finished. The final episode of its twelfth and final season aired on Sunday, and now it’s time for Larry David to gallop off into the sunset—or onto the golf course. Apparently, I’m qualified to give my thoug...