Sunday’s wild PGA Championship final round, which saw leader Mito Pereira dramatically stumble with a double bogey on the 18th hole and Justin Thomas rally from seven strokes down to win in a playoff with Will Zalatoris, averaged 5.27 million viewers on CBS. That’s down from the average of 6.5 million
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Padres, Mets, Rays, Angels among MLB’s best values for fans: study
It’s still early in the season, and the standings will certainly look a bit different by fall, but there are already some stark differences when it comes to the best pocketbook deals for Major League Baseball fans this season. The annual MLB Fan Cost Index, produced since 1991 by Chicago-based
8 card collecting tips to make the hobby more fun
Card collectors sometimes get caught up in trying to become “card investors,” which is a fine thing that our spouses would certainly appreciate. But why did we first become card collectors? Because it was fun! (Unless you got into it as an investor only, which means your fun is measured
The art of effective communication: An interview with the WWE’s Seth Rollins
If you are a professional wrestling fan, the name Seth Rollins will be very familiar. Rollins is one of the most accomplished performers working today, a standard-bearer for the WWE, the most well-known wrestling promotion in the United States. On Saturday, Rollins meets up in a storyline against Edge at
‘Ted Lasso’ star Brendan Hunt 20 Questions: On Coach Beard, Season 2, the Cubs and bowling in Chicago
For a long time, Brendan Hunt lived in orbit of Wrigley Field. He grew up in Chicago, and for a while he lived near Addison and Broadway, a couple of long fly balls from the stadium box office, and also close to Lincoln and Wellington, just a little further afield.
‘A cultural masterpiece’: the world’s best new public libraries – in pictures
On Monday, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) announced the five finalists for the annual Public Library of the Year award, which honours newly built public libraries. Libraries are assessed according to how they combine functional architecture, information technology, and local culture. This year’s shortlisted institutions include
Guest viewpoint: Masai Ujiri on the impact of the Basketball Africa League — ‘More investment, less charity. This is what Africa wants’
Editor’s Note: Masai Ujiri is the president of basketball operations for the Toronto Raptors, one of the highest-ranking Black executives in all of sports. He built the Raptors into an NBA champion in 2019. Below is a guest column that he has written for The Athletic. I was 12, or
Wimbledon working with Beeple to auction perks-laden NFT of Andy Murray’s historic win
What do you get when mixing Beeple (the artist who sold an NFT for $69 million), Wimbledon and a knight who broke a 77-year British drought? One of the most innovative nonfungible token (NFT) sales to date, and which could re-order the market for these digital highlights. Wimbledon, through a
This month’s best paperbacks: Alan Davies, Monique Roffey and a ‘near-perfect’ ghost story
The Weekend Charlotte Wood A glorious novel about old age by the Australian novelist Three women in their 70s gather to clear out the beach house of their deceased friend Sylvie. They are: Jude, a type-A perfectionist who used to work as a restaurant manager but is now a “kept
‘It’s where we want to be’: Ice Cube sees BIG3, Triller as ideal media partners
Having recently celebrated his 52nd birthday, Ice Cube’s place as an OG in hip hop has long been cemented, but he’s not stuck on the old ways of doing business. Cube told The Athletic that the BIG3 basketball league, co-founded with entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, is committed to that, as