My nephew.

In 2012.

Still valid.

LIV from Mexico City, a golf league thrust into tumult LIV's returns will no longer be measured in decades but in quarters.

Went to Mexico City to separate fact from fiction with what's happening at LIV Golf. The answer: It's complicated. www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...

Ben Wallace going snarl instead of smile for a standing O at LCA is the playoff basketball I’m here for

Did Steve Kerr just start his Warriors goodbye? He sounds ready for anything The coach who presided over one of the great NBA dynasties doesn't have a contract for next season. And he sounds free, no matter what.

Steve Kerr and the potential goodbye

www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

LIV Golf’s future in question as Saudi Arabian backers consider pulling funding: Sources Members of the LIV Golf leadership team were first told on Sunday following the Masters that they would soon lose their positions.

Our reporting on the future of LIV Golf and a seismic moment in professional golf.

@theathletic.com | @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

Tweet from @RyanDeto of Axios: BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is being sold to The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, the same nonprofit that owns the Baltimore Banner, sources inside a Post-Gazette meeting tell me. The P-G was set to close May 3 but appears now to be preserved. More details tk

Here’s some good journalism news (for once).

Last year belonged to the world. This year belongs to Rory and the McIlroys

Rory McIlroy’s first Masters win was so big, and so cathartic, and so history-bending, that it had to be a shared experience.

This one? It was in the family.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

Oh.

Oh my god.

Rory McIlroy’s attempt to repeat as Masters champion cannot compare to the original (Gift Article) In 1966, as Jack Nicklaus prepared to defend his Masters title, a dear friend passed in a plane crash. He pressed on.

In hindsight, all the attention spent this week remembering Jack's victory in '86 should've maybe been spent on what he did 20 years earlier. Because no matter how tough Rory’s attempt seems, it doesn't reside in the same neighborhood as what Nicklaus did in 1966.​
www.nytimes.com/athletic/718...

Bad news After 36 years, the garage fridge finally died. Been through a lot together. Outlasted 3 trucks, 2 wives. Went out quiet, like a cowboy. Must've kept 10,000 beers cold. Thinking about giving it a proper funeral

"Must've kept 10,000 beers cold"

Masters Sunday is in danger of being about as compelling as the C-flight semifinals at your local club.

The only thing that can save it is a Saturday that tilts the leaderboard.

But Rory McIlroy’s six-shot lead may be too great.

Inside Jon Gruden’s disastrous second run with the Raiders Mark Davis thought it was a return to The Raider Way; in time, he would learn Gruden wasn't the football savant he played on TV.

Jon Gruden's run with the Raiders was somehow worse than it looked, believe it or not. Great read today from @zakkeefer.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

Entering each of the last four Masters, there was one clear top player riding a wave of momentum.

However, there is more uncertainty this year 👀

We have the top numbers and things to know ahead of the 90th Masters Tournament.

🎁 Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

The man who saw everything: Lawrence Bennett’s long drive through Augusta’s history “Probably nobody on the planet knows more about Augusta National than me."

"He wasn’t meant to be seen. But he saw everything."

an incredible piece of writing, courtesy of @jerrybrewer.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

No one on this or any other planet knows more about Michigan basketball than Dylan and it is 10/10 awesome that he and his site got to cover a national championship. Read every word.

What Ken Griffey Jr. found in the lens at the Masters “There’s that old saying, be comfortable being uncomfortable. That was that whole week at Augusta."

Ken Griffey Jr. Still cooler than any of us could hope to be. Great stuff from @bfquinn.bsky.social.

What Ken Griffey Jr. found in the lens at the Masters “There’s that old saying, be comfortable being uncomfortable. That was that whole week at Augusta."

A story on chasing your interest, changing perspectives, and The Kid at 56

www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

“I will beat Geno’s ass” - Dawn Staley

In what he thought was a private moment, Shota Hayafuji took one step back, turned to the course before him, removed his hat, and, very simply, bowed.

Five years later, we look the moment, the men who made it, and what was shown in the mirror
www.nytimes.com/athletic/716...

this was the height of graphic design. the profession has never found a way to top it

Tiger Woods pleads not guilty in DUI case, demands jury trial Golfer was charged with driving under the influence with property damage, and refusal to submit to a urinalysis test after his Friday crash.

NEWS: Tiger Woods has waived arraignment, entered a not guilty plea on both misdemeanor charges and demanded a trial by jury.

The defense has 10 days to file motions.

More details:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/716...

The Smell of Death, by Edvard Munch, 1895

THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN

CBS turned their news operation into propaganda, kicked Colbert off the air for making too much trouble, and all that just to have Charles Barkley go on the air on one of their most-watched telecasts of the year and say this lmao

The Tiger Woods car crash news is … getting worse.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

Tiger Woods involved in rollover crash in Florida Friday’s accident came three days after Woods, 50, made his return to competitive golf, participating in the TGL Finals.

From @theathletic.com: Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car crash in Florida. His condition is yet to be confirmed.

Nuff said

How were Kegler’s parties?

HORNS DOWN BOILERS UP

No one asked for this and I apologize.