SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua were scheduled to play golf with President Donald Trump at his course in New Jersey on Sunday as college sports leaders continue to look to the federal government for…
After a six-month-long search, Craig Kessler has been appointed as the newest commissioner of the LPGA, the tour announced Thursday.Kessler, 39, replaces interim commissioner Liz Moore, who stepped in when Mollie Marcoux Samaan resigned in December.Appointed by an LPGA search…
MoneyCall Newsletter 📈 | This is The Athletic’s weekly sports business newsletter. Sign up here to receive MoneyCall directly in your inbox. Read past editions here. Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic’s weekly sports business cheat sheet. Name-dropped today: Rory McIlroy, Paige Bueckers,…
Golf is a sport rich with iconic numbers — 82 wins for Sam Snead and Tiger Woods; 18 majors for Jack Nicklaus; 15 sub-60 rounds shot in PGA Tour history. So here’s a golf broadcasting number that is really impressive:This…
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 Masters Tournament. The 10th hole at Augusta National bends severely to the left but not that far left. A 21-year-old Rory McIlroy, leading the final round of the 2011 Masters, immediately loosened…
Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic’s weekly sports business cheat sheet. Name-dropped today: Jim Nantz, Scottie Scheffler, Judge Claudia Wilken, Stewart Mandel, Azzi Fudd, Alex Ovechkin, Billie Jean King, David Letterman, Ludvig Aberg and more. Let’s go:Driving the ConversationCan familiar Masters cut through…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — This is white sandwich bread’s moment.The 2025 Masters is here, and more than Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele will be on display this week at Augusta National Golf Club for all the fans — excuse…
Goodbye, friends. I’m planning on retiring in 2036.Jim Nantz told a Scottish golf magazine in a story published Wednesday that he plans to broadcast through the playing of the 100th Masters in 2036. Like the scent of azaleas and pimento…
Sports business analyst Joe Pompliano sits down with two-time golf major winner and LIV Golf superstar Jon Rahm. Rahm discusses his first year with LIV Golf and moving away from the PGA Tour, how LIV Golf has evolved as a…
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