Andrew Kerth 
The winner of the World Cup third-place match receives three things: $29 million in FIFA prize money, bronze medals for the full 26-player squad and coaching staff, and an official podium finish in the tournament’s final standings. There is no trophy for third place — the medals and the money are the prize. The loser … Read more
Yes — the World Cup third-place match can go to extra time and penalties. Under FIFA regulations, the bronze final follows exactly the same format as every other knockout match: if the score is level after 90 minutes, the teams play two 15-minute periods of extra time, and if it’s still tied after 120 minutes, … Read more
The Open Championship has crowned a Champion Golfer of the Year since 1860, making its winners list the oldest continuous record in major championship golf, older than the sport’s other three majors combined at the time of its founding. The names run from Old and Young Tom Morris through the Great Triumvirate, Palmer’s transatlantic revival, … Read more
When you watch an NFL game, you’ll hear announcers say things like “they’re in a nickel package” or “that was a Cover 2 look.” To the average fan it can sound like jargon. To coaches and players, defensive formations are the chess moves that define every play — how many big bodies are on the … Read more
If The Open Championship ends in a tie after 72 holes, the Claret Jug is decided by a three-hole aggregate playoff: the tied players go back out, play three designated holes, and the lowest combined score wins. If they’re still level after those three, it goes to sudden death, hole by hole, until someone breaks … Read more
Which Open Championship venue is the hardest? Measured by the most honest yardstick available — the average winning score relative to par in Opens since 1999 — the answer is Carnoustie among the regular hosts, with Turnberry’s lone modern Open technically posting a tougher number. At the other end, St Andrews, Royal Liverpool and Royal … Read more
Here’s the honest answer up front: The Open Championship has no official record for most birdies in a tournament. The R&A’s record book tracks scoring — lowest rounds, lowest totals, largest margins — but it has never published tournament-long birdie counts the way the USGA does for the U.S. Open, where Rickie Fowler’s 23 birdies … Read more
Seventy golfers and ties make the cut at The Open Championship. After 36 holes, the 156-player field is trimmed to the 70 lowest scores — plus anyone tied at that number — and everyone else goes home before the weekend. That rule is in effect right now at the 2026 Open at Royal Birkdale, where … Read more
Every NFL season starts in the same place: a 23,000-seat stadium in Canton, Ohio, next door to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame Game is the league’s annual preseason opener, played during enshrinement weekend as the new class of Hall of Famers is honored on the field. In 2026, that means … Read more
Every July, as NFL training camps open, the same three letters start appearing next to star players’ names: PUP. The Physically Unable to Perform list is one of the most-searched and least-understood roster designations in football — partly because “on the PUP list” in July and “on the PUP list” in September mean two very … Read more