Andrew Kerth 
Jannik Sinner owns four Grand Slam titles, all won inside a two-year burst that made him world No. 1, the first Italian man ever to hold either distinction, and tomorrow he defends the most famous of them in a Wimbledon semifinal against the one opponent whose records dwarf everyone’s: Novak Djokovic, whom Sinner leads 6-5 … Read more
The run fits the career: two major titles (the 2023 US Open and 2025 French Open), double-digit tour titles including the WTA Finals, a former doubles No. 1 ranking, and a résumé that has been rewriting “youngest since” lists since she beat Venus Williams at this same tournament as a 15-year-old qualifier. The chart below … Read more
The 2026 Genesis Scottish Open is underway at The Renaissance Club (July 9-12), and the field is the strongest non-major gathering of the summer: world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Rory McIlroy, No. 4 Matt Fitzpatrick, LIV stars Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton via the co-sanction, and a defending champion, Chris Gotterup, who arrives … Read more
Every July, the best golfers on earth do something they almost never do the week before a major: play a full tournament. The Masters, PGA, and U.S. Open all see stars rest, scout, and arrive early; The Open Championship alone gets the opposite, a stampede into the Genesis Scottish Open, where this week the world’s … Read more
The Scottish Open winners list reads like a preview of golf history written a week early: Phil Mickelson won it in 2013 and lifted the Claret Jug seven days later; Rory McIlroy’s 2023 win came on one of the great closing shots of his career; and last year Chris Gotterup outdueled McIlroy at The Renaissance … Read more
The 2026 Genesis Scottish Open carries a $9 million purse, with $1.62 million and 500 FedExCup points going to Sunday’s winner at The Renaissance Club, plus, in the sponsor’s signature flourish, a Genesis GV60 Magma to drive home. As the co-sanctioned tune-up before next week’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, it’s one of the richest … Read more
For twelve years, the answer to “who has scored the most goals in World Cup history?” was Miroslav Klose, the German poacher whose 16 goals across four tournaments looked like one of football’s more durable records. Then the 2026 World Cup arrived, and in the space of three weeks the record did not just fall, … Read more
Novak Djokovic owns 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any man in tennis history, and as of this week, the number is under live threat of becoming 25. The 39-year-old just survived the longest quarterfinal ever played at Wimbledon (five hours, fifteen minutes) to reach a record 15th semifinal at the All England … Read more
Shohei Ohtani led off the bottom of the first at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, turned on a Michael Lorenzen sinker, and became the 170th member of baseball’s 300 home run club, the first Japanese-born player ever to reach the mark, in the fifth-fewest games in MLB history. It capped a remarkable three-week rush on … Read more
Every MLB team runs on two rosters at once, and the difference between them explains half the transactions you’ll ever read. The 26-man roster is the team you watch: the players in uniform tonight, eligible to play. The 40-man roster is the organization’s protected inventory: everyone under a major-league contract, including a dozen-plus prospects and … Read more