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David PurdumJan 4, 2026, 06:37 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions It’s easy to say this now with the year behind us, but looking back at 2025, some betting decisions were, perhaps … miscalculated. A few examples: This past offseason, DraftKings reported taking a $25,000 …

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Dre Waters Jan 2, 2026, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL action continued on Friday night as the Los Angeles Golf Club faced off against Boston Common Golf at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. After going winless during the inaugural TGL season in 2025, Boston Common picked up its first win in …

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Dec 31, 2025, 03:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Luke Littler showed he’s got wheels, Women’s sports excelled, Ange Postecoglou escaped into box sets, and Ben Stokes reignited an old feud with Ian “Beefy” Botham. In 2025, the stories of sport were shaped as much by what was said as what was done — here …

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Associated Press Dec 30, 2025, 10:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf will end the year with no decision whether the Official World Golf Ranking will approve the 54-man league to receive ranking points like golf’s other tours around the world. The OWGR also said tournaments that are played over 54 holes or even …

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Mark SchlabachDec 30, 2025, 12:08 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods turned 50 on Tuesday, making the 15-time major championship winner eligible to compete on the PGA Tour Champions circuit once he recovers from his latest …

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Dre Waters Dec 28, 2025, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The second season of TGL action kicked off Sunday afternoon, as last year’s champion, Atlanta Drive Golf Club, went head-to-head against the 2025 runner-up, New York Golf Club. Atlanta picked up right where it left off last year, beating New York 5-4 in a …

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Associated Press Dec 23, 2025, 11:35 PM ET Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, whose 113 worldwide victories are the most of any player from Japan, died Wednesday in his home country after a battle with colon cancer, the Japan Golf Tour said. He was 78. Ozaki was revered in Japan, a big hitter with a sense of …

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Mark SchlabachDec 23, 2025, 05:36 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka isn’t returning to LIV Golf in 2026, the league announced Tuesday. Koepka, 35, will be replaced by Talor Gooch as captain of …

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Mark SchlabachDec 23, 2025, 10:40 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The second TGL season tees off Sunday with a rematch of last year’s SoFi Cup finals, in which Atlanta Drive GC defeated New York Golf Club in …

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Associated Press Dec 22, 2025, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three years after Mito Pereira was one hole away from winning a major, the 30-year-old from Chile announced on social media Monday that he was retiring from professional golf. Pereira joined the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League in 2023 and earned just over $11.5 million …

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