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I recently took a trip to Ping’s PLD Fitting Lab at their HQ in Phoenix, Ariz. and quite honestly had my mind blown. When developing their new Scottsdale TEC putters, Ping utilized studies in ‘Quiet Eye’ theory to help develop their new Eye Q alignment aid. The aid has since gone on to give Tony Finau his first ever-strokes gained putting lead in an event, as well as powering Wyndham Clark to a few wins this season. The question is, what makes the Eye Q alignment aid so intriguing? I found out with Ping’s Erik Henrikson. As explained in the…
He was standing in the ring at Lumpinee Stadium when the announcer started speaking. He thought he was getting another bonus. Then the word “contract” landed. He still could not fully process it when he walked out. Taiga “Black Samurai” Orii stopped Julian Mayorga via ground-and-pound TKO at 3:03 of the first round at The Inner Circle on June 5 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, to claim the US$100,000 ONE Championship contract. The 30-year-old Japanese fighter has now finished every opponent he has ever faced across his professional career, adding Mayorga to a list that includes Zar Mawia in…
Welcome to the second 2026 summer window edition of The Transfer DealSheet.Our team of dedicated writers, including David Ornstein, will take you inside the market to explain the deals being worked on in what promises to be an extremely busy transfer window. This includes the players who could arrive and the ones on their way out, across the Premier League and beyond in a World Cup summer.The information found within this article has been gathered according to The Athletic’s sourcing guidelines. Unless stated, our reporters have spoken to more than one person briefed on each deal before offering the clubs involved the…
One question every nine seconds is simple enough, surely…Thanks for taking part in another Quickfire Quiz: we’ve pulled another eclectic mix of challenges from the archives to keep your mental conditioning sharp, from the graphic puzzles of world-renowned crests to the statistical giants of the domestic game. We’ve got a fresh slate of quizzes to tackle: courtesy of Kwizly.We’re kicking things off with a massive test of your visual recognition: we want to see if you can guess 100 correct answers in FourFourTwo’s Big Badge Quiz. We’ve stripped away all the text and identifiers to leave only the symbols, colours,…
Image Credit: Kalshi Google has updated its ad policy to prohibit ads for prediction markets from appearing in Ohio. The move comes as major operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket ramp up advertising and promotions through social media. Google announced the update last week, stating that the ban is effective from June 2. The company already prohibits prediction market ads from appearing in Nevada. In other states, the tech company allows platforms holding Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) licenses to promote their businesses. Other States To Follow? Google also prohibits prediction markets that promote content it categorizes as online gambling. …
MIAMI, FLORIDA – APRIL 10: Jon Jones, co-owner of the Dirty Boxing Championship, attends to the DBX6: Michael Garcia v Rob Perez at James L. Knight Center on April 10, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images) | Getty Images Welcome to Midnight Mania! Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Monday, June 8, 2026. Max Holloway unbothered by welterweight move for Conor McGregor rematch: ‘Weight ain’t nothing but a number’: I don’t think that a few pounds of muscle is nearly as much of an advantage of five years…
As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a single phrase. You can read the articles in one place here.“Najahat kurat alqadam hin fashal kuli shay’ akhar” — Football has succeeded when all else failed.It was the morning after the night before, and most onlookers inside Monterrey airport heard the Iraq fans before they saw them.The drum beat and the chanting, growing in volume. Perhaps a hundred or so of them, dancing through the departure…
Add as preferred source on Google Karl-Anthony Towns spent years as Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal’s favorite punching bag, the big man they said played soft. Two games into the Finals, both have flipped, and they are calling him the MVP of the series.Towns has played well enough that Barkley and even O’Neal, one of his longtime critics, now consider him the Finals MVP so far. The shift is striking from two analysts who built a running segment around questioning Towns’ toughness.The defense is what changed their mindsTowns has drawn the Wembanyama assignment and held up. When Towns was the…
G2 endured a few frustrating hiccups en route to Stage 3, but got the job done against BIG to secure their passage into the next round. The scoreline itself was convincing, especially on Inferno when Guy “NertZ” Iluz posted a 2.69 rating after dominating the B bomb-site. Having permabanned the map on ENCE and HEROIC, it’s a map NertZ used to struggle on but a few tweaks at boot camp has got him firing on all cylinders. Read more G2 breeze past BIG on their way to Stage 3 Since he joined mid-season, NertZ tells us that feeling comfortable on…
President Donald Trump arrived in Manhattan just before 7:20 p.m. ET on Marine One, taking a short flight from New Jersey. The motorcade took the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive from Wall Street up to the Garden, passing several Knicks watch parties along the way. Reporters traveling with Trump counted two middle fingers and one thumbs down, signs that said “Nobody wants you here,” “Trump must go,” and “Impeach. Convict. Remove.”Police and Secret Service agents set up a wide security perimeter around the Garden starting at 4 p.m. No one without a ticket or work credentials could get through…