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Tiger Woods is staying on the sidelines. The fifteen-time major champion will not enter the two thousand twenty six Open Championship, marking a second consecutive year without a major appearance following his DUI arrest back in March. The greatest golfer of his generation, and right now the game is moving on without him.
Shifting to the hardwood, the NBA is staring down a serious overhaul of its draft lottery system, and the numbers behind it are genuinely striking. Over the past twenty years, landing a top five pick has not translated into championship hardware the way you might expect. Tim Bontemps breaks down the proposed changes, and there are real questions about whether the cure is better than the disease.
And in a move that blends football royalty with baseball business, Travis Kelce has purchased a minority ownership stake in the Cleveland Guardians, the franchise from his hometown. The Chiefs tight end is adding a front office footprint to one of the most decorated careers in NFL history. From the end zone to the ownership suite, Kelce keeps expanding his reach.
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