Rory McIlroy says he’s ready to compete for the Claret Jug on home turf this time. It might be just what he needed to fully emerge from his post-Masters funk. The 2025 Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, McIlroy’s home country and the site of Irishman Shane Lowry’s 2019 British Open win and coronation as ...

Is Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts a ‘supporting-cast merchant?’ Has he been carried to success by his ultra-talented offensive line and the super-group of explosive play-makers the team has surrounded him with? Not in his head coach’s opinion. ‘I think that’s bulls—,’ Sirianni said of the narrative, according to reports. ‘I mean, he plays the most important position in all ...

The Tampa Bay Rays will host any 2025 MLB playoff games at their temporary home of George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged Tuesday, July 15. Speaking to reporters in Atlanta on the afternoon of the All-Star Game, Manfred acknowledged concerns that have been raised about the stadium’s capacity of just over 11,000 being far smaller than ...

A bipartisan duo bent on imposing strict sanctions against Russia are giving President Donald Trump some runway after his latest, hardened stance against Moscow. Senators Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., have pressed for stringent sanctions against Russia and its energy trade partners, and they have been working to refine their bill to meet requirements from the White House ...

Constitutional legal scholar Randy Barnett admonished Democrats’ rhetoric claiming democracy is at risk under the Trump administration when ‘the biggest constitutional scandal in US history’ played out under the Biden administration with the use of the autopen.  ‘For all the talk of a ‘constitutional crisis’ or threats to ‘our democracy’ having the executive branch systematically run by unknown subordinates of ...

Major League Soccer Golden Boot co-leader Sam Surridge, and former league MVPs Hany Mukhtar and Carles Gil are among six players added to the 2025 MLS All-Star roster, the league announced Tuesday, July 15.  Surridge has been a frontrunner in the MLS Golden Boot race this season with 16 goals – a mark recently tied by Inter Miami All-Star Lionel ...

The WNBA’s Portland expansion team is reigniting the flames of history ahead of its 2026 debut. On Tuesday, the league’s 15th franchise announced the team is reviving a familiar name: the Portland Fire. The organization, owned by RAJ Sports since 2024, is reimagining the name from the WNBA’s original Fire franchise that launched in 2000 before folding after three seasons. ...

ATLANTA – He has never done this before, never put so much emphasis on what amounts to less than 10 percent of a football season.  One game. One lousy game is now everything at LSU. “Because now it’s a goal,” LSU coach Brian Kelly says. “A tangible, specific and difficult goal.” And a flashpoint to what has become a critical ...

Senate Republicans are gearing up to advance a multibillion-dollar clawback package from President Donald Trump, but dissent among the ranks threatens to stymie the process. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., intends to put Trump’s $9.4 billion rescissions package, which would scrape back congressionally approved funding for a variety of so-called ‘woke’ programs that fund foreign aid and public broadcasting. ...

House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Anthony Bernal, who served as chief of staff for first lady Jill Biden and as an assistant to President Joe Biden, to testify at a deposition Wednesday. Bernal refused to appear for a transcribed interview on June 26 as part of the Oversight Committee’s investigation into the alleged cover-up of Biden’s mental decline and ...