How Bradley put together storybook Travelers win
Keegan Bradley's 2025 Travelers Championship win was jam-packed with drama. Penske presents notable shots and stats from the tournament that made the Ryder Cup chatter even louder for the Team USA captain.
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Caitlin Clark Rejected Spot on Team USA for 2024 Olympics
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Laguna Beach's Fischer sisters honored with USA Water Polo retirement ceremony
Makenzie Fischer was a record-setting water polo player at every stage of her career. Her U.S. national team coach, Adam Krikorian, explained why rather succinctly. 'She could, on any moment's notice, be the best player in the world in any phase of the game,' Krikorian said. 'Whether it was defending the center, playing perimeter defense, on the counterattack, playing six-on-five, shooting from the perimeter, she could literally be the best player in the world.' She holds the Laguna Beach High girls' water polo career scoring with 456 goals, winning two CIF Southern Section titles in 2014 and 2015. Three championships at Stanford University followed, along with Cutino Award nods in 2019 and 2022 for the nation's top collegiate women's water polo player. Fischer is also Stanford's all-time leading scorer with 288 goals, and won Olympic gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics alongside her younger sister Aria to only help cement that legacy. Both Makenzie and Aria Fischer were honored Friday night with a retirement celebration ceremony, prior to the U.S. national team playing an exhibition match against Spain at Irvine's Woollett Aquatics Center. 'I love the water polo community,' said Makenzie, 28, who actually retired back in 2022 after helping Stanford win the national championship, in a pre-match interview. 'It's been a huge part of my life. It's fun to see all of the national team girls and be reintroduced to the spirit of what I really love, which is the team aspect of everything. It's kind of fun to put a bow on everything, because water polo was a really big part of my life and something that still means a lot to me.' She now remains in the Bay Area working as a mechanical engineer. Aria Fischer, the 2023 Cutino winner who won three CIF championships at Laguna Beach and three NCAA titles at Stanford, was unable to be at Friday's ceremony. Makenzie said her younger sister, now 26, is working at a production company in London. Family members present included parents Erich and Leslie. Erich Fischer, who still coaches at Laguna Beach, was a two-time national champion in water polo at Stanford himself and an Olympian in 1992. 'I think it's fun to have water polo as a common thread,' Makenzie Fischer said. 'He clearly loves it, he's still coaching. It's always been a fun part of our family. We love watching the Stanford games, the national team games. It's kind of fun to be able to transition to a new role as a spectator, have a little bit less of a front seat but still be able to talk about it with him. It's definitely something that bonds us, for sure.' Team USA edged defending Olympic gold medalist Spain in the exhibition match that followed the ceremony, 9-8. Jenna Flynn led the Americans with three goals, while Ryann Neushul scored the match-winning power play goal with 1:06 remaining. Goalkeeper Amanda Longan made 13 saves. The match was the first international match of the new quad for Team USA, which finished fourth at the Paris Olympics last summer. 'We are a newer team, which is super exciting, and I think it gives us a lot of wiggle room,' said Flynn, who plays for Stanford and was a member of the Paris Olympics group last year. 'Spain is a super-talented team, and that competition between the U.S. and Spain is just really strong for as long as I've been in the water polo world. It's definitely a privilege to come here and explore with this young team, but against such good competitors.' Laguna Beach alumna Emma Lineback had a goal, an assist and a field block for Team USA. Lineback, a left-handed attacker coming off a second-team All-American season for UCLA as a redshirt junior, was aiming for a spot on the Paris squad but was not selected. Now, she said she has a short-term goal of making the U.S. roster for her first World Aquatics Championships next month in Singapore. 'It makes you rethink what the little wins are, because you're playing with the best of the best every day,' Lineback said of being back with the national team. 'It pushes you to work really hard, harder than you think is possible. That was kind of my motivation to come back, because I knew that I wasn't done growing. I just love this environment. It really is special. College is great, but the buy-in here is just different.' Spain beat Team USA 7-5 on Sunday in the second of the two-match exhibition series, led by a hat trick from Paula Camus. Emily Ausmus led the Americans with a pair of goals. Team USA opens play at the World Aquatics Championships on July 10, with a match against China.
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Panthers star reveals gruesome injury after scoring Stanley Cup winning goal: ‘wanted to throw in towel'
Fittingly, Matthew Tkachuk scored the Stanley Cup winning goal when the Florida Panthers finished off their second consecutive championship Tuesday with a 5-1 victory in Game 6 of the Final against the Edmonton Oilers. Tkachuk is the heart-and-soul of the Panthers, whose addition prior to the 2022-23 season fueled a run of three straight trips to the Stanley Cup Final, and now back-to-back titles. He's also an elite offensive talent, wrapped in the persona of a relentless pit bull. Advertisement But it was even more special that he scored the decisive goal this year in the Final because of what he had to overcome to even be on the ice in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. 'I tore my adductor off the bone and I had some hernia thing, all on the same side,' an emotional Tkachuk explained when interviewed postgame on the ice by TNT. 'I wanted to throw in the towel a bunch of times … I really didn't think I'd be playing [in the playoffs] or at least playing to my capabilities.' The 27-year-old was injured playing for the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off in February. He somehow helped Team USA finish second in the midseason tournament, where they lost to Canada in overtime in the championship game on a goal scored by Oilers superstar Connor McDavid. Advertisement Tkachuk didn't play the remainder of the regular season, and the Panthers dropped to third place in the Atlantic Division, meaning they did not have home-ice advantage in any of the four postseason series they played this year. The bigger concern was if Tkachuk would or could play once the postseason started with a first-round matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He scored two goals and had an assist in Game 1 of that series and the Panthers won the best-of-7 in five games. Tkachuk said he didn't begin to feel healthy until the Stanley Cup Final, though he played in all 23 playoff games this spring, including a seven-game win in Round 2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs and a five-game win over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final. 'The longer the playoffs went, the better I felt,' he said. 'I owe that to the guys for giving me some wiggle room.' Related: 'Oh my God!': Panthers react to Brad Marchand's heroics in Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final against Oilers Matthew Tkachuk declares Panthers 'a dynasty' after Stanley Cup repeat Tkachuk finished strong for the Panthers, who won the final two games after the series was tied 2-2, and four of five after losing Game 1 in overtime on the road in Edmonton. He had three goals, four assists and seven points against the Oilers, recording at least one point in five of the games. He scored two power-play goals and assisted on Sam Reinhart's goal in the dying seconds of regulation in Game 4 before the Panthers lost that one in overtime. Advertisement On Tuesday, Tkachuk wired a shot past Stuart Skinner with just 46.4 seconds remaining in the first period to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. It was a period that Florida dominated, yet led by only one goal until Tkachuk's crucial tally signaled that this wasn't going to be Edmonton's night nor series. 'This one is more rewarding to me. Just everything I had to overcome. I didn't know if I'd be playing. And it just shows how unbelievable our group is, the depth that allowed me to get my footing early in the playoffs. I owe a lot of people a lot of thanks yous — our doctors, our trainers, all of our support staff that don't get enough credit. I would not be here without them. 'I owe them this one.' Advertisement Reinhart scored four of Florida's five goals Tuesday to become the sixth player in Stanley Cup Final history to have that many in one game. It appeared for much of the night that Reinhart would score the Stanley Cup winning goal two years in a row, after doing so in Game 7 last season against the Oilers. But Edmonton's Vasily Podkolzin tapped one in at 15:18 of the third period, setting it up for Tkachuk's tally to be the decisive goal. After it was all said and done and he'd paraded around the Amerant Bank Arena ice once again with Lord Stanley's chalice over his head, Tkachuk had one final message to share. Advertisement 'It's so emotional because it's a dream you have as a child to win the Stanley Cup, and to do this back-to-back times, go to three straight Finals, win two of them, I mean we're a dynasty. And I can't believe that this is what's happened in the last few years.' Related Headlines
