Where the Scottie-Tiger comparisons make sense, plus Trump's threat
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Hours before Scottie Scheffler made his final putt yesterday, the Tiger comparisons were already cemented. Comparing numbers with Tiger Woods is a joke, but there's something to be said for feeling. And as someone who watched Tiger live in his prime, Scheffler's current run does feel like prime Tiger. Just a bit.
Let's contextualize it:
The thing that feels most Woods-ian to me? Scheffler has won 10 straight tournaments in which he's had a 54-hole lead. It's nowhere near Woods' longest streak — 36, just a hilarious number — but the feeling of inevitability is there. We haven't felt that way since Tiger's Sunday red meant something.
Just take it from Jim 'Bones' Mackay, the former longtime caddie for Phil Mickelson, who said this on NBC after the tournament:
'I never thought I'd see a player as close to Tiger as this man currently is.'
Me neither, Bones. For what it's worth, Scheffler laughed off the Tiger comparison afterward, calling it 'a bit silly.' Scheffler's mindset was a topic of conversation all week; Brendan Quinn wrote about how scary that should actually be for everyone else.
Justin Ray also has plenty more fun stats from Scheffler's masterful day, including a look at next year's majors slate.
Trump threatens Commanders
President Donald Trump posted a lengthy screed to social media yesterday demanding the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians revert to their original nicknames. Trump even said he would stall Washington's new stadium deal until the team changed the nickname back. See more in our full story, which includes comments from Guardians officials.
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Another NFLPA official resigns
JC Tretter, the maligned former president and CSO of the NFL Players Association, announced his resignation from the union yesterday. It comes after a bad month for Tretter, as multiple reports have detailed troubling decisions by him while in power at the NFLPA. It also comes just three days after former NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell resigned, too. The full saga is worth a read if you've missed it so far.
Tour de France enters home stretch
Belgian rider Tim Wellens won stage 15 of the Tour de France yesterday, capping off a chaotic day that raised questions about sportsmanship after a number of the race favorites had to recover from a crash early on. Wellens' teammate Tadej Pogacar, a three-time Tour winner, still maintains a commanding lead heading into the race's second and final rest day today. We have plenty more on the laid-back Slovenian superstar.
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It is hard to imagine, in a vacuum, a better season for the Cubbies. Nineteen games above .500, first place in the NL Central. This is what they envisioned when hiring Craig Counsell away from Milwaukee, right? It's funny then that the Brewers are also 19 games above .500, sporting an identical 59-40 record, tied for the NL Central lead. Pesky. Chicago is both elite and in a dire division race. Every game counts.
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NFL training camps really get underway this week. Our writers picked one player from all 32 teams to watch as summer becomes fall.
Walking is so in right now. Just ask 90-year-old competitive racewalker Alan Poisner, who penned this story for us. He's my role model now.
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