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Newsweek
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump Ready for 'Next Step' in their Relationship
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. These days, the golf world's attention jumps from the US Women's Open to the Memorial Tournament. Everyone is also keeping an eye on the final qualifiers for the US Open, which will be played next Monday. After that, everything will be set for the third major of the men's season in two weeks. However, the attention of golf fans goes far beyond scores, strokes, and champions. According to reports, new developments in the life of the couple of the hour are also in the news this weekend. Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump are reportedly dating. Sources say the relationship began in late 2024. Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump are reportedly dating. Sources say the relationship began in late 2024. mpi34/MediaPunch/IPxleft) / Copyright Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire 2025 (right According to Mail Online, Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump are ready to take the next step in their relationship. The British media outlet reported statements from people close to the couple who claim that things are moving full steam ahead: "She's very comfortable in his home now. She has all the security codes and can come and go as she pleases. She has total access to his life," the unnamed source told Mail Online. "She's got some clothes there, her toiletries, some cosmetics. She'll throw in a load of laundry while she's there, or help herself to something in the fridge. You'd think she owns the place!" the source added. The source offered a personal assessment pointing to a very favorable future for the relationship between Tiger and Vanessa: "She's really good for him to have around. And they're always together now. If things keep going the way they're going, they'll be living together by the end of the year. Tiger moves fast in that department." The relationship between Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump was first reported in mid-March. At that time, reports emerged that the two had been dating since Thanksgiving 2024. Woods later confirmed the relationship through a post on social media that quickly went viral. According to reports, the children of both Woods and Trump, including junior golfers Charlie Woods and Kai Trump, are OK with the relationship. Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together. At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts. — Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) March 23, 2025 Another person who views the relationship favorably is Donald Trump, Vanessa's former father-in-law and the current president of the United States. "I have a very special relationship with Tiger," Trump said on the matter, according to The Mirror. "He's a fantastic guy. I said Tiger, 'that's good. I'm very happy for both.'" Tiger Woods is out of competitive golf due to a ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered in early March. He will not be able to compete again until at least the 2026 season. More Golf: The Memorial: Max Homa implodes as US Open berth slipping away
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dodgers overtaken as NL leaders, plus mailbag questions, baseball crying & more
Have the Dodgers lost their claim as the best team in baseball? After a few rough weeks, they are no longer in the lead of the National League. Jake is on the road this week, visiting Jordan in Cleveland where the Dodgers are facing the Guardians and so far have taken two of three. The guys give a live report from what they've seen so far as the defending champs visit northeast Ohio. Advertisement You have questions and we have answers! Jake and Jordan reach into the mailbag to discuss a few fan questions including about bullpen phones, players announcing they are joining Team USA & more. According to Tom Hanks, there's no crying in baseball. It seems Jake is not the only person that disagrees with this sentiment. The guys discuss tears on the infield, a walk-off grand slam, animals on the field at a ball game and more news from around the league. Join us for this mid-week edition of Baseball Bar-B-Cast. Dave Roberts walking back to the dugout Photo by Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (Photo by Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (3:02) - Dodgers update from Cleveland (20:40) - Guardians update (25:42) - Mailbag (42:14) - Around the league Advertisement (44:38) - Ronny Simon tears (48:39) - Christian Yelich (51:13) - Bryce Harper hit (53:31) - Animals on the field Follow the show on X at @CespedesBBQ Follow Jake @Jake_Mintz Follow Jordan @J_Shusterman_ 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
With future College Football Playoff format in flux, Greg Sankey says 4 automatic bids for SEC 'could cost us positions'
Will the SEC continue to push for a College Football Playoff format that guarantees the conference at least four spots in the postseason? (Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Could the SEC actually benefit more from a playoff format that doesn't guarantee the conference at least four playoff berths per season? SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday at the league's spring meetings that a proposed 16-team playoff that would guarantee the SEC and Big Ten four spots each with other conferences receiving fewer automatic bids 'could cost us positions.' Advertisement 'So if you actually go back and do the research, that kind of format could cost us positions,' Sankey said. 'Depending on the number of teams. I don't see the critics really digging in to understand that reality. I don't see the critics actually analyzing like I've just described, how schedules are evaluated. So the critics can run to the microphone and share their opinions. We're trying to find a format to determine — whatever number it is — the best teams in college football. And I think where we are right now is we have used a political process inside a room to come to decisions about football. We should be using football information to come to football decisions.' The 16-team proposal to give the SEC and Big Ten the most playoff berths has been met with immediate public pushback as it would continue to give the two richest conferences in college sports more football advantages. In that playoff idea supported by the two behemoths, the Big 12 and ACC would each get two automatic berths, the highest-ranked champion outside of the four conferences would get one and there would be three at-large berths. Another idea — one that theoretically could get the SEC more teams in the playoff — is a 5+11 model where each of the power conferences get an automatic berth along with the highest-ranked conference champion from the group of five. The other 11 spots would then be spread out among the 11 highest teams in the College Football Playoff rankings. Advertisement Six SEC teams were in the top 16 of the rankings a year ago. Georgia, Texas and Tennessee made the 12-team playoff and Alabama was the first team out at No. 11. The Crimson Tide would have grabbed an at-large berth in a 16-team format along with Ole Miss and South Carolina. In 2023 — the final year of the four-team format — five SEC teams were in the top 13 of the rankings and would have made a 16-team playoff. So while Sankey can say with a straight face that his conference would routinely be well-positioned in a 5+11 format, it would also be protected in the 4-4-2-2-1+3 idea. If the SEC had a down year, it would have no fewer than four teams in the postseason. And if the conference had a great season relative to the rest of the college football landscape, it could feasibly snag one or two of the three at-large berths. After all, the Big Ten wouldn't have gotten an at-large berth in either format a year ago. The conference got four teams in the playoff but its fifth-highest team, Illinois, was at No. 20 in the final playoff rankings. Advertisement Sankey has said that multiple formats are being discussed by his league's athletic directors — he made a point of saying that the league wasn't 'committed' but merely 'interested' in a specific format. The conference is also looking at adding a ninth league game to its teams' schedules. ESPN is reportedly ready to pay the league more money if the conference adds an additional week of regular-season games. But the SEC's schools will assuredly want concessions to make sure they aren't penalized in the playoff rankings for losing a league game that was played at the expense of an easy home win against a lesser opponent. The future existence of a ninth-league game and the continued existence of marquee non-conference games like Texas and Michigan in Week 1 of the upcoming season could hinge on a change on how the playoff picks its teams. 'I don't know that I'd say surprised,' Sankey said when asked if he was surprised that a 9-3 Alabama team missed the playoff a season ago. 'I think that's one of the realities. But I spoke in July of media days how will a 9-3 team — and I used Georgia as a really good example given their three really difficult road games [in 2024]. How do you evaluate that against other teams that don't come anywhere close to that? And I said, we learned something the first time through and that raises the need for deeper analysis and understanding. If we're just going to incentivize wins, playing fewer winning teams can get you to more wins. I don't think that's great for football.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
For AEW, it's now or never to pull the trigger on Will Ospreay
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 02: Will Ospreay in the ring during AEW Dynamite on October 2, 2024, at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) It's a beautiful sight to see, isn't it? A babyface reaching the apex of their ascendancy. And if Wednesday night's superb promo exchange on "AEW Dynamite" is anything to go by, then Will Ospreay looks to be making the final stages of his journey to glory with aplomb. Will 'The Aerial Assassin' win the Owen Hart Cup on Sunday? It should be pretty clear to anyone with even the slightest Spidey Sense for professional wrestling that this is one of those special moments where the babyface just has to triumph. Advertisement There really is no question about it. If this weekend's Double or Nothing event isn't the penultimate step to making Ospreay world champion, then AEW will have some serious questions to answer. Maybe even existential ones. I've aired my frustrations with Jon Moxley's title run before, and all of those complaints are still valid. But let's park them for a minute. Making Ospreay champion is nothing to do with the shortcomings of the Death Riders angle; it's about rewarding a guy who has spent the past three years proving time and again that he is among the very best to ever wrestle for Tony Khan's challenger promotion. Wrestling nerds who lapped up Ospreay's early work in Tokyo or London will hardly be surprised by that verdict. But for all his five-star matches over the past three years, Ospreay's real triumph over fellow indie darlings has been his evolution into a fully formed character in the AEW universe — of which this week's promo was just the latest example. Advertisement From the moment he ambushed Kenny Omega to close out 'AEW Dynamite' two years ago, Ospreay has hardly put a foot wrong. His reign as International Champion was perhaps the best in AEW history, while his participation in last year's Continental Classic managed to revive a concept that was in danger of becoming stale. His character work has been solid, too. Just look at his recent work with his real-life best friend Kyle Fletcher. For justifiable reasons, AEW gets some stick for its lack of interest in building long-running story feuds, but this one deserved every drop of praise it received. F***ing quality indeed, bruv. For all his achievements, though, Ospreay has been largely kept separate from the AEW world title scene. Leave aside that one match against Swerve Strickland last year (which ended unsuccessfully for Ospreay) and AEW's emerging golden boy has hardly made so much as a glance toward the biggest prize on offer. Up until now, that's worked perfectly. Every non-title angle has helped round him out as a three-dimensional talent and get the entirety of the fan base behind him. But now that task is complete. There's no sense in coming up with more side quests. For both Ospreay and AEW, this summer will be a case of now or never. It's good news, then, that all signs point to AEW getting ready to pull the trigger. Betting odds for pro-wrestling are usually more of a publicity stunt than serious forecasts, but it hasn't escaped my attention that a wager on Ospreay to win on Sunday offers the kind of paltry return more associated with savings accounts than sports betting. Advertisement None of that is to knock his opponent, "Hangman" Adam Page, who also graced us with a heartfelt promo on this week's "Dynamite." Indeed it's a tribute to Ospreay that he will be helping to boost his fellow babyface in his moment of glory. It's not a million miles from the way that Cody Rhodes elevated Sami Zayn and Jey Uso during his journey to the promised land. It should be clear to anyone with eyes that Ospreay deserves to be a champion. But it's also worth considering why that outcome is so important to AEW. As I've written before, one of the big struggles for Tony Khan's promotion has been its failure to create some of its own superstars. If you look at the roster of AEW world champions, almost all of them have had massive WWE runs. After five years, there should be more homegrown names among their ranks. Surely, you think, this is the moment that starts to change. When was the last time the stars were aligned this perfectly? To fumble the Ospreay opportunity wouldn't just be a cosmic injustice — it would plunge the entire AEW brand into a black hole. For the sake of pro wrestling, we can only hope that doesn't happen. Double or Nothing? Honestly, the gambling motif doesn't quite capture the scale of things this time around. The odds might look like a foregone conclusion, but the stakes are higher than ever.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
For AEW and Will Ospreay, it's now or never to pull the trigger
PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 02: Will Ospreay in the ring during AEW Dynamite on October 2, 2024, at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) It's a beautiful sight to see, isn't it? A babyface reaching the apex of their ascendancy. And if Wednesday night's superb promo exchange on "AEW Dynamite" is anything to go by, then Will Ospreay looks to be making the final stages of his journey to glory with aplomb. Will 'The Aerial Assassin' win the Owen Hart Cup on Sunday? It should be pretty clear to anyone with even the slightest Spidey Sense for professional wrestling that this is one of those special moments where the babyface just has to triumph. Advertisement There really is no question about it. If this weekend's Double or Nothing event isn't the penultimate step to making Ospreay world champion, then AEW will have some serious questions to answer. Maybe even existential ones. I've aired my frustrations with Jon Moxley's title run before, and all of those complaints are still valid. But let's park them for a minute. Making Ospreay champion is nothing to do with the shortcomings of the Death Riders angle; it's about rewarding a guy who has spent the past three years proving time and again that he is among the very best to ever wrestle for Tony Khan's challenger promotion. Wrestling nerds who lapped up Ospreay's early work in Tokyo or London will hardly be surprised by that verdict. But for all his five-star matches over the past three years, Ospreay's real triumph over fellow indie darlings has been his evolution into a fully formed character in the AEW universe — of which this week's promo was just the latest example. Advertisement From the moment he ambushed Kenny Omega to close out 'AEW Dynamite' two years ago, Ospreay has hardly put a foot wrong. His reign as International Champion was perhaps the best in AEW history, while his participation in last year's Continental Classic managed to revive a concept that was in danger of becoming stale. His character work has been solid, too. Just look at his recent work with his real-life best friend Kyle Fletcher. For justifiable reasons, AEW gets some stick for its lack of interest in building long-running story feuds, but this one deserved every drop of praise it received. F***ing quality indeed, bruv. For all his achievements, though, Ospreay has been largely kept separate from the AEW world title scene. Leave aside that one match against Swerve Strickland last year (which ended unsuccessfully for Ospreay) and AEW's emerging golden boy has hardly made so much as a glance toward the biggest prize on offer. Up until now, that's worked perfectly. Every non-title angle has helped round him out as a three-dimensional talent and get the entirety of the fan base behind him. But now that task is complete. There's no sense in coming up with more side quests. For both Ospreay and AEW, this summer will be a case of now or never. It's good news, then, that all signs point to AEW getting ready to pull the trigger. Betting odds for pro-wrestling are usually more of a publicity stunt than serious forecasts, but it hasn't escaped my attention that a wager on Ospreay to win on Sunday offers the kind of paltry return more associated with savings accounts than sports betting. Advertisement None of that is to knock his opponent, "Hangman" Adam Page, who also graced us with a heartfelt promo on this week's "Dynamite." Indeed it's a tribute to Ospreay that he will be helping to boost his fellow babyface in his moment of glory. It's not a million miles from the way that Cody Rhodes elevated Sami Zayn and Jey Uso during his journey to the promised land. It should be clear to anyone with eyes that Ospreay deserves to be a champion. But it's also worth considering why that outcome is so important to AEW. As I've written before, one of the big struggles for Tony Khan's promotion has been its failure to create some of its own superstars. If you look at the roster of AEW world champions, almost all of them have had massive WWE runs. After five years, there should be more homegrown names among their ranks. Surely, you think, this is the moment that starts to change. When was the last time the stars were aligned this perfectly? To fumble the Ospreay opportunity wouldn't just be a cosmic injustice — it would plunge the entire AEW brand into a black hole. For the sake of pro-wrestling, we can only hope that doesn't happen. Double or Nothing? Honestly, the gambling motif doesn't quite capture the scale of things this time around. The odds might look like a foregone conclusion, but the stakes are higher than ever.
