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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Check it out: Justin Herbert highlights from celebrity golf event
While things are on the slower side for quarterback Justin Herbert at this point of time, he's using his spare time to do things that he enjoys doing, including golfing. This past weekend, Herbert partook in the AmFam Championship, a PGA Tour event, played at TPC Wisconsin. He paired up with NFL legend Charles Woodson, as the two took on soccer legend Mia Hamm and two-time U.S. Open champion and event host Andy North. The event was to raise money for a children's hospital. Advertisement Ultimately, Herbert and Woodson came up short against Hamm and North. But the event brought plenty of highlights of the Chargers signal-caller, including a clip of him signing the back of a baby's Chargers shirt. This article originally appeared on Chargers Wire: Highlights of Justin Herbert at AmFam Championship
News24
25-05-2025
- Politics
- News24
Intolerance poisons US social relations
Women's footballing legend Mia Hamm spoke inspiringly about teamwork. Under Donald Trump, social freedoms are being eroded. Intolerance reminiscent of apartheid-era South Africa sometimes bubbles to the surface in the US. It was a supremely proud moment for my family when our youngest daughter, Malaika, graduated with a degree in economics at the University of North Carolina in the US two weeks ago. Having travelled from Johannesburg to the US, my wife and I were justifiably impressed when we saw, a day or two before the actual graduation, workers putting the final touches to the decorations at the stadium where the final ceremony was to take place. The mood in Chapel Hill, the seat of this institution, which happens to be the oldest public university in the US, was jovial. The graduation ceremonies happened, one after the other, on different parts of the campus. Then came the big day, the most colourful ceremony of all – Commencement. We don't have something like this in South Africa. It is at Commencement that newly minted graduates from different schools or disciplines gather to listen to congratulatory speeches from university leadership and an invited keynote speaker. WATCH: 'That man said, kill the white farmers, and then he danced': Trump calls for Malema's arrest In this case, the keynote speaker was Mia Hamm, widely considered the greatest women's soccer player of all time. A graduate of North Carolina herself, Hamm spoke touchingly to the 6 800 graduates about how working as a team – wherever she played – had always been her motto. It was a tear-jerking presentation that I believe touched the hearts of many. But trouble was just around the corner. After her rousing speech, there was sudden movement in the middle of the pitch where the graduates were sitting on chairs. We suddenly saw what the commotion was about: a group of students had unfurled a huge pro-Palestine flag. In moments that were reminiscent of SA, they started chanting. Just as swiftly, a contingent of police pounced on them. The students were physically wrestled and arrested. A section of the stadium exploded into loud boos. Yet another section started chanting: 'USA! USA! USA!' The appearance of the police and the brief but loud exchange between the two sides did leave a sour taste in the mouth. It was the proverbial fly in the ointment. To one who was sometimes at the receiving end of attacks by the police in apartheid SA, the manner in which the police handled the matter was a sad walk down memory lane. Institutions of higher learning are supposed to be arenas where freedom of expression and association are held dear. It is my considered opinion that intolerance and anti-intellectualism have been allowed to fester in Donald Trump's US. In fact, Trump is the epitome of intolerance. Eager to please him, his acolytes are always ready to visit violence against those considered to be at odds with his agenda. I am writing this piece this week inspired by the ridiculous meeting that Trump had with President Cyril Ramaphosa, in which the former sought to bully the South African into submission. The tactics used this week are classic Trump – all bluster and intimidation. Having travelled the length and breadth of that country over the years and having lived there for a year during Barack Obama's era, I have attended social gatherings where robust debates and exchanges between the Republicans, the Democrats and even communists happened. But with Trump's ascendancy, we saw that spirit of openness being gradually eroded. It was, after all, under Trump that we saw the storming of the Capitol in Washington DC in January 2021, a sad harbinger for his ruthless clampdown on those who see things differently from the way he does.
USA Today
31-01-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Alongside PGA Tour pros at Pebble Beach are \ncelebs like Larry Fitzgerald, Mia Hamm
Alongside PGA Tour pros at Pebble Beach are celebs like Larry Fitzgerald, Mia Hamm The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am takes center stage this week and the PGA Tour's stop at the Monterey Peninsula will once again feature 80 pro golfers and 80 celebrities, former pro athletes and CEOs on the amateur side. The format calls for each amateur to be paired with a Tour pro and for all the golfers to play one round on Pebble Beach Golf Links and one on Spyglass Hill Golf Course over the first two days. On Friday night, a two-person team of one pro and one amateur will be declared the winner. There will also be a 36-hole cut with the pros only moving on to the weekend at Pebble for Saturday's third round and Sunday's final round. Wyndham Clark won the tournament in 2024. The winning pro-am team was Rory McIlroy and Jeff Rhodes. Here's a closer look at some of the bigger names on the amateur tee sheet along with their playing partners. Celebrities playing in the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Condoleezza Rice, paired with Justin Thomas, is a pro-am regular. A member of Augusta National Golf Club, Rice is a former U.S. Secretary of State and the current director of Stanford's Hoover Institution. Pau Gasol won two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers. He's playing with J.T. Poston. Larry Fitzgerald, No. 2 all-time in receiving yards and receptions in the NFL and also a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns, is playing with Doug Ghim. Fitzgerald was a member of the winning team twice at Pebble Beach. Jay Monahan, commissioner of the PGA Tour, is playing with Will Zalatoris. Fred Perpall, the president of the USGA, is paired with Sungjae Im. U.S. women's soccer star Mia Hamm is playing with Harry Hall. Ryan Smith is the owner of the Utah Jazz and the Utah Hockey Club. He's paired with friend and fellow Utahan Tony Finau. Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith is grouped with Mackenzie Hughes. Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, is playing with Collin Morikawa. Harris Barton, a former NFL player with the San Francisco 49ers, is a fund manager who "manages four venture capital funds that specialize in providing capital to up-and-coming VC-backed technology startups", according to He'll be playing alongside Gary Woodland. Singer and songwriter Eric Church will tee it up with Sam Burns. Steve Young, former 49ers quarterback, is paired with Beau Hossler. The AT&T event was first played in 1937 and moved to Pebble Beach in 1947.
