By Doug Ferguson Associated Press Published 10:23 p.m. UTC Aug 2, 2018 Akron, Ohio — Tiger Woods had nothing to add to an ESPN report that an exhibition match against Phil Mickelson was scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. “We haven’t signed anything,” Woods said after opening with a 66 in the Bridgestone Invitational. “Nothing’s confirmed.” Golf.com reported last month that Woods and Mickelson, who have combined for 19 majors, 122 victories on the PGA Tour and 90 years on earth, were contemplating a winner-take-all $10 million match. The ESPN report early Thursday did not mention prize money, corporate support or television details. Woods and Mickelson played a practice round together at the Masters, were in the same group at The Players Championship and played a nine-hole practice round on Wednesday at Firestone. They have the most PGA Tour titles of players from their generation, though they never … [Read more...] about Woods-Mickelson match reportedly set for Thanksgiving weekend
Match reports
Match report: Reading 0 Ipswich Town 4 – Sears ends goal drought as Klug’s men end with a flourish
PUBLISHED: 17:38 28 April 2018 | UPDATED: 17:38 28 April 2018 Stuart Watson Martyn Waghorn celebrates opening the scoring at Reading Picture Pagepix Pagepix Ltd.07976 935738 Ipswich Town scored four late goals – including two in stoppage-time – to thrash relegation-threatened Reading at the Madejski Stadium. After an organised and disciplined away day display, Martyn Waghorn broke the deadlock in the 71st minute when firing high into the net before he turned provider when an exquisite touch led to Jordan Spence lashing an angled shot inside the near post (79). The icing on the cake came at the death when Freddie Sears ended his year-long, 38-game goal drought by charging down the on-rushing keeper before heading home from close-range. Moments later, Waghorn slipped in Callum Connolly to rifle home in front of the delirious away fans. These were the first points gained under Bryan Klug’s caretaker management and came just a week on from a 4-0 home defeat to … [Read more...] about Match report: Reading 0 Ipswich Town 4 – Sears ends goal drought as Klug’s men end with a flourish
‘The Bachelorette’ Contestant Says Reality Matched Violent Episodes With “Unstable” Chad
The Bachelorette escalated to levels of violence never before seen on the long-running ABC reality franchise this week. During a double dose of episodes that aired Monday and Tuesday, Chad Johnson, who has been labeled as the villain of JoJo Fletcher's season, engaged in physical altercations and threatened to physically hurt several of his fellow contestants. While the series has been known to take liberties in its editing room, Alex Woytkiw, the contestant on the receiving end of many of Chad's threats, says what viewers saw was an accurate depiction of what went down. "This wasn't fake, Chad was like this the whole time," the U.S. marine told reporters during a press call Wednesday. "And that’s what’s important to understand: it’s not like he just stepped in front of the camera for group discussions and then we become friends. For most people, they’ve only seen eight hours, whereas for us, we had to experience this guy 24/7. The show didn’t have to … [Read more...] about ‘The Bachelorette’ Contestant Says Reality Matched Violent Episodes With “Unstable” Chad
Fathom Events reports 26 titles topped $1 million in 2017
Leading event cinema distributor Fathom Events has revealed that 26 of its titles grossed over $1 million each at the box office in 2017. This statistic sets a new record and is a significant increase over the company’s 2016 box-office success of 14 titles passing that threshold.Fathom Events is currently ranked as the 13th-largest distributor of content in North America to movie theatres in 2017, according to comScore.The 26 cinema events included nine live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, classic films The Princess Bride and Singin’ in the Rain, anime title Princess Mononoke and the box-office knockout “Mayweather vs McGregor,” which became the highest-grossing sports event in Fathom’s history. Six of the 26 titles grossed over $2 million, led by top stage production “Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical” with $4.7 million and followed by faith-based documentaries Is Genesis History? with $2.7 million, In Our Hands: The Battle … [Read more...] about Fathom Events reports 26 titles topped $1 million in 2017
How the Real Battle of the Sexes Match Broke TV Records and Inspired Trump
It was the first and only tennis match to attract a Super Bowl-sized audience. Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs' match on Sept. 20, 1973, drew nearly the same number of U.S. television viewers as the Miami Dolphins-Minnesota Vikings matchup four months later. Still, few remember the football game. Everybody remembers the Battle of the Sexes.More than a TV event, it was a giant cultural "happening." Such stars as Glen Campbell, George Foreman and Jim Brown were in attendance at the Houston Astrodome, as was a live pig (King's pre-match gift to Riggs) and a human-sized Sugar Daddy lollipop (Riggs' gift to King). "There were handsome gladiators with no outerwear, nubile maidens with no underwear, zillions of celebs ranging from out-of-work Tarzans to out-of-work Monkees," Sports Illustrated's Curry Kirkpatrick wrote of the scene.Multiple Battles of the Sexes have been restaged since then, including Jimmy Connors' 1992 win over Martina Navratilova, but none have had anywhere near the same … [Read more...] about How the Real Battle of the Sexes Match Broke TV Records and Inspired Trump