PORTHCAWL, Wales – For Miyu Yamashita, Sunday evening signalled it was finally time to celebrate. The Japanese golfer and LPGA rookie had just won her first major, the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl, one day after turning 24. Yamashita looked unflappable ever since she grabbed hold of the lead on Friday and never let go. She made her first …
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Canadian Open: Naomi Osaka and Madison Keys reach quarter-finals
Naomi Osaka lost just one game as she outplayed Anastasija Sevastova to reach the Canadian Open quarter-finals in Montreal. The four-time Grand Slam champion took just 49 minutes to wrap up a 6-1 6-0 victory against the 35-year-old Latvian, who had knocked out defending champion Jessica Pegula in the previous round. Japan’s Osaka, a winner twice at the US and …
Read More »Women’s Open 2025: Miyu Yamashita wins first major title at Royal Porthcawl
Yamashita assumed control of the tournament with a seven-under-par round of 65 on Friday morning and led from that moment on. She briefly shared top spot with playing partner A Lim Kim early in her final round, but the South Korean’s birdie at the second was quickly followed by consecutive bogeys. Hull, who propelled herself into contention with a six-under …
Read More »Mimi Rhodes gets bank-shot hole-in-one at Open Championship
PORTHCAWL, Wales — Stephanie Kyriacou played a role in a pair of aces at the Women’s Open Championship this week. She made the first hole-in-one of the tournament at Royal Porthcawl. And on Sunday, she assisted on the other. Mimi Rhodes of England made a hole-in-one on the par-3 fifth hole when her tee shot glanced off the golf ball …
Read More »The Tesla Diner has been open for 12 days and it’s going kinda rough so far
Tesla opened its retro-futuristic “Tesla Diner” last Monday, July 21st. It’s a cool concept and the realization of a plan that was first talked about in 2018… but in the 12 days since it opened, it hasn’t been all roses so far. The diner has been through a few twists and turns since it was first proposed by Tesla CEO …
Read More »What KSR learned at Kentucky’s open practices
The Kentucky football program opened the gates outside of the practice fields at the Joe Craft Football Training Facility on Friday and Saturday for likely the only time all season. We have received our first extensive look at the 2025 team that features 50 new players. This is what we learned. KSR is diving into some takeaways after watching two …
Read More »Naked Gun, Bad Guys 2 Open at Box Office, Fantastic Four Stays No. 1
What better way to go out than to go out laughing. Paramount’s acclaimed The Naked Gun revival — starring Liam Neeson opposite Pamela Anderson — started off its North American run with a Friday gross of $6.3 million for an estimated opening of $16.5 million. That’s good enough for a third-place finish behind Marvel holdover The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which …
Read More »Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing
4. For a period of three years ending on November 1, 2027, Google may not share revenue generated by the Google Play Store with any person or entity that distributes Android apps, or has stated that it will launch or is considering launching an Android app distribution platform or store. 5. For a period of three years ending on November …
Read More »Apple ‘Open’ to Acquisition That Accelerates AI Roadmap
Apple is “open” to an acquisition that would accelerate its AI roadmap, Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC today. Cook said that Apple sees AI as one of the “most profound technologies of our lifetime,” and that the company is “significantly growing” its AI investments. “We’re embedding it across our devices, across our platforms and across the company,” Cook said. …
Read More »Tim Cook says Apple is ‘open to’ AI acquisitions
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is “open” to mergers and acquisitions as it “significantly” increases its investment in AI, as reported by CNBC. Cook’s statements were made alongside the release of Apple’s third-quarter earnings results, which revealed that the iPhone maker raked in $94 billion between April and June, marking a 10 percent increase over the same period …
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