After winning the Hero World Challenge for his first victory in more than two years, Henrik Stenson wanted to carry that momentum forward the rest of the year. There was just one problem. He was done playing for the year.
The first-place finish at Tiger Woods' star-studded Bahamas event also finished off Stenson's playing schedule for 2019. And as he told reporters ahead of this week's Dubai Desert Classic, the 43-year-old Swede put his clubs away for the next month and instead worked on a different kind of driving.
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“Yeah, not much golf during those four weeks. I was driving a 40-foot RV in the California countryside,” Stenson said. “That normally doesn't improve — it can improve your driving, which I think it did, but not much else in terms of golfing.”
Stenson is known for his sense of humor, but he really wasn't kidding about the RV. Check out this Instagram post from Christmas Eve:
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No one knows how to create electricity over obscure sports quite like the Brits. We, at the Loop, have tried to dive into this brilliant world time and time again. There was this cocky darts celebration, which had the panache and flair of Odell Beckham Jr. after a TD grab mixed with Draymond Green's chutzpah. Or there was this electric darts call of a “stunning moment” that sees a crowd erupt in rapturous glee.
Well, now we have a new challenger to the darts adoration, which comes to us from the World Indoor Bowls Championships.
Although we're still figuring out all of the logistics and intricacies here for how bowls works, there's no doubt that this is an excellent sport and one that we need to start playing around the office.
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It has the majesty of the best British sports, the calm demeanors of the Jeopardy GOAT competition and the spirit of a March Madness upset. How exactly Nick Brett made this once-in-a-lifeti..

As the old saying goes, it's not gambling if you always win. Of course, that old saying is ridiculous. Unless you're talking about Brent Musburger and one specific Super Bowl prop bet.
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The legendary sports broadcaster and gambler—his signature phrase, “You are looking live,” was a conditions heads up to bettors everywhere—joined Jimmy Traina on this week's Sports Illustrated Media Podcast. And boy, did he tell quite the tail about having insider info on the over/under wager for how long the National Anthem takes. Have a listen to this short clip:
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Brent! You sly dog!
As Musburger notes, Vegas sports books are way too smart to leave themselves open to that. But good for him finding a sneaky edge with some offshore sites. I'd expect nothing less from a guy who appeared as himself in Rocky II. What a legend.
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Despite ranking sixth on the all-time hits list with 3,465, and coming up clutch in a big spot at the plate countless times, Derek Jeter's most memorable moments came on defense. Those are the images that stick in everyone's head. The hop-throw across the diamond from short, the catch and fall into the stands against the A's, the catch and dive into the stands, resulting in a black eye, against the Red Sox, the throw home against the Mets in the 2000 World Series, and on and on it goes.
Oh, and “The Flip.” Who could forget about THE FLIP!!!
Just kidding, we didn't forget, and neither did you. We've all seen it no less than a million times, debated whether Jeremy Giambi was actually safe and wondered why Jeter was in the position he was. Well, wonder no more. Jeter, who was just inducted into the Hall of fame, broke down “The Flip” with Harold Reynolds on MLB Network. For Yankee fans, it's must-see stuff. For Yankee haters, not so much, though they should a..

Thomas Pieters birdied four of his first six holes and overcome a mid-round blip to take the lead on Day 1 of the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour

Tiger Woods makes his official 2020 PGA Tour debut on Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open, but not before a video of him hitting golf balls on the Torrey Pines range made its way around Golf Twitter on Wednesday.
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In the 26-second compilation, Woods is seen—and heard—hitting 56 shots. Sorry, make that absolutely FLUSHING 56 shots. Here, we'll give you a few minutes to check it out because you're going to want to watch this PURE SESH more than once:
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Absolutely mesmerizing. Well done, PGA Tour. Who would have thought a video of someone practicing would get so much attention? Then again, they could film Tiger going through the buffet line at player dining and it would go viral.
Here were some of the best reactions to the video:
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