Lexi Thompson's 2017 will be remembered as an emotional roller coaster ride. Yet the 22-year-old still enjoyed a wealth of prosperity, winning twice and capturing the LPGA Vare Trophy and Race to the CME Globe. For her Glove triumph, Thompson received a $1 million bonus, a prize that, judging by her Instagram account, was used judiciously: on a souped-up car.
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The starting cost for a Nissan GTR hovers around $110,000. A price tag that would make a mighty dent in most bank accounts. But, come on, you're not NOT going to Treat Yo Self after winning a cool million.
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Scott HalleranJERSEY CITY, NJ – SEPTEMBER 30: Jordan Spieth of the U.S. Team and Tiger Woods, Captains Assistant of the U.S. Team on the course during the afternoon four-ball matches at the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club on September 30, 2017, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Scott Halleran/PGA TOUR)One of the most interesting subplots of Tiger Woods' latest return to golf is how he'll fit in with the young group of stars that has taken over the game in his absence. Stints as assistant captain by Woods at both the 2016 Ryder Cup and 2017 Presidents Cup gave golf fans a window into how much he gets along with these whippersnappers and how much they respect him. Tiger teeing it up again for real, though, has brought out the feisty — but fun — side of this new generation.
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J. Countess(Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)Dikembe Mutombo is more god than man. From his humanitarian work to his notorious flying elbows to dropping the greatest pick-up line in the Western canon, the Hall of Fame center is truly larger than life. Even though Mutombo has been retired since 2009, that position still holds true, evidenced in this fantastic video from Wednesday night.
Mutombo was sitting courtside for the Toronto Raptors' matchup against the Phoenix Suns when Toronto's Serge Ibaka sent Alex Len's shot back to the kitchen. Following said block, Ibaka dropped Mutombo's famous finger wave towards the crowd, a gesture that delighted Mutombo to no end.
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May we all find something in life that brings us as much joy.
A $65 million deal for a power forward that averages less than six boards a game might seem like a disaster. But Ibaka earned every dime of that contract last night.
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Rick YeattsARLINGTON, TX – JULY 27: Miles Mikolas #36 of the Texas Rangers throws in the first inning against the Oakland Athletics at Globe Life Park in Arlington on July 27, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Rick Yeatts/Getty Images)The road to the MLB for a struggling pitcher can be a winding one. Most guys with dreams of making it to the show will go just about anywhere, and try just about anything to get there. Miles Mikolas, a 29-year-old right-hander from Jupiter, Fla., is the shining example of this.
Mikolas has already had a few chances in the bigs, 37 appearances to be exact, 27 of them with the San Diego Padres and 10 of them with the Texas Rangers, a team he last pitched for on August 25, 2014. After being released Mikolas went to Japan, where he spent three seasons on the Yomiuri Giants and impressed enough there to earn a two-year, $15.5 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals this week. Not bad for a guy who has been everywhere and back all in the matter of seven..

Sixers center and part-time social media consultant Joel Embiid is seven feet tall. AL MVP and Astros hero Jose Altuve is 5' 6″. Together, as one particularly genius photographer discovered at Tuesday night's annual SI Sportsperson of the Year awards, they are a delightfully hilarious buddy-cop duo. Check out the mind-boggling exercise in contrasts below:
FacebookPinterestSlaven VlasicFacebookPinterestANGELA WEISSFacebookPinterestANGELA WEISSFacebookPinterestJohn LamparskiFacebookPinterestSlaven VlasicNo really, someone green-light this pilot ASAP. Embiid is the good cop who does things by the book. Altuve is an off-the-rails wild card who will do anything to get his man. Sure, sometimes Altuve worries about his partner's one weakness—the ladies—and Embiid wishes Altuve would stop leaving half-eaten donuts on his desk, but together they are the best detective team in [spins America's hippest new city wheel] NASHVILLE!
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Jayne Kamin-Oncea (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)LaVar Ball is the bane of our society, the lovechild of Skip Bayless and a roadside dirty diaper come to life. Alas, there is no ad-blocker for Ball stories on your television or Twitter feeds, his daily nonsense shoved down your throat whether you like it or not.
But rest assured, this Ball tale goes down smooth.
To catch you up to speed in case you've been living your life, LaVar removed LiAngelo (a.k.a the one who got caught shoplifting in China) from UCLA this week to prepare LiAngelo for the NBA Draft. A bit confusing, given, well, LiAngelo is not considered a pro prospect. This after LaVar pulled 16-year-old LaMelo from high school earlier this fall so he could focus on professional aspirations as well. As LaVar wants his sons to play together, finding a landing spot has been a rough go. But, according to a Yahoo report, Lietkabelis of the Lithuanian Basketball League has reached out with interest in the Ball boys.
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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) Tournaments in two countries last week might have gone a long way toward who finishes in the top 50 of the world ranking at the end of the year and gets into the Masters.

Dylan Frittelli, the South African who holed the winning putt for Texas when it won the NCAA title in 2012, defeated Arjun Atwal in a playoff in the Mauritius Open and moved to No. 55 in the world. Frittelli is playing the Joburg Open this week, the final event of the calendar year on the European Tour. He also is entered in the Indonesia Masters next week on the Asian Tour.

In the final event on the Japan Golf Tour, Sotoshi Kodaira closed with a 67 to tie for 21st. Only the top 22 received world ranking points, so it was a big finish for Kodaira because that allowed him to move up four spots to No. 49. Yusaki Miyazato won the tournament and moved up 16 spots to No. 58. Both Japanese players are entered in the Indonesia Masters next week.

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NEW YORK (AP) PGA Tour player Morgan Hoffmann says he has been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and that his right pectoral muscle is nearly gone.

In a story Hoffmann wrote for The Players’ Tribune website, he says he started to notice his right pectoral deteriorating about five years ago. He saw more than 25 doctors as his weakness progressed and his swing speed decreased.

He says he was diagnosed in November 2016.

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”Even though the type of muscular dystrophy that I have doesn’t pose an immediate threat to my life, there is a good chance that it will shorten it,” Hoffman wrote. ”I don’t know when that will happen, because there’s no way to gauge the speed at which the disease will spread. But please know this: This disease won’t keep me from achieving my dream of winning on the PGA Tour – and it shouldn’t keep anyone else from chasing their dreams either.”

Hoffmann kept his PGA Tour card and made it through two rounds of the FedEx Cup playoffs last..

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