The Sport Superlatives - Issue No. 24

June 14, 2024

🏆 The Superlatives 🏆

Most Supportive Son: Charlie Woods

Charlie, last name Woods, received his player support credentials as a Swing Consultant for his dad, Tiger Woods. Tiger decided to bring 15-year-old Charlie onto his 2024 US Open team. When asked about his decision, Tiger said he trusts his son to provide support because Charlie has seen him hit more golf balls than anyone. As seen in Exhibit A below, Charlie has already been seen working hard for the money -we love a family business!

Most Lowkey Hating Son: Kiyan Anthony

Former NBA player Carmelo Anthony has gotten thrown shade a couple times by his son, Kiyan. Recently, La La, Kiyan’s mom, was over him not putting respect on his dad’s name. When she asked him to name a GOAT basketball player, he said Paul George and Kobe Bryant, then tacked his dad’s name at the end! But we know that it's all love and respect in their family as Kiyan continues to follow in his father’s footsteps by playing basketball. 

While he has a while to go before NBA talks, both La La and Carmelo have been vocal about how proud they are of their son’s confidence and how he is growing as a basketball player.

🏌️ Schef be Scheffin’: Surprise, surprise, Scottie Scheffler is still the number 1 golfer in the world. Scottie-boy won his fifth title of the year after winning the Memorial Tournament. After this victory, Schefler has added $4M to his growing money pot for the year - now totalling $24M. This total breaks the 2023 single-season earnings record of $21M… that he had previously set. Schef is also favored to win the US Open that kicked off Thursday, June 13th, and will continue until Sunday, June 16th. You can follow the tourney here. And in case you’re wondering, this year’s winner will be taking home a prize of $4.3M. Excuse us while we go buy some golf clubs and khakis.

🏀 Luck Has Nothing to Do It: While the Boston Celtics mascot may be a little leprechaun named Lucky, luck has nothing to do with how they are whooping up on the Dallas Mavericks. The Celtics are up big in the series, leading 3-0, and can see the finish line. Let’s just hope that, for their sake, it's not one of those trip-and-fall- just-short-of-the-finish-line sort of races. History is on their side, but it would be totes embarrassing for them to become the first team to lose after being up 3-0 in a series.

Speaking of embarrassment, the Mavs might wanna try to win at least one game. Otherwise, people might start to question if they even belonged in the finals. It’s giving “YOU DON’T EVEN GO HERE” (Mean Girls, anyone?).

Even with Porzingis out for the foreseeable future, (that man is made of glass, we swear) the Celtics look quite formidable, getting the job done on both ends. Mavs fans and Celtics haters alike are having a collective heart attack while simultaneously screaming ”MAVS IN 7!” Can you say delulu? Because their stars just aren’t….starring like that. Luka is doing all the offensive work, but his defense leaves much to be desired. 

Meanwhile, Kyrie might have decided to work his way into the series, as he’s gone from doing little to nothing in the first two games to actually contributing in Game 3. Maybe being on the brink of elimination will light a fire under his tush. Either way, watch what happens in Game 4 tonight, Friday, June 14th, at 8:30 p.m. on ABC.

🏒 Third Time’s the Charm: The Florida Panthers (not Carolina Hurricanes, for our eagle-eyed readers last week) lead the Stanley Cup Finals, currently shutting out the Edmonton Oilers through Game 3 last night, winning 4-3. The Panthers came into Game 3 after 3 goal differentials in Games 1 and 2 as well as a three-hour flight delay out of Ft. Lauderdale on Wednesday (aka, the third day of the week).

Will the Panthers claim Lord Stanley in their THIRD appearance in a Stanley Cup Final?! Really, the story writes itself. Should be an exciting game when puck drops on Game 4 on Saturday at 8 PM ET.

🎾 From Clay to Grass: Clay Court season is over, and the winners of the French Open are Iga Swiatek for the Women and Carlos Alcaraz on the Men’s side. Iga defeated her opponent, Jasmine Paolini, in straight sets with little trouble. This makes number 4 for Iga. Meanwhile, Carlos had a five-set battle with his opponent, Alexander Zverev, but came through in the end with his first French Open title. We could say we’re surprised…but we’re not. Regardless, congrats to both! 

Oh! And you know we have to give our girl Coco Gauff (and her partner Kateřina Siniaková) a shout-out for winning her first doubles Grand Slam! Now it’s time for grass court season as they prepare for Wimbledon, but they’ll be back on clay for a little intermission, better known as the Olympics.

🏝️ Looking for Love in a Hopeless Place: While NFL’s Odell Beckham Jr. seems to be having issues in the love department, his little bro decided to start his love search on Love Island USA. 21-year-old Kordell Beckham is currently a model and aspirational actor who wants to be somebody’s man! While the season has just begun, Kordell has been locked in on his pursuit of fellow Love Islander Serena Page. While he’s giving adorable puppy dog energy, Serena doesn’t seem to reciprocate the energy he’s putting out, tbh, but it’s early days, so we’ll see how they continue to crack on. 

🌭 If We Beefin, I Got You: So, if anyone ever found themselves lost in TV land on the 4th of July, they might’ve stumbled upon Nathan’s hotdog eating contest. This disgusting display of professional eating always has onlookers gagging and wanting to look away, while simultaneously holding them captive. But the tea is, reigning champ Joey Chestnut (who does numbers on those hotdogs and holds the record for shoving the most down his throat) has been banned! Why, you ask? Because he signed a contract with a rival gang…we mean, hotdog company, Impossible Foods. Nathan’s was having none of it and said nobody is irreplaceable, so they gave him the boot. Now the real question is, is hotdog eating even a sport? You be the judge. (We feel like this needs a TRIGGER WARNING)!

Your sports term of the week is: sweep

IRL Example: It’s kinda what might happen to the Mavericks tonight if they don’t make major adjustments!

We’re still in our girl’s girl era, so we’re doubling down on looks we’re seeing from the WNBA girlies.

Chicago Sky’s Guard Kysre Gondrezick recently strutted (and we do mean strutted!) the tunnel in a black cutout dress that has us in the gym. Because when we buy a similar version from Jlux, we want to look just as good as we strut in these streets. 

Another look from Kysre that we adooooore is this tailored look from her 26th birthday celebration.

If imitation is flattery, then we hope Kysre is flattered because we will be re-creating this look with these pieces from Express. 

It’s a girl’s girl vibe all summer long so grab one of these fits and call up your besties for a luxe dinner on a rooftop… discussing sports, of course!

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