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For golf, it was a name game in 2025. There were one-name phenoms like Rory, Scottie and Jeeno, with much talk of Keegan and a bit on Tiger on the course. Around the events, there were new names that will have a big impact on everyone else, namely Brian Rolapp and Craig Kessler (who took over from Jay Monahan and Mollie Marcoux Samaan).
The Oregon high school football all-state teams have been announced for Class 6A, Class 5A and Class 4A. Soon, The Oregonian/OregonLive will release its all-classification awards for 2025.
Sean Gregory continues his streak of writing or co-writing all of TIME’s Athlete of the Year profiles since we created the category in 2019. He traveled to Las Vegas to witness A’ja Wilson at the Aces’ raucous victory parade and interviewed the MVP in New York City. Her cover portrait was taken by Kanya Iwana.
The concept of truth feels particularly bleak in 2025. Government leaders deploy up-is-down narratives at an exhausting clip. Online worlds drip with artificial intelligence-generated slop that incites rage. Chatbots answer questions with fabricated information, and the government folds it into a report card on America’s health.
In movies like “Eddington,” “Sinners,” “Wake Up Dead Man” and others, filmmakers have at last wrapped their heads around how to explain this period.
The Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29, and communities across the United States and worldwide are holding celebrations. China's most important holiday — the Lunar New Year is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam and other countries where Chinese ...
"A person’s Chinese zodiac sign is determined by his or her date of birth," Chinese metaphysics consultant Vicki Iskandar tells PEOPLE ahead of the New Year Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in 2021 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ashley L. Case, J.D., LL.M., writes about tax and estate planning. Nov 30, 2024, 08:17pm EST Nov 30, 2024, 08:27pm EST Choosing a fiscal year or calendar year for an estate's taxable ...
Time announced exclusively on TODAY Dec. 11 that it has recognized AI’s seismic impact by naming the “Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year. The recognition reflects how the technology seemingly became inescapable this year in just about any aspect of American life, from its impact on education to fears of mass industry disruption.