Jackson Koivun stormed to a PGA Tournament victory in Minnesota with a tournament-record 25-under 259, holding off world number one Scottie Scheffler — all in only his third professional start.
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Dale Willman tosses to NPR film critic Bob Mondello for a remarkable box office story. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — an epic adaptation of the ancient Greek tale — zipped past the $500 million mark on Friday, and is on course to end its first full 10 days with approximately $640 million worldwide. The key metric is the second-weekend drop: while most blockbusters shed around 50% of their opening, The Odyssey fell by just 19%, a figure that signals what the film industry calls 'legs.' Mondello notes this is a faster pace than any previous Nolan film, surpassing benchmarks set by Oppenheimer and the Batman franchise. Current projections put The Odyssey on a trajectory to become the third Nolan film to surpass $1.2 billion in total ticket sales — a rarefied achievement for any filmmaker. [1] — Bob Mondello "Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is on course to end its opening 10 days with nearly $640 million worldwide — a faster pace than Oppenheimer…" 02:56
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey passed $500 million in ticket sales in its first 10 days in theaters.
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is on course to end its opening 10 days with nearly $640 million worldwide — a faster pace than Oppenheimer or any Batman film. With only a 19% second-weekend drop, it looks set to become Nolan's third $1.2 billion movie.
While most blockbusters drop about 50% in their second weekend, The Odyssey fell by just 19%, demonstrating exceptional audience retention.
The Odyssey is expected to end its first full weekend with a 10-day worldwide total of nearly $640 million.
Jackson Koivun won the PGA Tournament in Minnesota with a tournament-record 25-under 259 total, closing with a 5-under 66.
Thomas's wife deferred her CrossFit career — she's in the global top 1% of athletes — to put him through law school debt-free. He wants her to chase the dream now; she wants the emergency fund and house down payment first. On a $200K lawyer income with no debt, the opportunity cost is just a few months of slower saving.
Underground calisthenics battles are exactly like UFC meets a rap battle — 150 people crowded around a circle, fighters walking out with masks and chains, nicknames like 'Extra Money' vs 'Calisthenics the Prince,' and people throwing money and betting. The battle set: 100 burpees, 50 muscle-ups, 75 dips, 75 squats with a 65-pound dumbbell. This is the next big spectator sport.
Rico Verhoeven controlled the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion for approximately 10 rounds — and had his appeal upheld when officials admitted the fight was stopped after the bell. The result was never overturned. Rogan calls it either incompetence or corruption, and argues the money behind Usyk made an upset politically inconvenient.
Rogan lays out a blunt case: boxing's 3-judge system is structurally broken, and the judges know who the promoter wants to win. Glory's 5-judge format is the right model. Corruption doesn't have to be conscious — just knowing Usyk is the cash cow is enough to tilt the scales.
With the Usyk-Wilder fight stalling and Fury-Joshua coming too late, the real fight the world wants is the rematch. Rico is a free agent. Usyk vacated his belts. The story is unfinished and both Rogan and Rico know it. His Excellency Turki Alasheikh already called for it ringside — the question is money.
Rico texted Jason Statham during the Canelo-Crawford fight. Statham showed Rico's highlight videos to promoters. Two days later, Rico was on a call about fighting Anthony Joshua. When Joshua pulled out, Rico pitched Usyk himself — Undisputed vs. Undisputed. Usyk said yes in two weeks. The whole thing started with one text.
Every heavyweight who faced Usyk tried to move to the right — straight into his power hand. Rico and Peter Fury identified the obvious solution: move left, away from the left hand, and smother him with size. It sounds simple. Nobody had done it. That one adjustment was the foundation of 10 dominant rounds.
MMA fans boo when fights go to the ground. They love stand-up. Kickboxing is pure stand-up. Yet it barely exists in America while boxing and MMA are enormous. Rogan's diagnosis: no promotion machine. If the UFC got behind kickboxing the way they've built MMA, it would explode. The talent is there — the storytelling machine is not.
A nation of 17 million people gave the world Ramon Deckers, Peter Aerts, Badr Hari, Melvin Manhoef, Rob Kamen, Ernesto Hoost, and Rico Verhoeven. Rico's theory: the country is so small that every gym shares knowledge freely. In the US, you need a flight. In Holland, you drive 40 minutes and spar the national champion.
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