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Report alleges Phil Mickelson made advances on fellow tour pro's wife
May 16, 2024; Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Phil Mickelson reacts after putting on the eighth green during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Jon Durr-Imagn Images Two weeks after a report indicated six-time major champion Phil Mickelson was no longer a member of a private golf club in the San Diego area due to unwanted advances, a separate report this week revealed more instances of alleged lewd and inappropriate behavior.
According to a report in Skratch, Mickelson is accused of making unwanted advances toward the wife of golfer Pat Perez in 2015. The report also claims his departure from two more golf clubs in the San Diego area came in the aftermath of questionable personal conduct.
The report details an evening between Mickelson, Perez and his wife Ashley during the 2015 Barclays tournament at Edison, N.J., when the trio was drinking red wine at Mickelson’s villa. Mickelson was accused of making sexual advances toward Ashley Perez when Pat Perez excused himself to use the restroom.
Ashley Perez declined the advances and told her husband about the incident once the tournament ended. Ashley Perez since filed for divorce in 2023.
Pat Perez has called the incident “unforgivable,” with the report indicating Mickelson has delivered multiple apologies.
In addition to an earlier report in Golf Digest that Mickelson is no longer a member at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., after an interaction with a female employee that was deemed inappropriate, the report in Skratch referenced his departure from both Madison Club and The Bridges, also in Rancho Santa Fe.
The report indicated that Mickelson’s “personal conduct” was the reason he ultimately departed both clubs.
In the Skratch report, a “spokeswoman for Mickelson” provided a statement via Mickelson’s attorney Tom Clare.
“Some of the allegations circulating about Mr. Mickelson are false, and others revisit mistakes he has already acknowledged, publicly or privately,” the spokeswoman said, in part. “Stacking the disputed claims next to the ones he has owned does not make them credible. It instead contributes to a false and misleading narrative.”
Mickelson, who turned 56 earlier this month, stepped away from competition in February for what his spokespeople referred to at the time as a “family health matter.” He played in mid-March at LIV Golf’s South Africa tournament, finishing tied for 48th. He skipped April’s Masters, where he is a three-time champion, and did not try to qualify for this month’s U.S. Open.
Said Clare, according to Golfweek: “A small segment of the golf media has decided that because Mr. Mickelson is a successful golfer, every detail of his private and family life is theirs to exploit. Recycling mistakes he has already acknowledged as new reporting, and dragging private family matters into public view, is reckless. It is the pursuit of clicks at the expense of the truth. Do better.”
–Field Level Media
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T1, Karmine Corp advance with Rd 1 wins at Mid-Season Invitational
T1 and Karmine Corp each earned 3-0 sweeps early Sunday to advance through the first round of the play-in stage of the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational in Daejeon, South Korea.
T1 dispatched Team Liquid in 26 minutes, 36 minutes and 30 minutes. Meanwhile, Karmine took down Deep Cross Gaming in 32 minutes, 26 minutes and 34 minutes.
The current play-in stage runs through July 1, with four teams competing in a double elimination bracket. Teams are seeded according to results from the First Stand Tournament and compete in best of five matches throughout. The eventual winner advances to the bracket stage, an eight-team tournament that provides a $2 million prize pool including a $500,000 check for the first-place finisher.
Kim “Peyz” Soo-hwan paced T1 with 32 kills, while Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok had a 6.3 kills-deaths-assists ratio. Lim “Quid” Hyeon-seung had 17 kills for Liquid.
For Karmine, Kang “Kyeahoo” Yea-hoo scored a 12.5 KDA ratio, while Caliste “Caliste” Henry-Hennebert (25) and Martin “Yike” Sundelin (21) each exceeded 20 kills.
Liquid and Deep Cross are now left to face off in an elimination game, while T1 and Karmine will square off to determine which side will take its first loss.
Late Sunday matchups:
Round 2:
T1 vs. Karmine Corp
Team Liquid vs. Deep Cross Gaming (elimination)
–Field Level Media
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USMNT's World Cup Path Gets Tougher After Group Stage Draw
It seemed like things were going to break the right way for the US Men’s National team. Unfortunately, the final round of the group stage didn’t go as planned, and the FIFA World Cup bracket got significantly more challenging for the home underdogs.
The US starts bracket play on Wednesday against Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they will be a -270 favorite, their largest for a single game so far in the World Cup. This round-of-32 match is simply a must-win for the United States.
Over the years, the USMNT has struggled to get Americans to buy into the World Cup, but after an exciting group-stage performance, buy-in is at an all-time high, with most of the tournament taking place on US soil.
Given how the US has looked under manager Mauricio Pochettino, they shouldn’t have many issues against Bosnia; however, they did beat Italy, FIFA’s twelfth-best team, which prevented them from playing in the World Cup. There’s no such thing as a gimmie, but this game cannot be lost at home.
It’s only uphill from there, with the second round a much tougher test between the winners of Belgium and Senegal. The US did beat Senegal in a recent friendly right before the start of the World Cup, but they also got walloped in a friendly one month prior against Belgium.
If they managed to get past the round of 16, they’d be faced with one of Spain, Portugal, Croatia, or Austria. A very challenging path for the red, white, and blue, a path they’ll need to climb if they want soccer to be more than a trendy fad within the United States.
This team felt different than years prior. They haven’t looked like the plucky underdog; they were the by far best team in the group. They weren’t sitting back in a defensive shell, looking for one attack to break through; they were on the front foot in the group stages.
This iteration of the USMNT has a level of talent they’ve never had in a World Cup. A healthy Christian Pulisic is a good starting point, but having outside backs like Sergiño Dest and Antonee Robinson has been a game-changer on the outside this year. Also, Folarin Balogun has been incredible up front for the US.
Veterans Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams have been incredibly solid in the middle, filling out a US team far more talented than we are used to. If they are matched up with Belgium in the round of 16, not only will it be a rematch of Tim Howard’s incredible performance in 2014, but it can be a changing of the guard.
Belgium’s golden generation might finally meet its match in Father Time, whereas the US would finally show they can contend on the World Stage. Winning is the only thing that truly matters in the US, and if they can’t make it to the quarter finals, we will have to wait four more years for Americans to be all in on soccer.
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Giants activate OF Heliot Ramos (quad) from IL
May 11, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; San Francisco Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos (17) doubles in two runs in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The San Francisco Giants activated outfielder Heliot Ramos from the injured list Sunday while first baseman Buddy Kennedy was designated for assignment.
Ramos, 26, last played on May 15 due to a right quadriceps strain. He was batting .267 with four home runs and 20 RBIs in 44 games this season.
In five major league seasons with the Giants, the 2024 National League All-Star is a career .257 career hitter with 48 home runs and 163 RBIs in 356 games.
Kennedy, 27, did not have a hit in seven at-bats over seven games in his first season with the Giants. In five major league seasons for six different clubs, Kennedy is a career .171 hitter with two home runs and 20 RBIs in 74 games.
–Field Level Media
