Bill Peel

Knee deep in the hoopla

[Bill Peel @just_BILLieve]

Everyone can be a coach to someone.

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Kyle Schwarber reached 30 home runs in the Phillies’ 84th game, the fewest team games to 30 homers in franchise history

[Dana O'Neil @DanaONeilWriter]

I love my job. It's the profession that breaks my heart. So many talented and wonderful people being let go this week. I know social media and TV makes it easy to stay caught up. Reading good writing, though, lets you inside and opens the door to ask, learn and know more.

[Gabby Herzig @GabbyHerzig]

For all the short game psychos: The set up at Aronimink to watch these guys chip and pitch and hit bunker shots is incredible. There’s basically an elevated walkway surrounding the entire practice area. Highly recommend.

[NWS Fairbanks @NWSFairbanks]

☀️ Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx

[RotoWear @RotoWear]

Happy Birthday, @SlangsOnSports! 🎂

[Dana O'Neil @DanaONeilWriter]

It sounds good. It isn't.
More mediocrity. Fewer Cinderellas. Less of what makes the tourney the best sporting event going.

[Beth Ann Nichols @GolfweekNichols]

'One more time'

HOUSTON – The same day Stacy Lewis had surgery to fuse a metal rod and five screws into her spine, the medical team asked her to get out of the hospital bed and make her way to the bathroom. Lewis didn’t say anything, but she did give them an are-you-crazy kind of look. When she’d shuffled about halfway across the room, her father, Dale, noticed a tear fall down her face, and that was it.

He left the room.

Out in the hallway, Dale sat down next to a window and sent up a prayer, asking God for two things: 1) that she never have to wear a back brace for the rest of her life and 2) that she play college golf.

That second one, he admits, might have been a little greedy.

One year later, in September 2004, Lewis teed it up for the University of Arkansas at a tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Dale cried again.

“We weren't sure she'd ever do that,” said Dale, walking down 10th hole at Memorial Park on a cloudy Friday afternoon at the Chevron Championship, six weeks removed from knee surgery.

“Everything after that's been a bonus.”

And what a bonus it has been: 13 LPGA titles, two majors, two Solheim Cup captaincies, an NCAA championship, two LPGA Player of the Year titles, two scoring titles, 25 runner-up finishes and nearly $15 million in career earnings.

As Nelly Korda rocketed up the board to a seven-shot lead at the Chevron, Lewis, a woman who helped make much of what Korda and her peers enjoy today possible, closed out her LPGA career at the major that berthed the dream nearly 20 years ago.

Now four months pregnant with her second child, 41-year-old Lewis had husband Gerrod Chadwell caddie for her this week, but it was Chadwell who insisted that Dale take the bag for the final walk up the 18th.

“One more time,” said a teary-eyed Dale as he put on the bib and headed to the tee.

Full story below:

[ABC News @ABC]

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community inside and outside the classroom has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year. https://t.co/ZZT3e6nBy0

[Kyle Porter @KylePorterNS]

This is a sick, sick shot. Just an absolute missile. Cannot stop watching it.

[James Colgan @jamescolgan26]

Thought I was making the dumbest mistake of my life today when I requested an interview with Fred Couples after finishing his opening round at the Masters quad-double-double-par.

To my surprise, Fred said yes, talked through every shot, and admitted he still had fun. Amazing

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Love this moment between Shohei Ohtani and a young fan 🥺

From @AyakoOikawa

https://t.co/joF7zX18Dg

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Kyle Schwarber!

460 ft

That’s his 4th 460+ ft home run since the start of last season, most in MLB in that span

[Beth Ann Nichols @GolfweekNichols]

EVANS, Ga. — Bailey Shoemaker calls it the yips. Back in January, Shoemaker couldn’t hit a 7-iron on the range without taking ages to pull the trigger. Her first event back after surgery was a dual match in the desert, and she froze over every shot. Head coach Justin Silverstein asked his support staff whether they should take her to the first big tournament of the spring.

The verdict: It's getting better, she needs to go play.

By the time Shoemaker got to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, she’d notched five consecutive top-10 finishes. But the yips, well, they came back with a vengeance as the pressure grew. On the par-3 eighth tee at Champions Retreat on Wednesday, Golf Channel aired a tee shot that took seven half-swings and waggles that added up to well over a full minute over the ball.

“It's crazy what the internet can do,” said Shoemaker, “and, I mean, everyone has got something to say, and everyone thinks they know everything. …  I was the fastest player in college golf back in the day before this injury.”

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[NASA @NASA]

Liftoff.

The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.

Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

This is what resilience looks like.

[Todd Zolecki @ToddZolecki]

24th season covering Phillies and 22nd opening day.

[MLB @MLB]

Nothing beats a Citizens Bank Park crowd pop 😮‍💨

#OpeningDay

[Bill Peel @just_BILLieve]

Life Begins Again on Opening Day!

[Philadelphia Phillies @Phillies]

Opening Day should be a national holiday ⚾

[Bill Peel @just_BILLieve]

Life Begins Again on Opening Day!