Read about Anthony Kim, watch the NFL conference championship games.
What to Read This Weekend |
 | | Mike McQuade |
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A young man is walking briskly across a stretch of mowed grass, on his way to someplace entirely new. Hundreds of people are clapping as he passes. They are hollering his name. The young man lowers his head, tugs off his white cap and holds it in the air. A smile flickers across his face, then disappears. |
This is Anthony Kim. It is 2008, and he is 22 years old and one shot away from earning his first win in a professional golf tournament. When he reaches the 18th green, he pauses, not only to line up his final putt, but also, he later reveals, to let a simple fact swirl into his consciousness: My life is about to change. Kim taps the ball, and it clunks into the cup. He punches the air twice, screams "Yes!" twice. He takes a bow. |
"That walk up 18 was the best feeling in my entire life," he says later that day. "I want to recreate that as many times as possible now." |
The feeling would prove fleeting. Four years after that first win, after more rousing victories that established him as one of golf's biggest stars, Kim took a sudden leave from the game. Injuries were hampering his play, and he needed time to heal. But beyond his physical troubles, some invisible, unknowable forces must have been churning inside him. |
Because he never came back. |
Read the full article here. |
What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | Cincinnati's Tee Higgins carrying the ball for a touchdown against Kansas City when the two teams met in December.Emilee Chinn/Associated Press |
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By the end of this weekend, we'll know who we get to see in the Super Bowl. But the conference championship games are often more fun than the main event. The 49ers face the Eagles for the N.F.C. title (Sunday, 3 p.m., Fox), while in the A.F.C., the Bengals take on the Chiefs (Sunday, 6:30 p.m., CBS). |
It's time to crown the champions of the Australian Open, but you'll need to be a night owl or an early riser to watch live. The women's final (Saturday, 3:30 a.m., ESPN) features a pair of powerful hitters: Elena Rybakina vs. Aryna Sabalenka. The final on the men's side (Sunday, 3:30 a.m., ESPN) will be set overnight Thursday in the U.S., with American Tommy Paul still in the mix. |
The Big Ten will see a top-10 women's basketball showdown when No. 2 Ohio State, coming off its first loss of the season, travels to Bloomington to face No. 6 Indiana (Thursday, 8:30 p.m., Big Ten Network). On the men's side, the Big 12/SEC Challenge will match up No. 10 Texas with No. 4 Tennessee (Saturday, 6 p.m., ESPN). |
In the N.B.A., LeBron James is 158 points away from eclipsing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career scoring total of 38,387. How many can he get when the Lakers play the Celtics (Saturday, 8:30 p.m., ABC)? |
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