The Saudi-backed LIV tour, which paid some golfers a hundred million dollars or more to defect from the Tour, turned into an expensive, expandable negotiating tool.
In a state that once considered itself a political outlier, the legislature barred a transgender representative from its floor. Will encroaching extremism seize the last best place?
Ding Liren defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi to take the title. But the game has changed, and the old status markers may not carry the same weight they once did.