​Many will remember the 2025 PGA Tour season for its several first-time winners, emotional moments, and a contentious Ryder Cup, which Team Europe won 15-13. While there are 48 events on the 2025 calendar, none are bigger than the four majors: the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, US Open, and The Open Championship.

The Masters, the first of the four majors, arguably created the most emotional moment in golf, and perhaps all of sports, in 2025. Heading into the renowned tournament at Augusta National in Georgia, McIlroy, a four-time major champion, needed to win the coveted green jacket to complete the career grand slam. He had failed to accomplish the feat in his previous 10 trips to Augusta.

After a first-round 72 that had him outside the top-10 and seven strokes behind leader Justin Rose, it appeared McIlroy may have to wait at least another year. However, he responded with the low round of the day, 66, in the second round to jump into a tie for third. He shot 66 again in the third round, putting him two strokes ahead of Bryson DeChambeau for first place.

The final round was a wild ride for McIlroy. He lost his lead after a double bogey on the first hole, but led by four shots heading into the final nine holes. Tied with Rose for the lead on the 17th hole, McIlroy hit one of the best shots of his career, hitting an iron shot to within two feet of the cup for a birdie. He missed a short par putt on the 18th, however, forcing a playoff with Rose.

After Rose missed a 15-footer for birdie on the first playoff hole, McIlroy made his four-foot putt to end the 11-year wait and become the first European to win golf's grand slam. Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan, and Gene Sarazen are the only others to win all four major championships.

The 2025 PGA Championship was far less dramatic, especially during the final round. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler trailed leader Jhonattan Vegas by three strokes after the second round, but was in first place after the third round and eventually won by five strokes over DeChambeau, Harris English, and Davis Riley. It became Scheffler's third major victory and first win at the PGA Championship.

J.J. Spaun was an unlikely winner at the 2025 US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. A journeyman who had 147 career starts before winning his first tournament at the 2022 Valero Texas Open, Spaun was the first-round leader at the US Open, but trailed American Sam Burns by one shot heading into the final round.

Spaun shot a disappointing 40 on the front nine in the final round, but rallied on the back nine, shooting an impressive 32 to record a two-stroke victory over Robert MacIntyre. He put an exclamation mark on his first career major by sinking a 64-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole.

At The Open Championship, Scheffler became a four-time major winner with another dominant performance. He took a one-stroke clubhouse lead after the second round at 10-under par, stretched the gap to four strokes after the third round, and held on by the same margin after the final round. Scheffler followed the same path as Xander Schauffele, who won both The Open Championship and PGA Championship in 2024.

​The New York Yankees are the most decorated franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), having won 27 World Series titles in its 120+ year history. While they've had dozens of Hall of Fame hitters, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter, many standout starting pitchers have contributed to the team's success. None, however, has more wins with the "Bronx Bombers" than Whitey Ford.

A 10-time All-Star and six-time World Series winner, Ford is New York's all-time leader with 236 victories. Born in New York, Ford debuted with the Yankees in 1950 and ended the season with a 9-1 record and a 2.81 earned-run average (ERA), finishing second in Rookie of the Year voting. He missed the following two seasons due to military service, but returned in 1953 and won 18 games in 33 starts.

Ford spent his entire 16-year MLB career with the Yankees and led all pitchers in wins in 1955 (18), 1961 (25), and 1963 (24). He won the American League (AL) Cy Young Award in 1961. His final two years with the club were his only seasons with a losing record. Ford, whose 236 wins rank 64th in MLB history, entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

Also a six-time World Series champion, Red Ruffing ranks second among Yankees starting pitchers with 231 wins. He also won 42 games in eight seasons split between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. New York acquired Ruffing from the Red Sox for Cedric Durst and $50,000 in May 1930. He was a six-time All-Star with the Yankees and led the AL in wins (21) in 1938. Ruffing entered the Hall of Fame in 1967.

With 219 victories, Andy Pettitte is third all-time in most wins with the Yankees. A 22nd-round pick of New York in the 1990 MLB Amateur Draft, Pettitte didn't make his big league debut until 1995, when he finished third in Rookie of the Year voting with a 12-9 record and 4.17 ERA. The next season, he led the AL in wins (21). Pettitte spent his entire 18-year career with the Yankees, achieving double-digit wins in 16 of those seasons.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1972, Lefty Gomez pitched for the Yankees from 1930 to 42, winning 189 games and posting a 3.34 ERA. The seven-time All-Star won six World Series with New York and won the Triple Crown, meaning he led all pitchers in wins, ERA, and strikeouts, in 1934 and 1937. Only 16 pitchers have since won the Triple Crown. Gomez pitched one game for the Washington Nationals in 1943 before retiring.

Selected by the Yankees in the third round of the 1971 MLB Amateur Draft, Ron Guidry pitched 14 seasons with the team and compiled a 179-91 record to go along with a 3.29 ERA. The four-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner had his best season in 1978, winning the AL Cy Young after posting a league-leading 25 wins and a 1.74 ERA. He also led the AL in ERA (2.78) in 1979 and wins (22) in 1985. Guidry was also a skilled fielder, winning five Gold Gloves.

​Law school demands more than academic potential. It pushes students to operate at a high level from day one. Students routinely read hundreds of pages each week, write under pressure, and manage unfamiliar expectations. Those who succeed often rely on habits they built before the semester ever begins. By establishing steady routines, testing study patterns, and sharpening recall methods in advance, incoming students reduce the first-month ramp-up and build stamina for what follows.

Legal reading is structured, dense, and deliberate. Judicial opinions span multiple pages and include holdings, procedural history, and layered arguments. Working through real court decisions trains students to spot legal issues, separate primary rules from commentary, and follow multi-step reasoning. Editorial summaries and practitioner guides show how courts frame and apply rulings in broader contexts.

Legal writing prioritizes structure over style. Students must construct clear, evidence-based arguments using a consistent format. Building this discipline starts with condensing complex material into short, fact-driven paragraphs. Reviewing sample case briefs or professor-issued model answers shows how professors shape and evaluate strong legal reasoning.

Before school starts, students gain from testing work intervals and scheduling systems. Even brief sessions, like an hour of reading followed by thirty minutes of review, highlight which pacing strategies support focus and retention. Once a rhythm takes hold, first-year law students can test note-taking tools. Outlines, spaced recall formats, and condensed issue lists all help transform dense content into usable study materials.

Specialized vocabulary appears immediately. Terms like “jurisdiction,” “motion,” and “liable” surface early and often, and misunderstandings slow comprehension. Rather than memorizing terms in isolation, students should use sentence-based drills or flashcards built around real case excerpts. This approach makes new terminology easier to recognize in class and on written assessments.

Independent learning plays a larger role than many expect. Professors use class time to analyze cases and expect students to arrive having already studied the material. Building habits like previewing assignments, drafting brief post-case outlines, or answering hypothetical prompts helps incoming students develop autonomy without pressure. This shift surprises many who come from more structured academic backgrounds.

Assessment hinges on final exams, most of which follow the IRAC format: issue, rule, application, and conclusion. Exam hypotheticals test how well first-year law students apply legal rules under time pressure, not whether they can memorize facts. Reviewing past exams or analyzing professor commentary helps clarify what counts as strong analysis. Writing practice responses ahead of time builds fluency and reinforces logical structure.

Conversations with current or recent students reveal the pacing, workload, and stress points that academic catalogs rarely capture. These insights show new students where they struggle, what to plan for, what to ignore, and how things get easier as they progress. The goal is not to collect advice; it is to set concrete expectations based on recent students’ experiences.

Students who learn how to monitor their own progress, adapt their methods, and refine their study tools as the semester unfolds carry those skills into bar preparation, clerkships, and early legal practice. Structured preparation sets the baseline, but sustained development depends on a student's ability to adjust beyond the first semester. That long-view mindset often distinguishes those who grow steadily from those who simply keep up.

​Since the start of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1876 (originally called the National League), only eight teams have managed to win the World Series on five or more occasions. Just two of those teams have claimed double-digit World Series victories, but even in this category, the New York Yankees stand apart from the competition. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 world championships, most recently in 2011, but this is less than half of the Yankees' MLB-leading 27 World Series titles.

The New York Yankees professional baseball franchise formed in 1903. Over more than 120 seasons, the franchise has recorded nearly 10,900 wins and made 59 playoff appearances. Yankees teams have made 41 World Series appearances, losing only 14 times.

New York's first few decades in MLB's American League produced no World Series titles or appearances. The team enjoyed several winning seasons, including a 92-59-4 regular season record in 1904, a 90-61-4 record in 1906, and a 92-59 record in 1920. Despite these strong results, the team never finished first in the American League and only managed three second-place finishes.

The Yankees broke their post-season drought in 1921 after winning 98 of 153 regular season games. The team established a 2-0 series lead over the crosstown rival New York Giants, but ultimately lost the best-of-nine series in eight games. The Yankees returned to the World Series the following year, but again fell to the Giants, this time in five games.

Baseball historians attribute New York's newfound success to the arrival of Babe Ruth, who played a key role in the team's World Series breakthrough in 1923. The Yankees unseated the Giants in six games. Ruth batted .368, driving in eight runs, hitting three home runs, and drawing eight walks. Ruth remained with the Yankees through the 1934 season. His tenure with the team resulted in three more World Series wins, which came in 1927, 1928, and 1932.

Ruth's departure did not hamper the Yankees' post-season results. In fact, the franchise won four consecutive world championships between 1936 and 1939, a league record at the time. After a subpar 1940 season, the Yankees made three more World Series appearances, winning two. Following a seven-game series victory over the rival Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, the Yankees had won 11 championships, which would tie the Cardinals for the second-most all-time World Series wins.

But the Yankees had only just begun. Between 1949 and 1953, New York broke its own MLB record by reeling off five straight World Series wins. The victories came in different manners, ranging from a 4-0 sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1950 to a come-from-behind, seven-game series win against the Dodgers in 1952. Between 1955 and 1964, the franchise appeared in nine of the league's championship series, winning four.

The Yankees subsequently entered a championship drought, though they managed to add back-to-back titles in 1977 and 1978. New York enjoyed a modern renaissance starting in 1996, beginning with a six-game series win over the Atlanta Braves. The Yankees posted three of the most dominant World Series victories in league history from 1998 through 2000, dropping just one game in the process. The team's most recent World Series win came in 2009, a six-game series victory over the Phillies.