University of Michigan legend and NFL Hall of Famer Charles Woodson refuses to set aside his Wolverine pride, even for a certain Buckeye.

This interview was originally published in the December 2025 issue of GOLF Magazine.

GOLF: What’s your favorite thing about golf?

Charles Woodson: That there’s always room for improvement and that you can never figure the game out. No matter how well you play one day, the next day could be totally different. You can play a golf course one day and tomorrow the golf course would be set up totally different and play totally different. But it’s the same golf course. And so, you can never perfect it. It’s a tough game, but it’s fun and it’s always a challenge to try to get better.

G: What are some of the closest parallels you see between football and golf?

CW: I played defensive back, and in that position you’ve got to have a short-term memory because a lot of things are gonna happen out there on the football field. You get beat, you gotta forget about it fairly quickly. In golf, you can be playing well, and then, all of a sudden, you hit a wayward shot and you’re in trouble. You gotta forget about that because there are 18 holes. You gotta have that short-term memory.

G: You’ve started Woodson Bourbon Whiskey. Fuzzy Zoeller has his own whiskey brand, and he said one time when he wasn’t playing that well, he wouldn’t mind sampling some product on the golf course to help him play better. Have you ever thought about sampling your own product on the golf course?

CW: [Laughs] I thought about it this morning! My buddies asked me if I had any product. I was like, “No, man.” I was kind of laying off the stuff. But tomorrow there may be some product. I’ve got a big golf bag.

G: Michigan and Ohio State don’t always see eye to eye. If you had a chance to play golf with Ohio State alum Jack Nicklaus, would you be willing to ignore your dislike of Ohio State for a few hours?

CW: Not a chance, because he wouldn’t forget his dislike of Michigan! It means the rivalry is alive and well, and I’m sure if I had a chance to play with him, he’d give me some stuff about the championship they won this year. We won it last year. You gotta keep that going.

G: At last year’s American Century, in Lake Tahoe, you beat both Larry the Cable Guy and Blake Griffin. They’re both here this year. You think you’ll remind them about that?

CW: We’ll see. Let’s get through the tournament first.

G: You’ve played in the Pro Football Hall of Fame golf tourna­ment in Ohio. Are there any Hall of Fame football players that you think could be Hall of Fame golfers too?

CW: Yeah … I love them, but none of them. Nope, not one.

This interview, conducted at the 2025 American Century Championship, has been edited for length and clarity.

Dusan Vlahovic has been out with an injury since November, and Juventus has felt the absence of the Serbian striker. His presence on the pitch has been crucial, and the team has struggled to maintain its attacking threat in his absence.

Luciano Spalletti considers Vlahovic his most important striker at the moment, and Juventus has missed his contributions in key matches. The striker’s injury was the reason Juventus sought to sign a replacement in the January transfer window, but the move did not materialise.

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The alternatives have proved unreliable. Jonathan David has failed to consistently deliver, and Lois Openda has shown similar inconsistency. This has been a source of frustration and could affect Juventus’s chances of finishing in the top four at the end of the season. The lack of a dependable striker has emphasised just how important Vlahovic is to the team’s ambitions.

However, there is positive news regarding the Serbian forward. As reported by Tuttojuve, he has made a full recovery and now needs to reach peak physical condition before returning to full training with his teammates. Over the coming days, Juventus will monitor his progress closely, aiming for him to be in optimum shape ahead of his reintegration into the squad.

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The remaining games of the season are all crucial for the Old Lady. Juventus will need a winning streak to secure a place in the Champions League, as finishing fifth would not guarantee Champions League qualification due to the poor performance of Italian clubs in the competition this term.

With Vlahovic potentially returning, Juventus has the opportunity to strengthen its attack and improve its prospects in the league. His availability could prove decisive in ensuring the team secures a top-four finish and achieves its objectives in the closing stages of the campaign.

A pair of college basketball players jumped into action after two vehicles were engulfed Tuesday when a sudden sinkhole opened up beneath them in Nebraska.

Sitting at a red light, a red SUV and a gray pickup truck were waiting to go until both fell instantly as the road collapsed.

It is unclear what led to the road collapse. (UNO Public Safety/TMX)

The driver of the pickup truck almost immediately opened his door, but the status of the driver in the SUV was not known.

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Seeing the danger, a purple car at the four-way stop pulled up onto the nearby sidewalk to assist in getting the driver of the SUV out safely. Out of the purple car came Esra Kurban and Olivia Borsutzki, members of the University of Nebraska Omaha women’s basketball team.

“I thought it was an accident, and then I saw a man next to the car and was like, ‘Oh, the cars are actually in the ground,’” Borsutzki told Fox News Digital.

(Left) University of Nebraska Omaha women’s basketball player Esra Kurban. (Right) University of Nebraska Omaha women’s basketball player Olivia Borsutzki. (Courtesy of Omaha Athletics)

For both players, there was no second-guessing.

“I pulled over and was like, ‘We need to help,’” Borsutzki added.

“Nobody was helping. People had their cell phones out, driving past, they didn’t do anything. I was like, ‘Esra, we gotta do something. I don’t know what we’re doing, but we gotta do something.’”

Borsutzki said the person in the SUV was “panicking,” but she grabbed him by his belt to get him out of the sinkhole.

Dust could be seen as the vehicles fell into the pavement. (UNO Public Safety/TMX)

Kurban added, “I didn’t even know a road could go down. I was shocked to see it. But fortunately, everything turned out to be fine after that.”

Neither driver was hurt, police said.

“We are grateful to them for jumping into action and quickly providing help,” Officer Sarah Martier, an Omaha police spokesperson, said in a statement of the bystanders.

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The next day, the Lady Mavericks became the only NBA, WNBA or Division I men’s or women’s team in the last 15 years to have one player with at least 40 points, another with at least 30 and another with 20 or more rebounds in the same game in their 85-74 win over Oral Roberts.

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Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly reacted to Savannah Guthrie’s latest plea for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie. The Today host’s 84-year-old mother has been missing since February 1, and the law enforcement agencies have been investigating the case as a kidnapping. Meanwhile, Nancy Guthrie’s family posted several videos urging people to help find her.

On February 24, Savannah Guthrie announced a $1 million family reward in exchange for information leading to her mother’s recovery. On Friday, the media personality reshared a clip from her Tuesday plea video and reminded people that they could be anonymous while sharing tips.

Megyn Kelly, who has actively discussed the developments in the Nancy Guthrie case, discussed Savannah Guthrie’s latest video with former FBI agents Jim Fitzgerald and Maureen O’Connell. Kelly pointed out that Savannah Guthrie, in her first few videos, appeared without makeup and with puffy eyes. She suggested that the change might be a calculated move to deliver an impactful message.

“I think it’s somewhat of a sign of resilience that she managed to get any makeup on at all and her jacket on… I do think the puffy red eyes are an intentional choice because I’m sure they were authentic, and they could have been resolved had she really wanted to do that for a camera. But she probably made the choice to show people the pain she’s in,” Kelly stated.

The podcaster said that there was no downside in telegraphing her true emotions to the public and the suspected kidnapper. Megyn Kelly asked Jim Fitzgerald whether, in his opinion, the Today host’s appearance and the video’s style were premeditated and produced after consultation with the FBI.

The former FBI agent said that in his profiling career, he had advised people how to appear before cameras while putting on a message. Fitzgerald said that while he had personally never gotten into the makeup category, he opined that someone might have advised it.

“So yeah, this is well coordinated… I’m certainly assuming there are profilers, behavioralists on the scene, certainly in touch with the family. They’re talking to them. They’re helping them put the words together. They don’t want to offend the person. They don’t want to challenge the person.”

Megyn Kelly suspects that if Savannah Guthrie drops any major detail in her plea for Nancy Guthrie

In her latest video message, Savannah Guthrie said that 24 days had passed since Nancy Guthrie was “taken in the dark of night from her bed.” Megyn Kelly discussed the plea video in her Tuesday podcast and stressed the NBC host’s words. Kelly remarked that whether Savannah Guthrie intended to or not, she had made a “little news.”

Pointing to the “taken…from her bed” remark, Megyn Kelly suspected:

“No one has ever said that before. In fact, the sheriff said it early on and then took it back and said… But there it is, straight from Savannah Guthrie herself. That’s news.”

Many on the internet raised suspicions about Nancy Guthrie’s other daughter, Annie, and her husband, Tommaso, since they were the last people with whom she spent time before she went missing.

In her recent plea, Savannah Guthrie mentioned Annie when she said, “Hope against hope. As my sister says, ‘we are blowing on the embers of hope.’” Megyn Kelly frowned upon the mention of Annie in the message.

“Given all the focus on the sister and, more accurately, the sister’s husband. To me, that’s a way of endorsing the sister and reminding us they still believe in her and probably in Tommaso too. I don’t think you mentioned the sister unless you’re looking to rehabilitate them both,” Kelly said.

Meanwhile, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has cleared Nancy Guthrie’s family members as suspects in the case.