A professional field hockey captain and serial entrepreneur says these 4 traits make a good leader

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Boris Burkhardt
Boris Burkhardt is a professional field hockey player for Amsterdam, as well as a company founder.

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The underdogs of the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest are the real heroes. They do it for the love of the game.

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Judges counting hot dogs at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
At the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, competitors aim to eat as many hot dogs as they can in 10 minutes.

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The billionaires making moves to buy or sell sports teams this year

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Mark Walter walks onto the field to celebrate a Dodgers playoff win
Mark Walter walks onto the field to celebrate a Dodgers playoff win

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The NCAA settlement is a big win for football players. For other athletes, the picture is murkier.

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Sabrina Oostburg is on the track team at Belmont University.
Athletes who compete in non-revenue sports, like track and field, could see changes due to the House vs. NCAA settlement.

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This Hall of Fame baseball player picked up photography in retirement. He captured one of the defining shots of the Masters.

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The photographer is Hall of Fame baseball player, Ken Griffey Jr.
Hall of Fame baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. captured an iconic scene of Rory McIlroy winning the Masters.

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Rory McIlroy's Masters victory earned him $4.2 million. Here's what every winner has won since the tournament began in 1934.

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Rory McIlroy drops to his knees and screams after winning the 2025 Masters.
Rory McIlroy won the 2025 Masters Tournament.

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There are key reasons sports teams and leagues may still be hot investments in a trade war, according to a top PE firm

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Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors drives against Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers during a game.
Private equity firms like Arctos Partners have invested in sports teams like the NBA's Golden State Warriors.

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Map shows exodus of private jets from Augusta's small, usually quiet, airport after the Masters

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A map of the continental US shows hundreds of private jets leaving Augusta after the Masters on Sunday 13 April 2025.
229 private jets left Augusta on Sunday, with around 2,100 flights in and out of the airport last week.

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Masters champion Rory McIlroy says he overcomes performance anxiety by visualizing the worst-case scenario

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland during the 2025 Masters Tournament.
Rory McIlroy won the 2025 Masters Tournament.

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A US tennis player refused to have his legs amputated after surviving the Titanic. He later won an Olympic gold medal.

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R Norris Williams and the sinking of the Titanic
Richard Norris Williams survived the sinking of the Titanic and went on to become an Olympic gold-medalist tennis player.

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