The end of August usually is one of those in-between times in sports. College and pro football are almost here, but not quite. Summer sports like tennis and golf are wrapping up. Big things are on the horizon, for sure, but because September is full of kickoffs, August sometimes feels like a set-up month.
Not 2015. This year is different. It has been big from the beginning, and it’s not stopping now.
It had us at American Pharoah.
Or perhaps at Jordan Spieth. Or the U.S. Women’s World Cup victory. Or Serena Williams.
Those have to be the four finalists for athlete/sportsperson/sports people of 2015, and, interestingly, while the U.