Category: prizes

US Open Champs Get Lowest Payout Since 2012; Total Prizes Up

The two singles champions at this year’s U.S. Open will earn 35 percent less than in 2019, the last time the Grand Slam tennis tournament allowed spectators, while prize money for qualifying and the first three rounds of the main draw will rise as part of an overall increase. A year after banning fans entirely…


Orange County Teacher Wins Big on Wheel of Fortune

When Mission Viejo, Calif. resident Laura Wolf Trammel made the trek to Los Angeles to appear as a contestant on the long-running game show, Wheel of Fortune, she never expected to return to Orange County with a secret she’d have to keep for almost two months. The Rancho Santa Margarita elementary school teacher, who refers…