SPORTAL X

Part I – A Morning Like Any Other It was Wednesday, January 15, 2025—an unremarkable date on the calendar, yet one that would etch itself into my memory forever. Dawn had barely tinted the sky when I shook my husband, Matt, awake with a gentle, “Good morning, love.” Our two children, Lily (8) and Noah [...]

Anna Wintour and Donald Trump. Credit / Getty Images He’s attended the gala in the past and once even proposed on the way there. This year, sadly, Donald Trump was not welcome at the Met Gala – and reportedly hasn’t been for a long time. Each year on the first Monday in May, the biggest [...]

Prologue On a crisp autumn evening fifteen years ago, Susan Walton pulled the steering wheel of her battered Honda Civic into the opulent driveway of her father’s mansion for what she hoped would be a turning point—an opportunity to reconcile old wounds and forge a new beginning. Instead, she found herself standing toe-to-toe with the [...]