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An unexplained (yet correct) ranking of every James Bond film

This is the correct ranking. No we will not be explaining why.

It’s Bond, James Bond Week here at For The Win, where we’ve shaken (not stirred) five days’ worth of content to celebrate the premiere of the iconic franchise’s 25th movie, No Time to Die. (No spoilers!)

I am here to rank the Bond movies.

Have I seen all of these films? Yes. I’m pretty sure. Some of the Daltons and Moores kinda run into each other, if I’m being honest, but as a not-very-employed blogger in the early 2010s whose roommate had a cable package with SpikeTV, let’s just say I watched a lot of Bond films.

I’m not going to explain my choices nor their order. Just trust me that they are correct. Also, I’m not counting the 1967 version of Casino Royale nor the 1983 film Never Say Never Again because they’re sort of spin-off, not-official Bond films and also because I’ve never seen either of them.

So here is the correct list.

25. The World is Not Enough (1999)

24. Octopussy (1983)

23. A View to Kill (1985)

22. The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)

21. A View to Kill (1985)

20. Die Another Day (2002)

19. Quantum of Solace (2008)

18. Licence to Kill (1989)

17. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

16. The Living Daylights (1987)

15. Moonraker (1979)

14. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

13. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

12. Live and Let Die (1973)

11. Spectre (2015)

10. You Only Live Twice (1967)

9. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

8. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

7. Dr. No (1962)

6. Goldeneye (1995)

5. Skyfall (2012)

4. Thunderball (1965)

3. From Russia With Love (1963)

2. Goldfinger (1964)

1. Casino Royal (2006)

There you go. Article over.

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New golf balls of 2021 for every budget and handicap

A list of new golf balls for every budget and handicap in 2021.

Plenty of golfers think a golf ball is just a golf ball. “They’re all white, round and sit on the ground,” they chime. But smart golfers know that’s not true.

Trying to find the best golf ball for your game and budget can be a challenge, whether you’re a scratch player or just starting out. And while it’s true that the right golf ball won’t transform you into a pro, it can make a big difference in what you see off the tee and around the green.

Most well-made golf balls are built in layers featuring a soft rubber core with a thin and durable cover made from either Surlyn, which is great for durability, or urethane for extra spin on chips, pitches and shots hit into the green.

With so many options to choose from and a variety of pricing tiers, it sometimes can feel just as difficult to purchase the correct golf ball as it is to consistently turn in a solid scorecard. Depending on your budget and what you are looking for from your ball, we’ve identified our favorite golf balls for 2021 to help any player improve their score:

Meet the cast of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Season 7

Here’s a look at the cast of ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ season 7, which includes some fan favorites and notorious villains.

Katie Thurston’s journey to find love on The Bachelorette is coming to a close, which means it’s almost time for our favorite guilty pleasure: Bachelor in Paradise, which returns for its seventh season on Monday, Aug. 16 on ABC.

Following a two-year break amid the COVID-19 pandemic, your favorite (and not-so-favorite) Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants are heading back to the Paradise resort in Mexico for another shot at love.

But as we know in paradise, nothing goes smoothly, and there’s surely plenty of drama on the way.

Here’s a look at the initial cast of Bachelor in Paradise‘s seventh season, which includes some fan favorites and notorious villains.

The worst head coach in every NFL team’s history

Every team has had at least one, and we’ve picked out the worst coaching hires for all 32 franchises.

You can’t win a Super Bowl without a talented roster, but talent itself does not guarantee success in the NFL. A bad coach can waste a good roster as much as a good coach can elevate one.

Making things more difficult for the people in charge of hiring coaches, we’re *really* bad at predicting which coaching candidates are most equipped for the job. There have been plenty of great coordinators who’ve fallen flat on their faces when given a head job, and there have been uninspiring hires that have led to great results.

Every team in the league — well, except one — has hired a dud of a coach at some point. We’ve picked out the worst head coach in each team’s history.

One note before we get to the list: We picked only coaches hired after the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. 

See the 2021 Indy 500 starting grid with Scott Dixon on the pole

The starting lineup for the 105th Indianapolis 500 includes Scott Dixon on the pole and Will Power in the last row.

After two thrilling days of qualifying last weekend with 35 cars racing for only 33 starting spots, the field for the 2021 Indianapolis 500 is set, with six-time IndyCar Series champ Scott Dixon on the pole.

Dixon won the Indy 500 pole on Sunday for the fourth time in his career after knocking out the fastest laps on both Saturday, when starting positions 10 through 30 were set, and Sunday, when the Fast Nine Shootout and the Last Row Shootout determined the top-9 and final three spots, respectively.

“It’s a crazy lead up to this race,” Dixon told For The Win about the two-day qualifying process. “The race for pole is such an event in itself. … It’s really nerve-racking.

“Emotionally, it’s crazy. It’s one of the toughest things. And I think unfortunately, being a veteran of the sport, having done it for so long, it hasn’t got any better. I was so nervous on Saturday, and then on Sunday, I was so nervous.”

The 105th Indy 500 is Sunday with the green flag scheduled to fly at 12:45 p.m. ET on NBC. And this year’s race features several previous Indy 500 winners: Dixon, Hélio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Kanaan, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alexander Rossi, Will Power, Simon Pagenaud and defending Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato.

Here’s a breakdown of the starting grid for the 2021 Indy 500.

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8 things to know about NASCAR’s first race weekend at Circuit of The Americas

NASCAR is racing at Circuit of The Americas for the first time ever. Here are a few things fans should know.

Welcome to FTW Explains: a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have heard that NASCAR has a big and very different weekend lined up at COTA in Austin, but you’re not really sure about all the details. That’s OK because we’re here to help.

Among the many novelties in the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule are new tracks, and this weekend, NASCAR will compete at Circuit of The Americas, or COTA, for the first time ever. It’s one of seven road courses on the schedule this year.

The Austin road course famously has hosted Formula 1, IndyCar Series and MotoGP events, but this year, the track was added to the NASCAR schedule with a full weekend’s worth of competition lined up, culminating with the Cup Series’ EchoPark Texas Grand Prix on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET (FS1).

So ahead of NASCAR’s first race weekend at COTA, here are eight things to know.

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The 53 best movies streaming free for Amazon Prime members (May 2021)

We’ve sorted the best movies on Amazon Prime for the month of May 2021.

A new month means more movies to devour from Amazon Prime’s extensive catalog, ranging from some old favorites to some new editions. We’ve sorted the best movies on the streaming service for the month of May. All of these movies are on Amazon Prime, unless they are noted with an arrival date.

Not a Prime member? You can sign up here.

You can also check out some of our other lists:

Let’s get to Amazon’s best movies!

From giant lobsters to grandfather clocks, NASCAR’s top-14 novelty trophies, ranked

NASCAR has so many fun and wild novelty trophies, so we ranked our favorites.

It’s undeniable: NASCAR and the tracks it competes at deliver some pretty spectacular trophies to Cup Series race winners.

Sure, there are plenty of traditional-looking trophies that are treasured and will surely be part of drivers’ display cases and trophy rooms. But many of those are also subject to change — in name and design — based on the race sponsor, and other than signifying another tally in the win column, they might not mean much.

Instead, we’re talking about the icons, the staples, the ones drivers can spend their careers chasing because they’re so uniquely coveted. We’re talking about the novelty trophies — whether they’re quirky, funky, steeped in tradition or synonymous with the track presenting them.

And NASCAR has some fantastic ones. So here is our ranking of the top-14 novelty trophies the sport’s tracks give their race winners.

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Breaking down the important numbers behind the NASCAR Cup Series standings after 7 races

A detailed look at the NASCAR Cup Series stats going into the first off weekend of the season.

The NASCAR Cup Series gets its first break of the 2021 season with an off weekend following the initial seven of 36 races of the year — which, to the surprise of many, produced seven different drivers.

A quick recap: Michael McDowell stunned as the underdog winner of the season-opening Daytona 500, and Christopher Bell won the next race on Daytona International Speedway’s road course for two first-time winners. William Byron won at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kyle Larson won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Martin Truex Jr. won at Phoenix Raceway and Ryan Blaney won at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Most recently, Joey Logano took the checkered flag in Monday’s dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

And now, NASCAR is hitting the pause button this weekend before taking off for Martinsville Speedway for a Saturday night race on April 10.

Despite some of the surprise winners this early in the season, many of the usual drivers and teams remain at the top of the regular-season driver standings. Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports and Team Penske each have three drivers currently ranked in the top-10, with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick rounding out the group.

So ahead of the off-weekend, here’s a breakdown of the regular-season driver standings, who’s looking good and who has some work to do (with plenty of time to still do it).

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As a reminder, the regular-season standings are different from the projected playoff points and standings, where the top-16 drivers will compete in the 10-race playoffs this fall.

Typically, a win locks a driver into the playoffs, but with so many different winners early on, there’s a chance for more than 16 winners. If that happens, a win wouldn’t guarantee a playoff spot, and drivers and teams will have to work extra hard at the end of the 26-race regular season to contend for a championship.

UFC fans went nuts over Dan Ige’s ridiculous, one-punch knockout

What. A. Knockout.

UFC is in Vegas on Saturday night for UFC Fight Night 187, and fight fans got to enjoy (however briefly) the fight between Dan Ige and Gavin Tucker, a fight that ended after 22 seconds when Ige felled Tucker with an absolutely ridiculous one-punch knockout.

Twenty two seconds!

Before the bout, people noted that Ige’s wife is 36 weeks pregnant with the couple’s first child, a boy. I think it’s quite nice that Ige decided to end the fight after 22 seconds to make sure he didn’t miss anything and could get back to go hang with his wife.

You can see basically the whole fight below. It happened that quickly:

UFC fans went nuts over it: