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It looked like Milos Raonic would win every tournament on the planet with the way he started the season. The World No. 27 played with such freedom in his mind that anything seemed possible. It is the same feeling Novak Djokovic played while winning 24 straight matches and four tournaments including The Australian Open, Dubai Indian Wells and Miami.Of course, the 20-year-old is not yet at the level...
Published: April 26, 2011
Tiger Woods, once the most dominant player on the PGA Tour, is going to have surgery on his left leg to repair what he is calling some minor ligament and tendon damage, according to Forbes. He says he injured it during his awkward swing from under a branch of Eisenhower’s Tree on the 17th hole at Augusta on Masters Saturday. What does this latest setback mean for Tiger? Let’s have a look...
Published: April 26, 2011
Today, I received a Twitter update on my phone. It was Tiger Woods, apologizing for the fact he will be absent from the Quail Hollow Open. His reason? An injury to his left knee. During the third round of the Masters, Woods has now revealed that an awkward lie on the 17th hole caused an MCL sprain and a sprain of his Achilles tendon. So what does this mean? Well, Woods’ knee injury was rated...
Published: April 26, 2011
They’re calling it a “mild sprain.” But there’s nothing mild about it when Tiger Woods finally told everyone on Tuesday that he hurt himself with the circus shot from underneath the Eisenhower Tree during his Saturday round at The Masters. Golf’s most secretive player finally had to admit he’s hurt. He had to notify the good folks at Quail Hollow that he won’t...
Published: April 26, 2011
Tennis Now Word on the street is that World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and coach/father Piotr Wozniacki are seeking legend Martina Navratilova as a consultant to add to their team—taking place interestingly before Wozniacki lost to Julia Goerges in Stuttgart. Piotr revealed this to the Danish newspaper, Sporten DK. Piotr said he would like his daughter to add...
Published: April 26, 2011
Tennis Now For the second tournament in a row, first seed Marion Bartoli fell in the first round, this time to world No. 72 Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-4, 6-1, at the Barcelona Ladies Open on Monday. Last week, she was upset by Kristina Barrois, which was shocking after she made it to the finals on the hard court of Indian Wells. The other top seeds went through their first-round...
Published: April 26, 2011
The technological changes that were introduced into Formula 1 for the 2011 season have given the sport a long overdue boost (forgive the pun) and brought back good, old-fashioned racing. Cars can now actually pass each other on the track rather than relying on pit stop strategies to decide races. It’s just like in the old days—no more slot-car racing. No more processions. No races being...
Published: April 26, 2011
NEW YORK, NY—Tennis Legend John McEnroe took part of this past Saturday’s “Celebrity Match,” hosted by NYFEST. In a partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival, Umbro and The New York Cosmos, NYFest is New York City’s first film and entertainment soccer tournament. Along with his legendary competitive spirit, McEnroe has been considered by many of his fans as the epitome...
Published: April 26, 2011
Who is number one? Who has a chance to be number one? Who can reach number one with a win or a top three finish? Who blew a chance at number one? Luke Donald had a chance to be number one but blew it. Oh no!! All this makes for great conversation (although that is debatable), but is there really any point to it? Sure, occasionally the rankings are used to seed players in match play events,...
Published: April 26, 2011
Lee Westwood has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the World Golf Rankings, and this time he did it with a victory. It was over a weak field, but it was a victory. The victory is not the issue. The weak field is. Garry Smits of the Florida Times Union portrayed it in a way that just makes you laugh out loud, comparing Westwood’s win with Donald’s playoff loss: “Not for...