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Round Six of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship takes place this weekend in the tiny principality of Monaco. The Monaco Grand Prix has been held every year since 1955, and winners include all-time greats such as Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio and Graham Hill. The jewel in F1’s crown, this is the one race every driver wants to win. It’s also the one race which, after such a huge push...
Published: May 23, 2012
We all knew that golf’s governing bodies would eventually be forced to address the issue of slow play. Thursday and Friday rounds on the PGA Tour are now taking upwards of six hours to complete, and even weekend rounds, where touring pros are playing in twosomes, are still taking nearly five hours to complete. What no one could have predicted, however, was that the LPGA would wind up leading...
Published: May 23, 2012
This week we are in Fort Worth, Texas at Colonial Country Club for the Crowne Plaza Invitational. David Toms is the defending champion. The winner will take home $1.116 million and 500 FedEx Cup points. Colonial is one of the tighter tracks on the PGA Tour. We are looking for golfers who hit a ton of fairways and greens while putting well. A low GIR (Greens In Regulation percentage) can be overlooked...
Published: May 23, 2012
Since his marital issues became tabloid fodder in late 2009, Tiger Woods has not been the same golfer. Ever since that fateful car accident almost three years ago, event after unfortunate event has been piling up atop one of the greatest athletes we have ever seen. He has fallen faster and harder from grace than any athlete, or perhaps human being, in history. Personal issues have blended into issues...
Published: May 23, 2012
After his big win at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, Jason Dufner will compete with Hunter Mahan to become the first member of the PGA Tour with three wins this year. The action will go down in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Colonial Country Club, a par-70, 7,204-yard course that ranks 22nd among the 51 most difficult courses played on the tour in 2011, according to SportsNews.com. Although it’s...
Published: May 23, 2012
The race to finish in the top six is really beginning to heat up. With the Highlanders, Reds and Sharks all picking up wins, the pressure is now on all three to keep winning. After going down to the Rebels, the Crusaders rebounded in a big way, belting the Blues 59-12 in Christchurch. Quade Cooper also returned, although he was only a shadow of his best and will likely remain that way for some time...
Published: May 23, 2012
Perhaps one of the more unexpected stories to have emerged has been the relative dominance of Maria Sharapova over this year’s clay court season. One says “relative” only because Sharapova’s main rival and tormentor in the months before—World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka—has only played a secondary role in events on clay. The Belarusian, who won the Australian Open in...
Published: May 23, 2012
If Novak Djokovic is going to complete his career Grand Slam, he’s going to have to make his way through a tough road at the French Open. Let’s take a look at who the Djoker will likely have to get through at Roland Garros and what his chances in each match are. We’ll start with the quarters. Quarterfinals: David Ferrer This one all depends on the draw, so,...
Published: May 23, 2012
“The King of Clay,” Rafael Nadal, is going to dominate the competition at the 2012 French Open at Roland Garros. “Rafa” is looking to win his seventh French Open title and will emerge victorious when the end of the competition rolls around on June 10. Nadal tied Bjorn Borg with a record sixth French Open title when he beat Roger Federer last year in Paris and he’ll be...
Published: May 23, 2012
The Olympic Games are right around the corner, and that means another gold medal will be awarded to a men’s tennis player. Rafael Nadal won the gold medal in Beijing, and he will be one of the favorites this summer in London. The tennis matches will be played at the All England Club, with the matches starting three weeks after Wimbledon wraps up. This means that tennis fans will be...