Biggest Winners, Losers on PGA Championship Leaderboard on Friday

Over the years, Saturday has come to be known as Moving Day on the PGA. That’s the day players who make the cut try to move up the leaderboard in an effort to get into contention for the final 18 holes. But in the 94th PGA, Moving Day actually occurred on Friday when the Ocean Course was battered by gusty winds all day, setting off a roller-coaster ride up and down the scoreboard. Par was a very... 

PGA Championship 2012 Standings: Day 2 Highlights, Cut Line Update and More

Day 2 of the PGA Championship in South Carolina is in the books, but it wasn’t without 30-mph gusts of wind and some high scores. According to the Associated Press (via ESPN), only four players were able to break par on the day and there were more rounds in the 90s than in the 60s. The wind gusts were so devastating that guys like Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan and Matt Kuchar failed to break... 

PGA Championship Leaderboard: Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Carl Pettersson on Top

Blustery conditions shook up a leaderboard that started the day with Carl Petterson in the lead and ended with Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Carl Pettersson tied  at -4, one stroke ahead of Ian Poulter.  Rory McIlroy and Jamie Donaldson of Wales, who plays on the European Tour, are both at -2.  While winds are usually calm along the southeast coast during the dog days of August, a tropical... 

Phil Mickelson: Recap and Review of Lefty’s PGA Championship Peformance

Phil Mickelson bounced back from a shaky one-over-73 first round that sent him to a tie for 66th. Today, Lefty managed to shoot one-under, just enough to stay at even-par overall and to share the 11th place, 55 spots better than yesterday. On Thursday, Mickelson opened with a bogey on the par-four first. This was the result of a slice that found the gallery. His noon tee time didn’t help much. Then... 

Mexico Olympic Soccer: 5 Players That Can Win the Final with Dos Santos Injured

Giovani dos Santos has a hamstring injury and won’t play in the gold-medal match. It’s an unfortunate event for El Tri, especially since the team will meet Brazil at Wembley Stadium. However, Fernando Tena has several players that can seal the deal and help Mexico hoist the champion’s trophy. Marco Fabián and Oribe Peralta are just two of the footballers that have proven to... 

USA Women’s Olympic Soccer Team: Positives to Take Towards World Cup 2015

On Thursday, the USWNT defeated Japan 2-1 in a thrilling match to re-establish itself as the world’s pre-eminent soccer team. Following the celebrations will come a three-year lull before the next major international competition—the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup—which will be held in Canada. Here are three positives the USWNT can take towards that competition. Begin Slideshow  Read More →

Olympic Football 2012: How Mexico Can Stop Neymar and Brazil

Tomorrow’s men’s football final sees Mexico take on Brazil, and there’s one question to ask: How can Mexico stop Neymar and Brazil from winning gold? Well, here’s what I think. The absolute worst thing that Mexico can do is to focus all of their efforts on one player, that being Neymar. Granted, the 20-year-old is one of the hottest prospects in world football, and rightfully... 

Greatest Hard Court Players in the History of Tennis

Considering the long history of tennis as a sport, hard-court surfaces are a fairly recent phenomenon. Before the Open Era, most professional tennis matches were played on grass with some tournaments held on European clay courts, usually prior to the start of the French Open. In 1978, the US Open began playing exclusively on DecoTurf, and the Australian Open converted to hard courts in 1988. Ultimately,... 

Rafael Nadal: How ‘Rafa’ Is Unique Insight into a Tennis Superstar

Rafael Nadal fans have been itching for any news of their hero to make his return to the ATP tour, and ultimately to make a run at the 2012 US Open title. In the meantime, summer is a great time to read tennis biographies, and Rafa, written with John Carlin is the definitive book about Nadal.  It’s a presentation for the reader to hear his voice and gain insight about his upbringing and... 

South Korea vs. Japan: Breaking Down the Olympic Men’s Soccer Bronze Medal Match

Japan and South Korea have a tough task in trying to follow up a thrilling day of women’s Olympic soccer, but the two Asian nations are more than capable of providing a fitting appetizer to the gold medal match later this weekend. These teams took very different routes to the bronze medal match, and both will have to reverse recent trends if they do not wish to be the forgotten fourth-place team. The... 

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