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Rafael Nadal was defeated by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday (6-2, 7-6), ending the Spaniard’s historic winning streak at his favorite tournament. But, considering Nadal has gone 21-2 this year (including three singles titles), he shouldn’t feel too bad right about now. Keep in mind, after missing the second half of the 2012 campaign with tendinitis, Nadal has defied a lot of...
Published: April 21, 2013
As a 16-year-old Texas phenom competing in the 2010 Byron Nelson Invitational, Jordan Spieth served notice that he was a player to watch in the coming years. This weekend at the RBC Heritage, the emerging PGA Tour star made it clear that those years are coming sooner than anyone expected. Playing in only his sixth tournament as a professional, the 19-year-old Spieth claimed his third top-15...
Published: April 21, 2013
With two former U.S. Open winners battling in a playoff, Webb Simpson missed a five-foot par putt on the first extra hole to hand Graeme McDowell the title at the 2013 RBC Heritage at the Harbour Town Golf Links. It is no surprise that this came down to two of the past three winners of the U.S. Open. With high winds swirling, this claustrophobic Hilton Head Island, S.C., course was playing like...
Published: April 21, 2013
It was another thrilling weekend of action for Americans plying their trade abroad as Clint Dempsey scored a goal that helped keep Tottenham’s Champions League dreams alive and Mix Diskerud had a stunner for Rosenborg in the Tippeligaen. Alejandro Bedoya and Sacha Kljestan also scored this week in midweek action. Check out video of the goals from Dempsey, Bedoya and Kljestan as well as news on...
Published: April 21, 2013
It’s been more than 40 years since Rod Laver became the last man to win a calendar-year Grand Slam back in 1969. However, a new chapter in tennis history could be written this year if the tennis gods shine brightly on Serbia’s favourite son Novak Djokovic. Nole’s 2011 season went down as one of the most outstanding in recent tennis times. The Serbinator won 10 ATP titles that year,...
Published: April 21, 2013
Novak Djokovic came out strong and never relented against Rafael Nadal to win the Monte-Carlo Masters 6-2, 7-6 (7-1). The top player in the world proved why he carries that title on Sunday by topping the King of Clay on his favorite surface. He came in with an injured ankle, but he handed Nadal his first loss in 47 matches at Monaco after winning this event eight times in a row. Djokovic won the first...
Published: April 21, 2013
After a wild 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix race at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Team Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took the checkered flag Sunday for the second time this season. Vettel has never been afraid of controversy or driving hard—as we saw from the way Malaysian Grand Prix ended—and after battling serious contenders Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg early in the race,...
Published: April 21, 2013
The International Rugby Board’s (IRB) Women’s Sevens Series will soon arrive in Amsterdam for the fourth and final leg of the 2012/13 season. It is clear by now that New Zealand—in their first year back in international competition after a brief hiatus—is set to claim the inaugural series title. With 54 series points and an eight-point lead over their English rivals, the...
Published: April 20, 2013
Sebastian Vettel is the three-time defending world champion in Formula One racing, and also happens to be the reigning winner of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. With an ideal No. 2 starting position, there is little reason to expect anything other than Vettel emerging victorious once again. The 25-year-old phenom is atop the point standings through three races in 2013, courtesy of a triumph at the...
Published: April 20, 2013
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, S.C.—Tomorrow, it’s predicted to blow at Hilton Head Island. Leads have been lost and tournaments won depending on who got the best of the wind and weather. Look no further than the British Open in 2002 when Tiger Woods—among others—couldn’t handle the worst of the weather and Ernie Els finished before the bad stuff started. It...