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With so much at stake, it’s little surprise Formula One has seen such tremendous rivalry down the years. Sometimes, it’s opposing teams going wheel-to-wheel in the battle for supremacy. Other times, the heat of battle is contained within the very same garage. But rivalries don’t always have to be soured; Jim Clark and Graham Hill are a fine testament. They went toe-to-toe throughout...
Published: August 7, 2013
Tennis has dominant players in both the men’s and women’s games. But one day they will retire, and the challenge is to predict the players who will take their places. But there are a few retired players out there who are young and good enough to compete at a high level on tour. They retired because they had had enough of the competition, no longer felt able to compete at the top level,...
Published: August 7, 2013
The 2013 International Champions Cup is headed to its final day after Tuesday’s action, but we were left with plenty of takeaways from each team after the two matches. Fifth place and seventh place were on the line, as the clubs looked to salvage disappointing performances in the tournament with a win. Valencia topped Everton for fifth, while Inter Milan took seventh place over Juventus in penalty...
Published: August 7, 2013
The 2013 Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada is underway, and the stock watch for the top men’s tennis players has begun. Altogether, it should be a productive week for five of the six players at the top of the game. They will all be there in the first such meeting since Wimbledon. Only missing from the competition is No. 5 Roger Federer, who withdrew days before the event started. As reported by...
Published: August 7, 2013
With the United States men’s national soccer team on an 11-game winning streak, and its roster depth flush on the back of so many excellent performances in the June World Cup qualifiers and the July CONCACAF Gold Cup, expectations in the Jurgen Klinsmann era have never been higher. The current prevailing wisdom, in Klinsmann’s recently preferred 4-2-3-1, is that Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore...
Published: August 7, 2013
Rory McIlroy just wants to win anything again. Tiger Woods needs to win a major title again. As the last major of the year looms, both men, looking to overcome their own unique issues, face enormous pressure heading into the PGA Championship at Oak Hill. Like Muhammad Ali boasting “I am the greatest” or Michael Jordan, the all-time smack-talker, wagging a finger in his opponent’s...
Published: August 6, 2013
So here we are: Glory’s Last Shot. After an exciting and unexpected season of golf, we have finally reached the PGA Championship and the golf world is waiting with bated breath to see which golfer will crown his season with one of those all-important major victories. Will McIlroy finally find his rhythm? Will Woods place the cherry on top of his No. 1 comeback season? Will we see a second major...
Published: August 6, 2013
After Tiger Woods‘ dominating performance at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational, it is no wonder Bovada lists him as the favorite to win the 2013 PGA Championship at 7-2 odds. Phil Mickelson is second on the list followed by a few of the other more prominent names. While no one can argue with the likes of Woods and Lefty being installed as the guys to watch at Oak Hill CC in Rochester, N.Y., this...
Published: August 6, 2013
Once again, Tiger Woods enters a major as a giant favorite. At 7-2, according to Bovada, his odds are three times lower than Phil Mickelson, who has the second-lowest odds in this field. Given Woods’ history of major dominance and his stellar recent play, which includes winning last week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by seven strokes, the odds are clearly justified. However, there...
Published: August 6, 2013
The PGA Championship may not have the status of the other three majors, but there is no shortage of excitement as players prepare to play at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. The two big stars in the field are Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, currently the two top-ranked golfers in the world. While a Sunday stretch battle between the two would be dramatic theater, they are not the only golfers...