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John Daly loves to gamble, but it hasn’t been very kind to him over the years. In an interview on Yahoo’s In Depth With Graham Bensinger, Daly claimed that he lost somewhere between $55 million and $57 million from 1991 to 2007. For those who are wondering, that equates to a loss of about $3.4 million per year. The 48-year-old originally believed that he had only gambled away between...
Published: May 30, 2014
Top seeds continue to fall in what has become a crazy French Open. Both Serena Williams and Li Na fell in the first two rounds in the women’s bracket while Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka was knocked out immediately on the men’s side. In many of these cases, you just have to give credit where it is due for the underdogs who performed well. Of course, there are also top seeds who...
Published: May 30, 2014
Ernests Gulbis is arguably playing the best tennis of his career after reaching the fourth round of the 2014 French Open with a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 win over Radek Stepanek. But he’s making headlines for his off-court comments. According to Mike Dawes of the Daily Mail, Gulbis balked at the idea of his sisters possibly following in his footsteps and becoming professional tennis players. The...
Published: May 30, 2014
In a tournament that has been ruled by upsets, seventh-seeded Maria Sharapova emphatically proved to be the French Open favorite Friday by whitewashing Paula Ormaechea 6-0, 6-0 in the third round at Roland Garros. According to Chris Skelton of Tennis View Magazine, this was the fifth time that Sharapova won without dropping a game at a Grand Slam: Ormaechea is no stranger to clay as a native...
Published: May 30, 2014
Novak Djokovic overcame his first notable test of the 2014 French Open by knocking off No. 25 seed Marin Cilic (6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4) to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros. Djokovic beat eight-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal at the Rome Masters, the final marquee warm-up event before the season’s second major. It led to talk about whether the Serbian star should assume favored status...
Published: May 30, 2014
Fourth-seeded Roger Federer faced his first true test of the 2014 French Open Friday, but he ultimately passed with flying colors by defeating No. 31 Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the third round at Roland Garros. With the win, Federer continued his incredible run of success in Paris, according to ATP World Tour on Twitter: After beating a pair of little-known players in the first two rounds,...
Published: May 30, 2014
And so the upsets continue. With the top two seeds in the women’s draw, Serena Williams and Li Na, already knocked out of the French Open, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland seemed to be in a great position. But she was not immune to an upset either, losing to unseeded Croatian Ajla Tomljanovic in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. Radwanska never quite looked comfortable against the 21-year-old,...
Published: May 30, 2014
Formula One’s testing schedule is set to be overhauled from next season, with a return of the ban on in-season testing and the loss of one of the three pre-season tests. Those steps, as well as a desire for all non-race weekend sessions to be held in Europe, are just some of the methods in contention as the sport looks to control costs. After a dramatic, tense Monaco Grand Prix weekend,...
Published: May 30, 2014
As the men’s and women’s brackets continue to rage on in Roland Garros, both sides have seen a fair share of upsets and unforgettable moments. Whether it was Stanislas Wawrinka and Li Na being ousted in the first round or the Williams sisters getting trounced by young players, the 2014 French Open has been filled with intrigue. As Novak Djokovic takes the stage yet again, he is still in...
Published: May 30, 2014
Gael Monfils is a crowd-pleaser, and his home fans at the French Open were left open-jawed when he made an outrageous dive to try to reach a ball during his second-round match against Jan-Lennard Struff. The No. 23 seed was out of position, but he didn’t give up on the shot. Unfortunately, he could only meet the ball with the frame of his racquet. It didn’t stop him for long, however—Monfils...