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Let’s be real for just a minute. Based on what Martin Kaymer has managed to do in the first 36 holes of the U.S. Open, the rest of the field could very well be competing to win the B Flight. As good as he was in winning the Players Championship, he looks even better through 36 holes this week. That means he’s going to be very difficult to catch on the weekend if he continues to play at...
Published: June 14, 2014
The 2014 U.S. Open is Martin Kaymer’s world, and the rest of the field is just living in it. Kaymer posted his second straight 65 to take a commanding six-stroke lead over the rest of the field. He will look to continue that momentum Saturday when he is paired with Brendon Todd. Here is a look at the rest of the pairings for Round 3: Saturday Predictions Martin Kaymer Keeps It...
Published: June 14, 2014
PINEHURST, N.C. — Golf is a funny sport. In baseball, nobody takes away your runs. Football doesn’t delete touchdowns once they’re on the board. But in golf, you can pick up strokes—or lose them—before you walk out of the locker room. Before you swing a club for the first time in any round. That’s because of how the other players are swinging. A safe lead? You’d...
Published: June 13, 2014
The heart of tennis tradition is in Europe where red-clay courts at the French Open make way for green lawns at Wimbledon. And while this grand theatre catches the eye of even the casual sports fan, the trouble is that the prologue quickly turns into the epilogue. Tennis dilettantes scan their programs, wondering why the show cannot go on. The grass-court season is merely an intermission and that’s...
Published: June 13, 2014
If there were any doubts following Ferrari’s failed attempt to sign Adrian Newey last month, silly season is in full swing. The latest rumour doing the rounds concerns the future of Lewis Hamilton, who was reportedly seen at Ferrari’s base in Maranello, Italy, earlier this week. Speculation has also surrounded the future of the Caterham team, although the outfit’s owner has maintained...
Published: June 13, 2014
Fresh off his ninth French Open championship in the last decade, you’d think this would be the perfect time for Rafael Nadal to quell concerns about his grass-court performance. You’d think wrong. Dustin Brown shocked everyone at the Gerry Weber Open on Thursday, ousting the world No. 1 in straight sets in their second-round match. Nadal was frankly rendered fangless by Brown, currently...
Published: June 13, 2014
France enter the second Test of their Australian tour hoping the only way is up. Their dire performance in last week’s 50-23 beating in Brisbane has prompted a deluge of criticism, and coach Philippe Saint-Andre has reacted by ringing the changes ahead of the second clash in Melbourne. Neutral observers will be hoping to see more of a contest in this second clash, and these key battles could...
Published: June 13, 2014
France head to Melbourne on Saturday looking to avenge last week’s comprehensive dismantling that saw them beaten 50-23 at the hands of Australia in the first Test. The second Test match takes place at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium with the Wallabies looking to win the series. France coach Philippe Saint-Andre was forced to field a second-string team in the first game because...
Published: June 13, 2014
Recently dethroned Six Nations champions Wales have travelled to the southern hemisphere to take on the mighty South Africa in the first of two Test matches in as many weeks. The games will be held on successive Saturdays with the first Test taking place in Durban. Both teams are missing key players as Wales prepare to cope without British and Irish Lions stars Leigh Halfpenny and Sam Warburton. Here...
Published: June 13, 2014
England will be out for revenge in the second Test in Dunedin on Saturday against New Zealand, after being cruelly beaten in the dying moments of the Auckland encounter. An under-strength England team—who many expected to be thrashed at Eden Park—were looking like claiming a famous draw before Conrad Smith’s last-gasp try made it 20-15 to the hosts. However, Stuart Lancaster’s...