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As the FedExCup 2014 continues, all the golfers in the 100-man Deutsche Bank Championship field are hoping for a great week at TPC Boston. Some golfers, however, need an inspired performance more than others. Most significantly, only 70 of the 100 golfers will make it through to the third playoff event, the BMW Championship. Notable players such as Geoff Ogilvy, Vijay Singh and Ian Poulter are among...
Published: August 27, 2014
South Africa escaped their doubleheader with two narrow margins of victory that has done little for the confidence of their fans back home as they embark on their visits to Australia and New Zealand. Despite boasting nine wins from their last 10 games, Heyneke Meyer’s men sit atop the Rugby Championship table with more questions than answers springing from the robbery they committed in Salta...
Published: August 27, 2014
They came close in Bahrain. Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg might have done it in Canada, but for Mercedes reliability issues. Then, it finally happened last weekend in Belgium—the fastest race lap, set by Rosberg, was quicker than the fastest lap at the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix. At the beginning of the season, all the talk was about how quiet and efficient the new Formula One power units were....
Published: August 27, 2014
On Tuesday, U.S. soccer announced that Landon Donovan would be given a final send-off match with the United States men’s national team when the team takes on Ecuador on October 10 in East Hartford, Connecticut. In his international career, Donovan set records for the most goals (57) and most assists (58) in the history of the U.S. men’s national team. He also gave the team, and its fans,...
Published: August 27, 2014
At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the Netherlands did surprisingly well, reaching third place and beating well-respected nations like Spain, Chile and Mexico along the way. A new season has now started, and while the events of this summer are slowly becoming distant memories, reality has kicked in again. There are club careers to be resumed; there are prizes to be won. New challenges must...
Published: August 27, 2014
Jean-Eric Vergne‘s Formula One future hangs by a thread. After three seasons at Red Bull’s sister team, Toro Rosso, Vergne is being replaced for 2015 by Max Verstappen. The Frenchman has been with Red Bull since 2007, and with no seat available at the main team it looks like the relationship will come to an end. He has less than six months to find a new drive and salvage his F1 career. Vergne...
Published: August 27, 2014
With all the great things accomplished on the PGA Tour in 2014, like Rory McIlroy’s spectacular summer, for example, there have been some big disappointments as well. Some were as a result of injuries, as in the cases of Tiger Woods, Jason Dufner, Ian Poulter and Brandt Snedeker. Others were more difficult to explain like Webb Simpson and Harris English, both very talented but underachieving...
Published: August 27, 2014
The American women may be on the verge of something. What that something actually is has everything to do with performance and if we are to gauge the state of American women’s tennis based on one round of Grand Slam tennis, then the sky above Flushing Meadows is the limit. Madison Keys dominated in her win over Jarmila Gajdosova with 23 winners, nine aces and only nine unforced errors. Sloane...
Published: August 27, 2014
Andy Murray fought through a number of cramps to notch a four-set victory over Robin Haase, kicking off his 2014 U.S. Open in most unusual fashion on Monday. Despite that impressive rally from early adversity, Murray’s road to a potential title in the season’s Grand Slam finale is too tough for him to advance deep in the tournament. Now bear in mind that Murray is the biggest men’s...
Published: August 27, 2014
Roger Federer took on Marinko Matosevic in the first round of the 2014 U.S. Open and Michael Jordan was in attendance to see how their new collaborative shoes from Nike perform on the court. In the second set, Federer caught Matosevic completely off guard with a ridiculous, between-the-legs shot that hit his unsuspecting opponent in the back. MJ was thoroughly impressed. Federer...