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With the 79th edition of the Masters Tournament upon us, it’s fitting to look back at some of the great shots in the history of the “tradition unlike any other.” This list is admittedly biased toward more recent Masters strokes of brilliance as they were captured on video. Unfortunately, we don’t have video of the undisputed greatest shot in Masters history (a “shot...
Published: April 7, 2015
Get ready for long rallies, sliding and battles of endurance—the clay-court season is here. No surface forces players to adapt quite like clay. Instead of relying on power to outlast opponents, you have to outthink and outlast them with mental and physical consistency. Across Europe over the next two months, the top men and women in the world will duke it out for some of the most prestigious...
Published: April 7, 2015
The Masters field seems to get deeper and deeper every year. Since when are there this many golfers in the top 50 who could win this tournament? Charl Schwartzel, ranked 36th, won the Masters in 2011. The top 20 is ridiculously talented. Finding dark horses wasn’t that hard. Many of the golfers on this list are favorably ranked but not those first-guess players to win majors, which makes them...
Published: April 6, 2015
As the folks at CBS will tell you, it’s a tradition unlike any other. And whether it’s a stirring rally from a past-prime veteran, an epic field-lapping by an untested youngster or the always compelling snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory by a green jacket-less wannabe, the Masters always translates to four unforgettable days at Augusta National Golf Club. The only question now—a...
Published: April 6, 2015
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy may be stealing all the headlines heading into the 2015 Masters at Augusta National, but it’s Jordan Spieth you should be watching. The world No. 4 golfer finished 2014 with a first-place finish at the Hero World Challenge and then proceeded to pick up play this year right where he left off last. Though it’s still far too early in the season for such talk, Spieth’s...
Published: April 6, 2015
Welcome to perhaps the busiest month on the sports calendar. The national championship in college basketball, the beginning of the NBA playoffs and the first round of the NFL draft are all confined within April’s 30 days. Oh yeah, and there’s a pretty huge golf tournament too. The world’s best are all preparing to head to Augusta, Georgia, over the next few days for the Masters Tournament,...
Published: April 6, 2015
Matchday 12 is over, and it was certainly one for the history books after two derbies and plenty goals. America went back to winning ways, while UNAM secured their fourth successive victory. Monterrey should be happy, too, as they defeated tournament leaders Tijuana to grab their fifth win of the season and fourth since Antonio Mohamed took over the team. But not everything was smiles during the weekend....
Published: April 6, 2015
Novak Djokovic issued a video apology to a ballboy whose face he shouted in during the final of the 2015 Miami Open. Djokovic had just lost the second set to Andy Murray and was letting off steam to his coaching team, but the ballboy was caught in the crossfire. The top seed was issued with a code violation by the umpire: Afterwards, Djokovic regained his composure and won the match. He issued a...
Published: April 6, 2015
The European Champions Cup returned with a vengeance after the break for the Six Nations. Which players most affected the outcome of the matches? Whose performances were especially commendable because of their lack of recent first-team action? And who was the player of the round? The players ranked between second and fifth on this list were very hard to separate, so preference has been given to the...
Published: April 6, 2015
The final four of the inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup were decided during the weekend of April 4-5, as Toulon, Clermont, Saracens and Leinster blazed a trail in the semi-finals of the competition. The European quartet accounted for a bulk of the northern hemisphere hype in recent days, while it was the in-form Hurricanes who continued to impress on the other side of the equator. Chris Boyd’s...