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Ireland welcome Wales to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday in what will be the last warm-up fixture for both teams prior to coaches Joe Schmidt and Warren Gatland naming their World Cup squads on August 31. Wales helmsman Gatland is under particular pressure to impress in the Irish capital after seeing his side blown out of the Millennium Stadium following a 35-21 defeat to the Boys in Green three weeks...
Published: August 29, 2015
Unranked underdog Pierre-Hugues Herbert continued his surprise run at the Winston-Salem Open, advancing to his first career ATP tournament final where he will take on second-seeded Kevin Anderson. Herbert knocked off No. 13 Steve Johnson in three sets in the semifinals. This is quite a turnaround for the 24-year-old, who hasn’t played in an ATP event since losing in the second round at...
Published: August 29, 2015
With two rounds in the books at The Barclays, Bubba Watson has positioned himself as the man to beat after shooting a two-under 68 on Friday. At seven under for the tournament, Watson holds a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson, Tony Finau, Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner. Jason Day, Camilo Villegas and Robert Streb are among those golfers who also have a fighting chance at overtaking Watson: Watson...
Published: August 28, 2015
Jordan Spieth has had a spectacular 2015 season that saw him shoot up to the world’s No. 1 ranking after the PGA Championship two weeks ago. But his reign as the world’s best golfer has been cut abruptly short after he missed the cut at The Barclays by shooting a seven-over overall after the first two rounds. ESPN’s Jason Sobel explains: Spieth could not recover from a first...
Published: August 28, 2015
John McEnroe says he “can’t condone” the behavior of tennis’ new bad boy, Nick Kyrgios. He says Kyrgios has gone “too far,” that his bad behavior had diminishing returns and he’d like to offer Kyrgios some advice. Two things immediately come to mind: 1) Exactly when did John McEnroe become tennis’ mother hen? 2) In the world of bad boys, McEnroe’s...
Published: August 28, 2015
There is quite a bit of drama as the U.S. Open prepares to get underway on both the men’s and women’s side of the draw. The most pressing issue on the women’s side concerns top seed Serena Williams. Can she complete the calendar-year Grand Slam by winning her second consecutive U.S. Open? Serena has picked off the first three Grand Slam championships this year, and she ended 2014...
Published: August 28, 2015
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Or so the saying goes. Though the final months of 2014 were by far the most demeaning of Jenson Button‘s entire Formula One career, a 15-year tale featuring as many setbacks as successes, it seems that period taught him the most valuable and instructive of lessons. As he persuaded McLaren to choose him, and not rookie team-mate Kevin Magnussen,...
Published: August 28, 2015
As the United States under-23 men’s national team attempts to make the Olympics in soccer for the first time since 2008, head coach Andi Herzog has named his roster for the final preparation camp before CONCACAF qualifying begins in October. According to USSoccer.com, Herzog has selected a 24-player roster that will compete in friendly matches against England Sept. 3 and against Qatar Sept. 8....
Published: August 28, 2015
Peter Malnati learned a damp lesson in the importance of occasionally cutting your losses and just taking the drop this week at a Web.com Tour event. Malnati, a 28-year-old professional golfer from New Castle, Indiana, was playing in the first round of the WinCo Foods Portland Open on Thursday, when a shot of his dropped into a spot right on the mucky cusp of the water along the No....
Published: August 28, 2015
Over the past few years, the U.S. Open has developed into perhaps the one Grand Slam event tennis fans can count on to add variety in the late stages. Roger Federer used to own the tournament, winning it five times in a row from 2004-08. However, the U.S. Open has delivered some shock results in recent years. Last year, Marin Cilic earned his first major title after defeating Kei Nishikori in the championship...