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The 2016 Miami Masters rolls on with Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, but it’s already suffered unusual exits by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The tournament’s humidity and deep fields of competitors sets up a great second week for the last Masters 1000 title until late July. We check in on the favorite players and examine the progress of tennis’ young ATP prospects. Are any...
Published: March 28, 2016
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem signed a one-year contract extension that runs through June 2017, but he doesn’t expect to be in that position beyond this year. On Sunday, Finchem announced he will likely step down at the end of the season rather than working through the extension, per Geoff Shackelford of Golf Digest. “The length of the contract is really a placeholder,”...
Published: March 28, 2016
The stars came out Sunday at the 2016 Miami Open, with Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber, Garbine Muguruza and Tomas Berdych among those in action in Key Biscayne, Florida. The tournament now shifts to the fourth round, and the updated men’s singles and women’s singles brackets are available at the event’s official website. Here’s a look at how Sunday’s action...
Published: March 27, 2016
The PGA Tour’s only match-play competition is in the books. And with No. 2 seed Jason Day and No. 3 seed Rory McIlroy making it to the semifinals, the group-stage format (unveiled last year) continues to allow the best players to advance. The format also allowed the hottest golfer in the game currently (and arguably over the past year) to capture his second Match Play Championship in three years....
Published: March 27, 2016
After a lengthy first set, Novak Djokovic is moving on to the fourth round of the Miami Open after defeating Joao Sousa, 6-4, 6-1, on Sunday. Djokovic improved to 3-0 all-time against Sousa, with this being their first meeting outside of a Grand Slam setting. It also was the most difficult match the world’s top-ranked player was in up to this point in Miami. Live Tennis provided...
Published: March 27, 2016
Jason Day earned his second WGC-Dell Match Play title Sunday, beating Louis Oosthuizen 5 and 4 in the final at Austin Country Club. According to ESPN Stats & Info, Day’s wins in the semifinals and final were his 17th and 18th in the event since 2013, the most of any golfer on the PGA Tour during that stretch. He’ll take home $1.62 million of the $9.5 million purse, per World...
Published: March 27, 2016
Steve Marino birdied the par-five 18th to get in the clubhouse at 12 under par, but Tony Finau matched that number and defeated him in a playoff for his first career PGA Tour victory on Sunday at the Puerto Rico Open. Finau posted a two-under 70 to tie Marino and won with a birdie at the third extra hole in Rio Grande. The pair edged out 54-hole leader and Finau’s final pairing partner—Ian...
Published: March 27, 2016
England captain Wayne Rooney will have watched England’s impressive 3-2 win over Germany on Saturday from the comfort of his sofa at home in Cheshire. But soon after kick-off and throughout the match, he will have experienced a growing sense of dread at just how well England were playing without him. It was more than just a win, for England played with great pace and movement and scored three...
Published: March 27, 2016
United States National Soccer Hall of Famer Len Oliver will posthumously donate his brain and spinal cord to the Concussion Legacy Foundation and to the CTE Center at Boston University, according to Steven Goff of the Washington Post. “Take an old guy, take a guy who has been in the sport his entire life, and take a look,” Oliver said, speaking about the potential head trauma...
Published: March 27, 2016
The first of two important days on the calendar in March for the United States men’s national team program delivered a mixed bag of results. The USMNT U23 team left Colombia with a draw in the Olympic playoff, and the senior team fell to Guatemala on the road in one of their worst performances under manager Jurgen Klinsmann. Outside of the international matches, a few Americans attempted...