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Mercedes and Nico Rosberg cruised to an easy victory at the 2016 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. The German team and driver leave the Middle East with 100 per cent records and healthy leads in the championships, having won both of 2016’s races so far. Ferrari were again the best of the rest; though Sebastian Vettel retired on the formation lap, Kimi Raikkonen had more than enough pace to finish...
Published: April 4, 2016
With the ceremonial opening tee shots drawing near, it’s time for our annual pre-Masters power ranking. Jordan Spieth topped the 2015 edition. (And rightfully so, as it turned out.) What goes into the breakdown? A look at recent play at Augusta, key statistical indicators, a golfer’s last five starts and a glance at his Official World Golf Ranking and Sagarin Ranking. How do...
Published: April 4, 2016
The 2016 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club creeps into the fray this weekend, a time signifying the true start of spring. “The Masters is within 10 days away,” Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion, said in Jason Sobel’s ESPN.com story. “Just saying that makes you just want to go out and do pushups or something. It makes you really, really excited.” He’s not...
Published: April 4, 2016
The 2016 Miami Masters was another championship showcase for Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka. They each backed up their titles at Indian Wells to complete the “Sunshine Double,” but just how impressive is this feat? This is only the third time in history that the ATP and WTA both saw a champion sweep these tournaments (1994, Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf; 2005 Roger Federer and Kim...
Published: April 4, 2016
In every generation of professional golf there, are two distinct types of players—those who are competing against their peers and those who are chasing down history. When Jack Nicklaus showed up at a major championship, he was competing against more than just the likes of Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tom Watson. He was pursuing major championship records that the likes of Bobby Jones and Walter...
Published: April 4, 2016
When evaluating your Masters Tournament picks, it could pay to look beyond favorites such as Jason Day, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy. Taking a glance, major sportsbooks list nearly 30 players at better than 100-1 odds. As that’s roughly one-third of the field, 100-1 seems like an appropriate cutoff for dark-horse candidates. So, with odds ranging from 250-1 to 120-1 (via Vegas...
Published: April 4, 2016
Nico Rosberg claimed his second victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit. After starting from second on the grid, the German moved into the lead at the first corner and led almost throughout, claiming his fifth win in succession and extending his early lead at the top of the drivers’ championship. The trials and tribulations endured by...
Published: April 3, 2016
The 2016 Masters is upon us. Favorites, regardless of your preferred sportsbook, include Jason Day, last year’s green-jacket winner Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Bubba Watson. These thoroughbreds aren’t all running at the same speed, however, with Day and Scott pulling away from the pack as we enter turn four ahead of the first balls in the air at Augusta National. We’ll...
Published: April 3, 2016
With numerous stars giving chase as he pursued his first PGA Tour victory at age 38, Jim Herman didn’t let the pressure get to him in Sunday’s final round of the Shell Houston Open at the Golf Club of Houston. Herman fired a four-under 68 and chipped in for birdie at the par-three 16th to edge out Henrik Stenson by one stroke in Humble, Texas. He took home a winner’s paycheck of $1,224,000...
Published: April 3, 2016
There was plenty of club action to sink your teeth into this weekend as every top league in world rugby was in full swing. Saracens and the Chiefs lead the Premiership and Super Rugby tables, respectively, and it was those two sides who looked most impressive. In France, Clermont ground out a win away to Toulon to stay top of the Top 14, and Leinster were on the right end of a dour win over Irish rivals...