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For the last two weeks, the United States men’s national team has received plenty of praise for its performances in defense. The main reason for the successes against Costa Rica and Paraguay to close out play in Group A was consistency. For the first time since the 1930 FIFA World Cup, the Yanks started the same lineup in three straight matches. However, that streak will come to an end on Thursday,...
Published: June 15, 2016
The 2016 U.S. Open will be a true test of golfing mettle when the first round of play begins bright and early on Thursday, June 16, as the best golfers in the world will do their best to battle through one of the toughest courses in the world, Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. The difficulty of the course and the pressure of the moment could make it so that only the best golfers...
Published: June 15, 2016
The U.S. Open is a severe grind for the best golfers on the tour. It is almost always the toughest tournament of the year in terms of course conditions, and the conditions at Oakmont Country Club in Western Pennsylvania include the deepest rough imaginable and perhaps the most difficult greens that golfers will see all year. Throw in the history of both the event and the Oakmont course, and you have...
Published: June 15, 2016
The best in the world will be teeing off in the U.S. Open Thursday at Oakmont, and golf fans should be able to see spectacular golf at the venerable Western Pennsylvania course throughout the first day of the tournament. However, those who are going to concentrate on either the morning session or the afternoon session might be better off coming in a bit later and placing their attention on...
Published: June 15, 2016
Three players are dominating the golf headlines, but there will be other contenders at the 2016 U.S. Open, which starts Thursday. Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth have been the three most consistent performers over the past year, and there is no question they are the favorites to win in Pennsylvania at the difficult Oakmont Country Club course. Still, this is a sport in which upsets are common,...
Published: June 15, 2016
In a most unlikely grand prix double-header, the Formula One circus is leaving an unseasonably cold and dreary Montreal behind this week and racing halfway around the world for the more hospitable climes of Baku, Azerbaijan, on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Beginning in 1983, the European Grand Prix was typically used as a way to get around the rule that each country could host only one...
Published: June 15, 2016
The whistle blew, the three points were theirs and thoughts everywhere were the same: We’ve seen that one before. On Monday, Spain opened their Euro 2016 campaign in Toulouse, France, with an absolutely-dominant-everywhere-but-the-scoreboard 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic. In tune with their recent history, it was the most familiar of contests and the most familiar of scorelines. Throughout,...
Published: June 15, 2016
With Monday’s 1-1 draw against Venezuela, Juan Carlos Osorio saw his winning run as Mexico coach come to an end. Now the coach has to make sure El Tri‘s run at the Copa America Centenario doesn’t come to an end, too. Despite battling back to grab a point in Houston, Texas, Osorio saw his perfect record come to an end. More importantly, though, the result made sure they avoided Argentina...
Published: June 15, 2016
Germany face Poland in their second match of the group stages at Euro 2016 in the Stade de France on Thursday. Seeing as both teams won their opening games against Ukraine and Northern Ireland, respectively, the matchup could already decide the winner of Group C. If recent history is anything to go by, it’s going to be a close contest. The two teams have met three times in the last two years,...
Published: June 15, 2016
The best golfers in the world are set for the 2016 U.S. Open, and whichever one raises the coveted trophy Sunday evening will certainly have earned it. Oakmont Country Club, the host for this year’s event, is one of the toughest tests in the sport. As was the case at the Masters two months ago, the trio of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day is receiving most of the attention ahead of the...