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Cue the Jim Mora video; the FedEx Cup playoffs have arrived. A particularly congested summer, owing to the return of Olympic golf and the PGA Tour’s regular season—which saw four first-time major winners—are behind us. Professional golf’s best lace up their spikes motivated, depending on your level of cynicism, by the pursuit of the FedEx Cup or the corresponding...
Published: August 23, 2016
The 13th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, where Lewis Hamilton will hope to continue his charge toward a fourth world title. Having overturned a 43-point deficit to take the lead of the drivers’ standings in Hungary, the British driver extended his advantage over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to 19 points with...
Published: August 23, 2016
The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs get underway this week with The Barclays at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York. The Barclays is the first of four tournaments on tour that make up the playoff system for the FedEx Cup, with defending champion Jason Day listed as the +750 betting favorite (wager $100 to win $750) to defend his title at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark among a...
Published: August 23, 2016
With the 2016 U.S. Open a week away, some players on the ATP World Tour are getting a little extra work in at the Winston-Salem Open. Almost all of the game’s top stars have chosen to focus on the U.S. Open rather than making the trip to North Carolina, leaving the Winston-Salem Open largely devoid of marquee names. Top-seeded Richard Gasquet took the court Monday, along with Federico Delbonis,...
Published: August 22, 2016
Angelique Kerber came within one match of ending Serena Williams‘ streak of 183 consecutive weeks at No. 1. It may have been Kerber’s best chance to overtake Williams this season. The U.S. Open could be the last chance. Karolina Pliskova defeated Kerber 6-3, 6-1 to win the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Sunday. The loss leaves Kerber 190 points behind Williams, who withdrew...
Published: August 22, 2016
Brazil forward Neymar will step down as the national team captain after leading his side to football gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Barcelona star scored the winning penalty in a shootout victory against Germany on Saturday at the Maracana Stadium, much to the delight of the home crowd. In the aftermath, Neymar expressed his intention to let someone else lead the team going forward. “Today...
Published: August 22, 2016
This year’s U.S. Open kicks off Aug. 29th, and it’s going to bring a series of compelling storylines and perhaps more mystery as to who will eventually hoist the shining silver trophy than in many years past. It’s worth taking a closer look at the players who are likely to play on as the field dwindles. The world’s No. 1 player, Novak Djokovic, is coming off a disheartening...
Published: August 22, 2016
You could be excused for feeling the golf calendar has been stuffed fuller than the wallets of Dustin Johnson and Jason Day this season. But with the Wyndham Championship wrapped up, the FedEx Cup playoffs are upon us. And with the arrival of the FedEx Cup comes the staggered end of Ryder Cup qualifying. The process of making the team differs depending on your continent of birth, so before we look...
Published: August 22, 2016
In Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, Red Bull have arguably the strongest, most exciting driver lineup in Formula One, and with two great drivers comes a great responsibility for the team to manage them effectively. Having eased the tensions between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber to win four consecutive world championships between 2010 and ’13, Red Bull know more than most about the challenges...
Published: August 22, 2016
The 2016 Western and Southern Open was missing top stars like Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, but there was plenty of star power to cap a thrilling weekend in the last big tournament before the U.S. Open. Who would have thought that Marin Cilic would peak in the final to stop the surging Andy Murray? Or that Serena’s No. 1 streak would stay alive when an upstart talent in the...