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“We will win again,” Ron Dennis promised upon his return to power at McLaren almost three years ago, per the Guardian‘s Paul Weaver. After a dreadful 2013 season, when the team created in his image paid the price for being too clever for their own good, Dennis’ comeback seemed to be exactly what McLaren needed to finally climb back up to the summit of Formula One. But...
Published: October 19, 2016
Is Novak Djokovic becoming a victim of his own lofty success? He raised the bar to extreme heights the last few years, winning with unflinching ease and sending shivers down the spine of anyone unlucky enough to stand in his path. Like one of the human guests on the HBO show Westworld, it seemed like nobody could harm him. But he’s encountered a glitch in the programming. Mired in a malaise...
Published: October 19, 2016
The talented Nick Kyrgios makes headlines in spite of tennis. He’s 21 years old, and he boasts power, athleticism and skills that could see him become the modern Pete Sampras. He’s also broken down barriers of professional conduct with rude behaviors that have earned him “bad boy” status in many columns. Kyrgios’ young career can be summed up in the past two weeks. He...
Published: October 19, 2016
Sandwiched around a Taylor Swift concert this weekend is the fifth running of the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. Lewis Hamilton, a three-time winner in the Lone Star state, arrives in desperate need of his first victory since the German Grand Prix at the end of July. The world champion sits 33 points behind his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, with...
Published: October 18, 2016
Emiliano Grillo didn’t wait long to secure a breakthrough win in the 2015-16 season. Grillo, a Web.com Tour grad, captured the first event on the PGA Tour calendar, the (then-called) Frys.com Open. A week later, Justin Thomas, who mounted a stellar rookie campaign during the 2013-14 season, took home the trophy at the CIMB Classic for his breakthrough win. In other words, breakthrough...
Published: October 18, 2016
Serena Williams insists she has no immediate plans to retire. Yet she appears to have begun a gradual walk toward the final phase of her tennis career while amping up the next chapter in her life. Earlier this week, Williams announced she was withdrawing from the WTA Tour’s finals in Singapore. This marks the second year in a row that she closed out her season at the U.S. Open. Meanwhile,...
Published: October 18, 2016
The 18th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, where Lewis Hamilton needs to get back to basics. The three-time world champion embarrassed himself at the recent Japanese GP, behaving like a naughty boy at the back of a classroom in a pre-race press conference and then refusing to speak to the media before...
Published: October 17, 2016
McLaren-Honda may be the most improved team of the 2016 Formula One season, but you won’t find Ron Dennis celebrating that achievement. As far as the chairman—synonymous with the team’s dominance with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in the late 1980s and early ’90s—is concerned, McLaren are still nowhere near good enough and have nothing to shout about just yet. But Dennis...
Published: October 17, 2016
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has been suspended from tournament play for eight weeks and fined $25,000 by the ATP, but he can have his ban reduced to three tournament weeks if he agrees to enter “a plan of care under the direction of a sports psychologist.” Per the ATP World Tour, Kyrgios, 21, has been sanctioned for “conduct contrary to the integrity of the game”...
Published: October 17, 2016
Serena Williams will not be competing in the WTA Finals, withdrawing from the tournament to rehab her shoulder, per Christopher Clarey of the New York Times. Continue for updates. Williams to Miss WTA Finals Monday, Oct. 17 The 35-year-old player provided a video message to her fans on WTA’s Facebook page, explaining her withdrawal from the notable event. Williams won her 22nd career Grand...