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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: June 14, 2014
Three days in, we’ve already seen more entertaining football in the 2014 World Cup than we did for the whole of the 2010 edition. The 2010 World Cup is most remembered for boring matches and pragmatic tactics. But through the first three days of this summer’s tournament, goals and attack-minded play have reigned supreme. Brazil started it with their 3-1 win over Croatia, and the Netherlands...
Published: May 30, 2014
With the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 right around the corner, the Memorial Tournament serves as a fantastic preparatory outing for golf’s top players such as Rory McIlroy. McIlroy has been dealing with a media frenzy ever since he broke off his engagement with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki last week. With the U.S. Open just two weeks away, he could ill afford...
Published: May 28, 2014
Tiger Woods‘ troublesome back has cost him another major, as the 14-time major winner will miss the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. It’s just the second time in his career he has missed the prestigious tournament, and the first time since 2011. Woods released a statement on his official website, per Mark Soltau of TigerWoods.com: Unfortunately, I won’t be there because...
Published: May 27, 2014
Whether he deserved inclusion in the team or not, there’s no getting around the fact that Landon Donovan almost certainly wouldn’t have had a demonstrable impact on the United States’ chances at the 2014 World Cup. When Jurgen Klinsmann unveiled the final 23-man roster headed to Brazil this summer, there was an initial shock that one of the biggest stars in U.S. soccer history was...
Published: May 10, 2014
Round 2 of the 2014 Players Championship ended just as Round 1 did: with Martin Kaymer sitting atop the leaderboard. On Thursday, the 61st-best player on the PGA Tour got off to a blistering start. His nine-under 63 set him up beautifully for the rest of the tournament and tied a course record: Although Kaymer failed to replicate that opening-round brilliance, he did enough to keep his lead over Jordan...
Published: April 3, 2014
What the 2014 Masters might lack in star power, it will more than make up for in unpredictability. By now, pretty much everybody knows Tiger Woods won’t be making the trip to Augusta. It’s a pretty big deal, as Woods has been at every Masters Tournament since 1995, and he’s been a major threat to win almost every year. GolfChannel.com’s Jason Sobel joked about how his injury...
Published: March 28, 2014
Rafael Nadal withstood an early onslaught to dispatch Milos Raonic, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Sony Open: It sounds cliche, but the best players know how to find a way to win even when they aren’t at their best. In Miami, you saw exactly why Nadal is the best men’s player in the world at the moment. Between the windy conditions and a tough opponent,...
Published: March 23, 2014
After what’s been a disjointed start to 2014, Andy Murray is getting back on track in Miami. The reigning Wimbledon champion quickly dispatched the 32nd seed Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday. In that victory, he was downright filthy, saving three out of four break points and breaking Lopez on five of his six chances. Murray also won 78 percent of his first-serve points. Although Murray has...
Published: March 18, 2014
Bayern Munich striker Julian Green reportedly will be wearing the red, white and blue. According to ESPN’s Taylor Twellman, the 18-year-old is set to announce that he has spurned Germany to play for the United States at the international level: Jurgen Klinsmann, the manager of the U.S. national team, also seemed to confirm that Green will become a part of the U.S. setup on...
Published: March 15, 2014
The last American standing at the 2014 BNP Paribas Open fell Saturday afternoon, as No. 12 John Isner lost to No. 2 Novak Djokovic in three sets, 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-1, in Indian Wells, Calif. Coming into match, the two had met six times before. Isner‘s two wins both came in a Masters event on American soil, so there wasn’t an intimidation factor to be had. Isner knew he could win this, and...