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What a day of golf it was at Valhalla. If you can dream it up, it probably happened on Saturday at the PGA Championship. There was barefoot golf, frustrated leaders, public apologies and even a mention of a famous dinosaur. Oh, and there were a lot of birdies along the way. After 54 holes of golf, this is certainly shaping up to be the most exciting major of the year. Rory McIlroy is in the lead, but...
Published: August 9, 2014
The best story in sports just keeps getting better. Nearly 30 years after they started squaring off against each other on the courts in Compton, California, and over 16 years after they first played each other on the pro tour in the second round of the Australian Open, sisters Venus and Serena Williams met again Saturday. This, the 25th meeting in their historic rivalry, took place in the semifinals...
Published: August 9, 2014
There are few things more exciting than a jam-packed leaderboard heading into a weekend at a major. Luckily, after two days of play at the PGA Championship, that’s exactly what we have. Despite Tiger Woods missing the cut, there is plenty of star power to go around Valhalla. Rory McIlroy is the leader, and there are a plethora of accomplished players within striking distance. The popular Aussie...
Published: August 2, 2014
For Tiger Woods and his fans, there are three words to keep in mind this season: It’s a process. In sports, this saying can be overused to the point of becoming trite. But in this case, as the 14-time major champion recovers from back surgery and tries to find comfort with his new, abbreviated swing, it might as well be gospel. Woods missed the cut at the Quicken Loans National, had the worst...
Published: July 31, 2014
Andy Roddick might have retired from tennis, but he certainly hasn’t retired from ranting. The former U.S. Open champion took the USTA and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to task on his Fox Sports podcast over his denial of a U.S. Open wild card in doubles with his friend Mardy Fish. It turns out that Roddick wasn’t eligible for competition because he had officially filed his retirement...
Published: July 31, 2014
Last year, Rafael Nadal was the undisputed king of the U.S. Open Series, sweeping the Masters Series events in Montreal and Cincinnati and carrying that momentum into the U.S. Open, where he won his 13th major. This year, someone else will get a chance to shine. On Wednesday, it was announced that Nadal had injured himself in practice and is going to miss at least two or three weeks of play. That...
Published: July 25, 2014
Roger Federer‘s valiant run to the Wimbledon final earlier this month left the tennis world buzzing about his late-career chances at adding to his major tally. The fact that the 32-year-old nearly upset Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set match in the final left some fans convinced that it was only a matter of when, not if, Federer would get No. 18. But as the green Wimbledon dust clears...
Published: July 21, 2014
With the British Open in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look forward to the final major of the year, the PGA Championship. Next month, all of the best golfers in the world will meet up at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. So far, there has been no first-time major winner on the PGA Tour, but guys such as Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth will be trying to change...
Published: July 19, 2014
Saturday was a great day of British Open golf at Royal Liverpool. Youngsters took over the leaderboard, schedules made sense and new names were allowed to shine. (Literally.) Of course, if you’re an American who slept in a bit, you likely missed it all. Due to the weather forecast, the third round was bunched up so that it could be completed quickly. With all of the biggest names in the...
Published: July 14, 2014
It’s time to get the coffee pot working in overdrive, golf fans. The best in the game head across the pond this week to contest the third major of the year, the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. This is the 143rd edition of the British Open, and it is shaping up to be a great one. Phil Mickelson is trying to retain the Claret Jug, Tiger Woods is playing his first major of the year, Rory McIlroy...