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After months and months of anticipation, it’s finally 2014 Ryder Cup week as play is set to start Friday at Gleneagles. Of course, the main storyline for the tournament has been etched in stone for some time. There are the big favorites in Team Europe who are looking to win their third straight trophy, while Team USA is looking to pull off the shocking upset with Tom Watson’s cast of underdogs. The...
Published: September 15, 2014
After what transpired in Medinah some two years ago, it’s safe to say neither Team USA nor Europe will have a shortage of motivation entering the 2014 Ryder Cup. Team Europe’s stunning comeback victory in 2012 dashed the Americans’ hopes of an upset, and captain Tom Watson has been leading the charge of assembling a 12-man squad capable of knocking off the star-studded Europeans....
Published: September 15, 2014
The FedEx Cup is set up to go to the best PGA Tour player that year, with a huge emphasis on golfers bringing their best in the playoffs. In 2014, there was no better fit than Billy Horschel. Horschel saved his best for last this season, winning the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship in consecutive weeks to collect a $10 million prize and clinch the FedEx Cup title. He shot a two-under round...
Published: September 9, 2014
Marin Cilic was overcome with emotion after clinching his first Grand Slam title in Monday’s 2014 U.S. Open final, but it will be his first of many if the past two weeks are any indication. Cilic defeated No. 10 Kei Nishikori in straight sets Monday, dominating yet another opponent en route to winning the final Grand Slam of 2014. He was in control from the onset, posting a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory...
Published: September 9, 2014
Monday was the first time that Kei Nishikori or Marin Cilic appeared in a men’s final, but it won’t be the last for either player after their emergence at the 2014 U.S. Open. The two met in one of the unlikeliest Grand Slam finals matchups of the past decade, pegging the No. 14 Cilic against the 10th-seeded Nishikori. The lower seed ruled in the final, with Cilic brisking past Nishikori...
Published: September 8, 2014
This isn‘t the first—or the second, or third—time anyone has mentioned Serena Williams in the same sentence as “best women’s player ever,” but it’s never been more realistic after she lifted her 18th Grand Slam trophy at the 2014 U.S. Open. Williams was untouchable from the moment that she arrived in Flushing Meadows, winning in straight sets from the first...
Published: September 8, 2014
Tom Watson’s captain’s picks for his Team USA squad heading into the 2014 Ryder Cup have been put under a magnifying glass with the Americans looking to make up for their 2012 collapse, and early results aren’t encouraging. The announcement was made on Sept. 2, which included Keegan Bradley, Hunter Mahan and Webb Simpson as the final three members of the 12-man Team USA outfit. Instead...
Published: September 8, 2014
To say that it has been an unpredictable road to the 2014 U.S. Open men’s singles final between Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic would be more than an understatement. The two double-digit seeds have withstood multiple elite opponents on their respective halves of the draw to make for a final match nobody saw coming even a round before. When Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both made the semifinals...
Published: September 6, 2014
The men’s singles final for the 2014 U.S. Open is set, and it’s a matchup between No. 10 Kei Nishikori and No. 14 Marin Cilic just as we all predicted. OK, maybe not. The two finalists shocked the world in the semifinals with a pair of upset victories. Nishikori opened up with a four-set victory over top-seeded Novak Djokovic, while Cilic started strong against No. 2 Roger Federer and didn’t...
Published: September 6, 2014
Don’t take this the wrong way—Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray aren’t doing anything to lose their grip over men’s tennis. It’s just that an incredible group of young talent is slowly but surely ending their dominance, and the latest to burst onto the scene is Kei Nishikori. The 10th overall seed at the 2014 U.S. Open was not given...