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Suzann Pettersen held off teen amateur Lydia Ko on Sunday, winning the LPGA’s fifth and newest major, the Evian Championship, by two strokes. From BBC Sport: Pettersen shot a final-round 68, putting her at 10 under par for the tournament. Ko finished eight-under, while Lexi Thompson rounded out the top three at six-under. The leader coming into the day, Mika Miyazato,...
Published: September 13, 2013
With the BMW Championship 2013 now in its second day, we’re starting to see which players are going to be building off of strong starts and which others caught a bit of fire but won’t be able to replicate the feat. Can Brandt Snedeker remain atop the leaderboard? Will Tiger Woods finish near the top? Can Jim Furyk be stopped? Let’s find out which players have started strong and who...
Published: September 9, 2013
Since 2010, Rafael Nadal (six) and Novak Djokovic (five) have combined to win 11 of the 15 available Grand Slam titles. So it seems only fitting that the two most dominant players on the ATP Tour in the past four years would face each other in the last Grand Slam title of the season, the U.S. Open. And given the year he’s already had, it’s only fitting that Nadal should win. He’s...
Published: September 7, 2013
While the rest of the world is locked in the latter stages of World Cup qualifying, Brazil is set to open a series of three friendlies in September, which begins with Australia on Saturday afternoon. While Australia will be the easiest of three opponents Brazil faces—Portugal and Argentina are on deck—the Socceroos will be using the game as preparation themselves, having already qualified...
Published: September 7, 2013
Mexico’s disappointing showing in the hexagonal stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying has resulted in manager Jose Manuel de la Torre’s firing. From Fox Sports: Jose Manuel “Chepo” de la Torre is out as manager of the Mexican national team following Mexico’s disappointing World Cup qualifying loss to Honduras on Friday night. The Mexican Football Federation...
Published: August 30, 2013
Give Benjamin Becker this—he certainly made Novak Djokovic sweat in the first set of their second-round match at the U.S. Open. Then Djokovic showed Becker why he is the No. 1 seed at this tournament, surviving two set points in the first set and blowing past Becker in the next two, winning 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, 6-2. Live Tennis tweeted a picture of Djokovic after he survived the first set: A...
Published: August 27, 2013
The final Grand Slam of the year is here, folks, as the 2013 U.S. Open began play this week. If it goes anything like the three major tournaments that preceded it this season, it promises to be a scream. So who will win? And how can you watch all of the action? Ask and ye shall receive. Let’s take a look at the full television and streaming schedule, along with some predictions for the...
Published: August 18, 2013
Golfer Dustin Johnson is having a pretty good year. He won the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, has five top-10 finishes, finished tied for eighth at this year’s PGA Championship and is No. 14 on the PGA Tour’s money list with earnings of $2,572,844. Oh, and he just got engaged to Paulina Gretzky, daughter of The Great One, Wayne Gretzky. Yup, things are looking up for Johnson. He...
Published: August 15, 2013
Get excited, people. After its 4-3 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina, the United States has now won 12 straight games—both the longest winning streak in the country’s history and the longest active streak in the world today. But there was far more to the win than the preservation of a streak, and most of it was positive. Let’s take a closer look at the biggest takeaways from Wednesday’s...
Published: August 12, 2013
Move over “Tebowing,” “Kaepernicking” or any other viral sporting pose that has made the rounds in recent memory, because there is a new sheriff in town, and it goes by the name of “Dufnering.” Actually, it’s an old sheriff that is returning to town, since it actually first went viral in March, but you get the idea. After...