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And then there were 30. Although the golf season never really stops—seriously, the 2014 season starts in October—the 2013 PGA Tour season will officially conclude on Sunday. The 30 best and brightest players of this PGA campaign have descended upon East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta for this week’s Tour Championship, where we’ll see a $10 million crown placed atop the FedEx Cup...
Published: September 3, 2013
Inclement weather once again wreaked havoc on play at the 2013 U.S. Open, as the schedule of play had to be drastically shuffled Monday to accommodate a lengthy rainstorm. Second-seeded Victoria Azarenka saw her fourth-round match against 13th-seeded Ana Ivanovic pushed to Tuesday, with multiple other matches seeing delays and shuffling of court locations. The storm, which was predicted in the...
Published: September 3, 2013
Based on the most objective criteria we have at our disposal, Novak Djokovic is the world’s best tennis player. With 10,980 points, he leads the world tennis rankings. The convoluted formula assesses him as being over 2,000 points better than Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal. His points total is more than double that of Roger Federer, who at No. 7 is at his worst spot in over a decade. I’ll...
Published: September 2, 2013
Red Bull Racing’s highly coveted second seat for the 2014 Formula One season has officially been filled, as the team announced Monday that Daniel Ricciardo will be taking over the ride. NBC Sports’ Formula One Twitter feed first reported that Ricciardo had beaten out the bevy of contenders for the No. 2 car: The Australian racer faced fierce competition for the ride, but had...
Published: August 30, 2013
Sloane Stephens’ penchant for excellence in Grand Slam tournaments continued Friday, as the 15th-seeded American defeated 23rd seed Jamie Hampton to advance to the fourth round of the 2013 U.S. Open. Making slight work of her countrywoman, Stephens advanced in a 6-1, 6-3 onslaught that took all 62 minutes to complete. Using her powerful striking ability, Stephens exuded confidence, as...
Published: August 30, 2013
If Tiger Woods plans on claiming his second Deutsche Bank Championship, he’s going to have his work cut out for him thanks to a historic first-round performance from his playing partner. The world’s top-ranked golfer carded a solid three-under score of 68 at the TPC Boston course, sitting in a tie for 18th place at the time of his finish. There were plenty of groups still remaining on the...
Published: August 15, 2013
In a move that will send shockwaves reverberating through the tennis world, defending Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli announced her retirement from the sport following a second-round loss to Simona Halep of Romania at the 2013 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. ESPN Tennis‘ Twitter feed first had the news, which she announced at her post-match press conference: The eighth-seeded...
Published: August 10, 2013
After two days of allowing the world’s best golfers to run rampant on its surface, Oak Hill Country Club finally bit back during Saturday’s third round of the 2013 PGA Championship. Course conditions, which had been exponentially softened by rains Thursday and Friday, hardened as the heat ratcheted up and the Pittsford, N.Y., sky had nary a cloud. Greens were swifter, rough was tougher...
Published: August 10, 2013
Jason Dufner stands two days away from winning his first major championship. The 36-hole leader is currently on the practice range at the 2013 PGA Championship, as the morning non-contenders round out their day at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. On a morning that saw the likes of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods tee off as a majority of the country was just finishing breakfast, the entire field...
Published: August 10, 2013
Saturday may be historically marked as “moving day” during golf tournaments but Friday’s second round sure saw a lot of shuffling on the leaderboard at the 2013 PGA Championship. On a day where Oak Hill Country Club again played into the players’ favor thanks to some overnight precipitation, only those who went low in Round 2 lived to tell their tale. Pre-tournament favorites...