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As the entire PGA Tour continues its tuneup for The Open Championship next week at Muirfield, the strange practice of the entire golf world splitting almost in half has again commenced. Every year, the PGA has its annual tuneup finale with the John Deere Classic. It’s a relatively prestigious non-major, one that boasts a solid set of mid-tier tour veterans—most of whom are American. Across...
Published: July 1, 2013
So much for the theory that tennis is the world’s most top-heavy sport. This year’s descent of the world’s best and brightest players to the All England Club for Wimbledon was supposed to be a coronation for the game’s greats. For the first time in what felt like forever and a day, all of the world’s top male and female players were partaking in a Grand Slam tournament. That...
Published: June 22, 2013
Maria Sharapova has apparently heard about Serena Williams‘ thinly veiled shots about her relationship in Rolling Stone, and the world’s third-ranked player is not a happy camper. According to tennis journalist Christopher Clarey, Sharapova spoke to the media on Saturday in preparation for Wimbledon and threw barbs right back at her fiercest rival: Williams is currently dating her...
Published: June 17, 2013
Don’t go kicking dirt on Roger Federer‘s grave just yet. Just when everyone had started shaking the hourglass to see if there was any time remaining in Federer’s viability among the world’s best, the 31-year-old Swiss star has picked himself out of the rubble. On Sunday, Federer defeated Mikhail Youzhny to win the 2013 Gerry Weber Open in Germany. And while it would...
Published: June 15, 2013
Crazier things have happened, but Tiger Woods‘ five-year major championship drought will almost certainly continue after Round 3 action at the 2013 U.S. Open on Saturday. The world’s top-ranked golfer, who has been dealing with left elbow inflammation all week, finally succumbed to the wills of Merion Golf Club’s vaunted East Course in his third round. Struggling throughout the...
Published: June 15, 2013
Thursday’s rain-soaked round at the Merion Golf Club East course has left golfers scrambling for much of the first few days of the 2013 U.S. Open, but with cuts made Saturday morning, the field and play should start to normalize in Round 3. Billy Horschel and Phil Mickelson stand alone at the top of the leaderboard heading into the third round with a one-stroke lead over the field at one-under....
Published: June 12, 2013
It may have taken longer than expected, but the side everyone expected to dominate Tuesday evening’s friendly between Spain and Ireland at Yankee Stadium managed to do so. The top-ranked Spaniards fought through a frustrating 68 minutes against Ireland, ripe with unrequited scoring chances and mediocre form from some top stars, but Roberto Soldado made that wait worthwhile in the ensuing minute. Taking...
Published: June 11, 2013
As we head into this week’s descent of the world’s top golfers to southeastern Pennsylvania for the 2013 U.S. Open, there is one prevailing storyline: What will happen with Tiger Woods? With Woods reaching the fifth year since his last major championship, the conversation about the world’s best golfer heading into Slams has become near-obsessive. To borrow from frightening recent...
Published: June 8, 2013
Harris English may have eviscerated the competition during the first two days at the 2013 FedEx St. Jude Classic, but his playing partner Shawn Stefani stole the show in Saturday’s third round. The ascending American heads into the final round as the clubhouse leader after firing off a four-under score of 66. That’s all well and good, but what was notable was how Stefani found himself in...
Published: June 8, 2013
For David Ferrer, the 2013 French Open has already been the most successful trip to a major championship in his entire career. The 31-year-old Spaniard waited 13 years to finally make his first Grand Slam final, and he did so in surprisingly dominant fashion. Facing off against the crowd favorite in Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Ferrer was calm, cool and completely in control throughout the match....