Rafael Nadal won’t be doing double duty at the 2024 Bastad Open because the Spaniard withdrew from his doubles match with Casper Ruud. ‘Ruudal’, as fans name them, were having a solid time this week in Bastad, as the duo was playing well enough to make the semi-final of the ATP 250 doubles tournament, which…
The U.S. under-20 men’s national team opened its tournament schedule in stellar fashion on Friday night. Michael Nsien’s squad rolled past Jamaica 9-0 in CONCACAF U-20 group stage play with seven different players getting on the scoresheet. Philadelphia Union forward David Vazquez and Cornelia attacker Pedro Soma each registered braces while five additional players all…
CRANBERRY, Pa. — Ville Koivunen could face heightened expectations with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 21-year-old forward was acquired in a high-profile trade on March 7 that sent forward Jake Guentzel and defenseman Ty Smith to the Carolina Hurricanes. Koivunen came to the Penguins with fellow forward prospects Vasily Ponomarev and Cruz Lucius, forward Michael Bunting…
The Olympic Games are but a week away, and players are readying themselves for the Tennis Event campaign, which begins on Saturday 27 July on the clay courts of Roland Garros in Paris, in the hopes of realizing an Olympic dream. Some players have had more time to adjust back to the red clay, while…
It’s the fifth and final opposite-field event on the PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule. The 2024 Barracuda Championship is also the only tournament on Tour to use the Modified Stableford scoring system, which rewards aggressive play. The higher the score, the better over these four days. An albatross is worth eight points, an eagle worth five…
(Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Joey Votto has had a lost season so far as he has been out since Spring Training after rolling his ankle in the dugout, causing his debut for his new team to be pushed back all the way into the summer. Fans were starting to…
(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) After winning 12 regular season games in each of the last three years, only to fall in the early rounds of the playoffs, there is a good deal of angst surrounding the Dallas Cowboys these days. They made almost no offseason additions, and they need to give out contract extensions…
The 2024 Olympics open up next week, and one of the first disciplines to begin even before the opening ceremony is soccer. The men’s soccer tournament has 16 teams fighting for a gold medal, and it’s a chance for some young up-and-coming players to become household names. Group A of the men’s tournament will have…
Emma Raducanu will stay with her current coach for a little longer, according to former British number one. Raducanu worked with her former coach, Nick Cavaday, during this grass season, and it worked out well for her. She had a good run in Nottingham, which she followed up with a great win over Jessica Pegula…
(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has two regular season MVP awards and is considered by most to be an elite NFL quarterback, but critics say he cannot win a big game in the playoffs. Perhaps some of that inability to do so hasn’t been his fault, as the Ravens…
