Tanner Tessmann is still fresh in his Lyon career but the American midfielder already earned one of his more impressive results in Europe. Tessmann came off the bench and played 23 minutes in Lyon’s 2-0 Europa League victory over Olympiakos. The former Venezia man entered the match with only five minutes under his belt for…
With the playoff fields in both leagues nearly set, we here at FanGraphs are turning our focus to how teams set up for October. Jay Jaffe has covered the best players at each position among the contenders, with a run down of the worst positions in each league still to come. Dan Szymborski looked into…
Forwards tend to be selfish in nature, and understandably so. Their livelihood depends on their goals, on their ability to change the course of the game in the blink of an eye. This is why strike partnerships are rare in modern-day soccer, as very few players are ready to step out of the limelight for…
American players signed to LIV Golf will be available for selection for the 2025 US Ryder Cup team, the PGA of America has announced. “To ensure the PGA Championship will continue to deliver the strongest field in golf and the US Ryder Cup team will continue to have access to the best American players, the…
The 2024 Presidents Cup team is set and ready for action. The top-six finishers in the point standings that are U.S. PGA Tour members automatically qualified for U.S. Captain Jim Furyk’s team. Furyk then made his six captain’s picks to round out his 12-man squad that will seek to continue America’s domination of the biennial…
Austrian Bundesliga club LASK earned three points on Saturday and now turns its attention to advancement in the Austrian Cup. George Bello and his teammates will face a trip to Sportunion Mauer on Tuesday. Bello, the former Atlanta United homegrown, logged 90 minutes in Saturday’s league win over Grazer, continuing his run as a starter….
(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) NFL players may be professional athletes, but they still have rules to follow. In addition to league rules and standards, players must also abide by the rules of their head coach and team. Apparently, Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter is guilty of not following the latter. Eagles fans may…
Welcome back to Top of the Order Brad Penner-Imagn Images Every Tuesday and Friday, I’ll be starting your baseball day with some news, notes, and thoughts about the game we love. American League Option Decisions Welcome to the second (and final) installment of the critically acclaimed “Previewing the Option Decisions” series. Today, we’ll have the…
Gainesville, Va. One of the biggest concerns Team USA captains had coming into the 19th Solheim Cup was the 40-minute bus ride they had each day to and from Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Team vibes can’t be found in the dirt or the data. When they got on the bus that first day, there…
Lilia Vu was 2 down with two holes to play. The Europeans were making a push. The World No. 2 slammed the door shut. The American ended their drought in the Solheim Cup thanks to Vu’s late heroics. She birdied the par-4 17th hole to extend her match against Albane Valenzuela, and then she hit…
