For the second year in a row, a golfer making his major championship debut leads at the British Open. Last year, it was amateur Christo Lamprecht; this time, Daniel Brown, a 29-year-old English golfer who plays on the DP World Tour, grabbed the lead with an 8-foot birdie on 18 to shoot 6-under 65. “Yeah,…
TROON, SCOTLAND | A year is a long time in linksland golf. Last July, Justin Thomas carded an 82 in the first round of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, a calamitous effort that included five bogeys, two double bogeys and a quadruple bogey-9 at the final hole. “That’s 8-year-old, 9-year-old kind of stuff, not…
Matt Strahm making the All-Star team as a setup man with no saves is a bit of an anomaly. Especially because he didn’t take the Aaron Crow route — his team had its proverbial bases covered. The Phillies are no. 1 in baseball in pitcher WAR. They’re no. 1 by a huge margin in starter…
CINCINNATI (July 17, 2024) – Eight past champions, including 2023 winners Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic, headline the preliminary entry lists for the 2024 Cincinnati Open. The initial entrants for the Aug. 11-19 tournament include each player in the Top 40 of the world rankings, led by WTA No. 1 Iga Swiatek and ATP No….
Carlos Alcaraz is back in the top two of the ATP Race to Turin after winning his second Wimbledon title last weekend. Alcaraz’s straight-sets demolition of seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in this year’s final earned him the full 2000 points. With a total of 5950 points, he now sits in second place in the standings….
In the third round of the Amundi Evian Championship, Australian Stephanie Kyriacou took the lead with a birdie on the final hole, edging ahead of Ayaka Furue and Lauren Coughlin. Kyriacou, a 23-year-old from Sydney, shot a 67 in hot and sunny conditions at Evian Resort Golf Club, bringing her 54-hole total to 14-under-par in…
The U.S. under-20 men’s national team kicks off its CONCACAF U-20 Championship schedule in seven days and Michael Nsien released his roster for the upcoming tournament. Keyrol Figueroa, Nimfasha Berchimas, and Cruz Medina headlined Nsien’s 21-player roster, U.S. Soccer announced Friday. The tournament will run from July 18-August 4 in Celaya and Irapuato, Mexico. The…
Justin Thomas of the United States plays his third shot on the 16th hole during day one of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club on July 11, 2024 in North Berwick, Scotland. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) Thomas has had a disappointing year by his standards. He had two top-10 finishes early in…
Two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo broke down in tears on Sunday afternoon, as he qualified with Greece for his first ever Olympics that will take place later this month. Giannis & Greece Qualify For Olympics Although he has an impressive CV in the NBA through his career so far, one thing Giannis Antetokounmpo hasn’t managed…
Marko Mitrovic’s 18-player roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics is set. Djordje Mihailovic, Miles Robinson, and Kevin Paredes headline the U.S. men’s Olympic team roster for the trip to Paris, France later this July. Both Mihailovic and Robinson are joined by Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman as the three players over the ages of 23-years-old….
