Britain’s Katie Boulter and Daria Saville from Australia advanced to the 2nd-round of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on a rain-interrupted Monday, while Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk and Marina Stakusic, a 19-year-old qualifier from Canada, were also among those to score wins on opening day. I always think that qualifiers are pretty dangerous. I’ve had some…
Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says that he greatly appreciates being coached by Mark Daigneault. (via Oklahoma City Thunder): Steve McGehee: “Your head coach is in the conversation for Coach of the Year. What makes him so special at his craft?” Gilgeous-Alexander: “He’s super, super humble, a great guy, first and foremost. Really down…
Former champions Jelena Ostapenko and Elina Svitolina got off the mark on Monday at the Dubai Duty Free with wins over Wang Xiyu and Anhelina Kalinina respectively, while Lucia Bronzetti upset Daria Kasatkina and Paula Badosa retired injured against Lulu Sun. I have so many great memories here, winning here twice, winning my first big…
1 Former Manchester United goalkeeper Marcus Bosnich has revealed that healing the relationship with his friend Robbie Slater could well have saved his life. It was reported last week that the former Aston Villa keeper was rushed to hospital and could not perform his punditry duties for Australian television’s coverage of the Champions League ties…
The top seeds stepped into action and all four are safely ensconced in the quarter final stage of the Open 13 Provence event in Marseille. Grigor Dimitrov (2) eased through relatively easily as he dominated his opening set against Sebastian Korda but the Bulgarian then had a fight on his hands in the second as…
World No 1 Iga Swiatek got her Australian Open campaign off the mark with a tight win over former champion Sofia Kenin on Tuesday, while Jelena Ostapenko, Daria Kasatkina, and Victoria Azarenka were amongst others to also advance to round 2 as early Day 3 winners. For sure I can’t say that I have easy…
Thousands of miles from home, without a basketball in sight and more than two months before his team would shock the nation in its season opener, Mark Byington knew his team could be special — during a pasta-making class in Florence, Italy. Six-foot-eight forward Julien Wooden let the ingredients rain down. Fellow big man T.J….
Daniel Evans plays a backhand during their match against Rinky Hijikata in Adelaide, (Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images) Dan Evans looks or have recovered well from the calf injury he picked up in Vienna last November as he strode into the second round of the Adelaide International. “It was a very good match to be…
In a recent exchange on X, tech magnate Elon Musk challenged former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s defense of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, which Musk views as fundamentally flawed and discriminatory. Cuban, a proponent of DEI ideology, engaged with Musk after the Tesla CEO criticized the discriminatory nature of DEI, calling it the…
Mark Cuban informed the Dallas Mavericks team members through an email that he, along with the new ownership team, plans to distribute approximately $35 million in bonuses. The bonuses serve as a token of appreciation for the employees’ hard work in contributing to the Mavericks’ success. The distribution of bonuses, calculated based on employees’ tenure…
