Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Yesterday, I wrote about at the mysterious disappearing zone rate of Mookie Betts. Today, we’ll be looking at a player who has seen his zone rate go in the other direction: Adley Rutschman. This season, opponents are throwing 51.7% of their pitches in the zone against Rutschman, up from 47.3%…
College golf’s championship season is that much closer to crowning a national champ. The six regional championship sites that featured 12 teams and six individuals (72 teams and 36 individuals, total) concluded play Wednesday, and there were plenty of stellar performances and even some upsets. The top five teams (30 total) and the top individual…
For the first time this season, the NBA has an odds-on championship favorite – the Boston Celtics. In the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown era, Boston have made seven consecutive postseason appearances – with the previous six including one trip to the NBA Finals and four to the Eastern Conference Finals. At this stage, the…
A good way to judge whether or not a transfer has been a success is to count how often you hear commentators, pundits or the media reference the price tag. If the player is struggling, the transfer fee is a talking point. For example, anyone with a slight interest in Premier League…
Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert won his fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year award on Tuesday, joining Hall of Famers Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace for the most in league history. Gobert, 31, received a staggering 72 first-place votes, 24 second-place votes, and a single vote for third. The 11-year veteran also won the…
Jude Bellingham lifted the La Liga title on Saturday night after Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Cadiz, while Harry Kane and Eric Dier could only watch on as Bayern Munich succumbed to a 3-1 loss at VfB Stuttgart. Elsewhere, Chuba Akpom and Jordan Henderson impressed in Ajax’s big win at doomed Volendam, Angel Gomes and…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has urged his players to keep their eye on the prize and win all remaining Premier League matches, warning Arsenal will not drop any more points in the title race. Arsenal & Manchester City Are Separated By A Point In Premier League Race After fighting it out right until the…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, May 6, 2024 Andrey Rublev withstood his “worst” illness to win the biggest title of his career. The seventh-seeded Rublev fended off Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Madrid final 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to capture his 16th career championship, including his second Masters 1000 title. More: Brave Rybakina Saves Match Points, Into Madrid SF Afterward,…
Spain’s Cristina Bucsa & Sara Sorribes Tormo thrilled their home crowd fans by lifting the Mutua Madrid Open doubles title at the Caja Magica on Sunday, after a lacklustre final in which they surprisingly trounced Barbora Krejcikova & Laura Siegemund, 6-0 6-2. There are no words to describe this feeling of having made history playing…
Andrey Rublev collected his second Masters 1000 title by overcoming not only Felix Auger Aliassime, but a debilitating persistent illness which had been affecting him all week, to win the Madrid Open in a nerve-wracking, two-hour and 48-minute, three-setter. I would say this is the most proud title of my career, I was almost dead…
