NEW YORK — This is college basketball royalty. Blue blood programs don’t just win championships, they do so by making it look easy despite carrying the burden of expectations and living as the Goliath in every game they play. That’s UConn. On Saturday night, Dan Hurley’s program added another trophy to its case, and even…
Taipei’s Hsieh Su-Wei & Elise Mertens from Belgium claimed their second BNP Paribas Open doubles title after beating Australia’s Storm Hunter & Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic, 6-3 6-4, in Saturday’s final. Very happy about our game today. I think a lot of things worked. We were there from the beginning. Only lost…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There was a moment Friday night at the Big 12 Tournament when the nation’s No. 1 team with a bullet looked more than vulnerable. Fourth-seeded Texas Tech had been smacked upside its collective noggin, starting 1 for 12 from the field and trailing by 15 in the first half of its…
WASHINGTON — NC State walk-on Jordan Snell spent Friday morning watching March Madness buzzer beaters, seeing the most unlikely of shots go in. But this one? No, this couldn’t go in, could it? “I thought it was gonna roll out.” Like Snell, Alex Nunnally has not seen the court this ACC Tournament, but he’s seen…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Calipari began shaking his head at the silliness of the question before it was even finished. Of course, he believes Texas A&M is deserving of an NCAA Tournament bid. Given the way the Aggies played in a 97-87 win over the Wildcats in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on Friday, it was…
The first professional to claim a singles title on Canadian soil in 2024 was American Catherine Harrison, who became the first ITF Brossard champion on Sunday. Harrison defeated second seed Jessica Aney, also of the United States, in three sets to claim her third career singles title on the ITF Tour. Brossard was the first…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has issued a concerning update regarding Ederson, who was forced off the pitch after conceding a penalty against Liverpool. Guardiola remained evasive regarding Ederson’s condition and declined to disclose any specifics. He told BeIN Sport, “It doesn’t look good.” Ederson was unable to carry on after Darwin Nunez collided with…
The former Liverpool defender has claimed that the atmosphere around the club could give them the edge in this year’s Premier League title race. In what will no doubt be a defining game in the race for the title, Manchester City travel to Anfield on Sunday looking for their first win in just over 14…
The defending Indian Wells champion and world No.2, Carlos Alcaraz, playing in his first tournament since retiring with an ankle injury two weeks ago in Rio de Janeiro, at first was made to work hard by Matteo Arnaldi but once in his stride, strode through comfortably into round three. I made a few mistakes in…
Iga Swiatek played against Danielle Collins once more, but this time around, things went smoothly, and she won in two sets at the 2024 Indian Wells Open. This WTA 1000 event in California has been rather interesting for Swiatek in the past. She won it a couple of years ago but also lost quite early…
