Monday Sees Lower Half of Ladies Singles Draw Complete 1st Round at Wimbledon Monday marked the completion of the 1st-round matches in the lower half of the Ladies Singles draw at Wimbledon. Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Emma Navarro, and Linda Noskova were among the notable players who advanced safely to the next round. However, World…
Carlos Alcaraz might look calm and collected on the tennis court, but he’s not always like that, admitting to episodes of shaking recently. The Spaniard is one of the most electric tennis players we’ve ever seen. His meteoric rise a few years ago was something to see, and very quickly, he became one of the…
Florida State golf alums John and John Pak each recorded professional victories on Sunday, continuing the Seminoles’ run of strong play at golf’s highest levels. With an exemption to the PGA Tour Americas following an eighth-place finish in the PGA Tour University rankings, Kjettrup won in his tour debut at The Beachlands Victoria Open in…
In a recent USGA press conference before the U.S. Open, CEO Mike Whan, president Fred Perpall, and chief championships officer John Bodenhamer discussed the possibility of amateurs being paid their share of event winnings. Whan highlighted the evolving landscape of college athletics and the introduction of NIL (name, image, likeness) as a factor that the…
I’m not as stridently anti-tanking as some people — in my youth, I was a Sixers blogger during The Process, so I can say from experience that rooting for a historically bad team has its moments — but there is one thing that bugs me about the Orioles and Astros and so on from the…
Japanese shaft manufacturer Nippon Shaft enjoyed a double winning weekend after the US Women’s Open champion and the winner of the DP World Tour’s Porsche European Open both had irons that were fitted with the company’s products. England’s Laurie Canter secured his first ever title on the DP World Tour when shooting rounds of 68,…
Canada had a dream day on Monday at Roland-Garros, with Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both kicking off their French Open campaigns with straight-set wins. It was the same story on the women’s side, as Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Annie Fernandez both took care of business in straight sets. Both Canadian men were locked in…
Lexi Thompson has announced her plans to retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2024 season. Before World No. 1 Nelly Korda began her dominant run, 29-year-old Thompson had been the face of American golf for a decade. Thompson turned professional at age 15 and won her first LPGA event at 16, a…
Unicaja-Murcia-79-88-American-forward-Dustin-Sleva-203-1995-college-Shippensburg-agency-Octagon-Europe-stepped-up-and-scored-23 points on 9 of 11 shooting from the field for the winners and Canadian Jamaican guard Dylan Ennis 188-1991 college Oregon chipped in 11 points 7 rebounds and 5 assists. At the losing side American Tyler Kalinoski 193-1992 college Davidson responded with 15 points and Canadian Nigerian forward Melvin Ejim 201-1991 college.
It was a perfect day for the Canadian women on the red clay of Roland-Garros on Monday. Leylah Annie Fernandez was in flawless form, cruising past Jessika Ponchet 6-2, 6-0 in 69 minutes to advance to the second round of the French Open. The former US Open finalist fired 23 winners and converted five of…
