[ad_1] Panathinaikos-MTel-Aviv-95-79- -Point guard Kostas Sloukas (191, 1990) notched 29 points and 4 assists to lead the effort, and French center Mathias Lessort (206, 1995) supported him with 11 points and 8 rebounds. Even 18 points and 6 assists by American-Spanish point guard Lorenzo Brown (196, 1990, college: NC State) did not help to save…
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hunter Shepard of the Hershey Bears is the winner of the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender for the 2023-24 season. The award was voted on by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s 32…
[ad_1] The Sacramento Kings fell short in a 105-98 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans in the play-in tournament, wrapping up the regular season with 46 wins, the most by a non-playoff NBA team since the Denver Nuggets in 2018. De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with 35 points, while Domantas Sabonis contributed 23 points, 14…
[ad_1] At the inaugural Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole, Sloane Stephens emerged victorious as she defeated Magda Linette in the WTA 250 indoor clay-court tournament final in France. Stephens secured a 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 win to claim her first title since 2022 and her first on clay. Reflecting on her victory, Stephens expressed satisfaction in overcoming…
[ad_1] Twenty-one-year-old American Ben Shelton won the first ATP final in the Open Era (since 1968) to feature two Black American men, defeating 26-year-old Frances Tiafoe, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, to win the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Sunday in Houston. Shelton will rise to a new career-high ranking of No….
[ad_1] History is made. And she’s not done yet. Nelly Korda joined Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam Sunday atop the LPGA record books with her fifth consecutive win and Korda did so in major fashion. Korda closed with a 3-under 69 to finish 13 under and claim the 2024 Chevron Championship, the first LPGA major…
[ad_1] In a rematch of last week’s Monte-Carlo final, Casper Ruud avenged his recent loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas by triumphing 7-5, 6-3 for the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell title on Sunday afternoon. It is the biggest title of Ruud’s career (ATP 500), as every single one of his 10 previous successes had come at the…
[ad_1] Sloane Stephens once stood in the Roland Garros final, and she rediscovered that clay form this week at the 2024 Rouen Open, going all the way. This week in Rouen for the American has been one nobody saw coming, maybe including herself. At some point in her career, it seemed that she never really…
[ad_1] Germany’s Kai Schrameyer has observed the development and progress of wheelchair tennis in Canada firsthand over the years. Schrameyer, a former world no. 1 and three-time Paralympic medallist, reached the pinnacle of the sport in the 1990s. Although he stepped away in the early 2000s to pursue a sports marketing career, a passion for…
[ad_1] Stefanos Tsitsipas is the Monte Carlo champion for the third time in four years, capping off a resurgent week with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud in Sunday’s final. The Greek has produced some of the best tennis of his career at the Monte Carlo Country Club, and he was in fine form…
