The Brooklyn Nets have been recognizing the value of Nic Claxton by giving him increased playing time, particularly in the absence of key players like Day’Ron Sharpe, Ben Simmons, and Dorian Finney-Smith. Claxton has taken on additional responsibilities, averaging 34.4 minutes per game in the last 12 games, compared to his earlier season average of…
Latvia tennis star Jelena Ostapenko has continued winning silverware in 2024 with a win at the Adelaide WTA 500. The Adelaide International, as it’s also known, is part of the buildup for the Australian Open. And, as the name suggests, is played in Adelaide, South Australia, at the Memorial Drive Tennis Center. The tournament is…
Nick Kyrgios will be present in Melbourne for the 2024 Australian Open, but much like the 2023 ATP Finals, it’s to be an analyst and not a player. Nick Kyrgios got his first tennis media experience recently during the ATP Finals. He was in Los Angeles as part of the Tennis Channel’s coverage team for…
As the regular season draws to a close and the playoff picture becomes a little clearer following Week 18, you may be asking yourself, how do the NFL playoffs work? Join us we strip back the postseason schedule for a full explanation. When Do the NFL Playoffs Start? The regular season reaches its climax in…
Erik ten Hag has given his thoughts on Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the INEOS takeover at Manchester United. After trying to sell the club for over a year, the Glazer family finally struck up a deal with British billionaire, Ratcliffe. The boyhood United fan bought 25 per cent of the club in a deal worth…
There will be a significant absence on the PGA Tour in 2024. The WGC Match Play was a staple of the calendar that represented a welcome break from the regularity of stroke play. But the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play executive director Jordan Uppleger announced in March that it won’t return next year. Many golf fans,…
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Nothing has come easily in Xavier Parent’s career. The Utica Comets forward is 5-foot-8, 170 pounds. Undrafted. Never garnered much attention from the draft experts. Never part of the spotlight that the IIHF World Junior Championship draws. Still unsigned after four junior seasons. But slowly and quietly, Parent continues to…
Simone Vagnozzi has called his working relationship with Jannik Sinner “special” in light of the most accomplished season of the 22-year-old’s career. Sinner enjoyed a seismic rise into the world’s Top 5, climbing to a career-high of World No. 4, which is the joint highest by an Italian man in ATP rankings history (equaling the…
Felix Auger-Aliassime was bestowed with a prestigious award category on ATP Awards Week thanks to his outstanding humanitarian contributions in his father’s homeland. Auger-Aliassime is the proud winner of the 2023 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award and is the first Canadian player to receive this honor since it was incepted in 1983. It is an award…
