Venus Williams, 34, beat 43-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm in the second match of the day at the 2014 U.S. Open. Despite Williams’ being in the greatest shape she’s been in for years this summer, her debut for this year’s US Open was a bit floppy. The most exciting moments of the match on Arthur Ashe Stadium occurred at the middle of the second set, after a bumblebee started buzzing around … [Read more...]
Hunter Mahan Wins at The Barclays
Hunter Mahan won the 6th title of his career at The Barclays, shooting a 65 in his final round, launching him into first place in the FedEx Cup playoffs. He already has two World Golf Championships, but this one was Mahan's first victory since the 2012 Shell Houston Open, a span of 62 events. He had gone nearly 30 months and 48 tournaments worldwide without winning, but this plunged him from … [Read more...]
Tim Howard Taking Break from National Team
In a statement distributed by the US Soccer Federation on Thursday, US National Team’s goalkeeper Tim Howard said he had told US coach Juergen Klinsmann that he would not be available for national team selection until September 2015. However the 35-year-old Howard will continue to play for Everton in the English Premier League. "Having played overseas for the last 12 years and missing out on … [Read more...]
Garrett Richards Suffered a “Significant” Left Knee Injury
Angels pitcher Garrett Richards, who suffered a "significant" left knee injury while covering first base, was scheduled to fly back to Los Angeles on Thursday in order to be examined by team doctors for what manager Mike Scioscia called a "significant injury" to his left patellar tendon. “Winning the game, obviously, it’s always important, but it’s secondary to what happened,” Angels manager … [Read more...]
Former Tennessee Titans Player Struggles with ALS
Tim Shaw, former linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, revealed on Tuesday that he suffers from a rare and difficult disease known as Lou Gehrig’s disease (or ALS- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). The Tennessee Titan released a video in which he drops a bucket of ice water over himself as part of his ALS fundraiser campaign. During his video, the linebacker explained that he too is in this fight … [Read more...]
Michael Phelps First International Competition Since Coming Out of Retirement
Record-breaking Michael Phelps will swim in his first international competition since coming out of retirement at this week's Pan Pacific Championships. The 18-time Olympic gold medalist and 22 medals in total, will take his quest for form to Australia's Gold Coast after he ended this month's US Championships with a couple of no victories that didn’t leave him discouraged. At the US titles … [Read more...]
Serenna Williams Wins her First Western & Southern Open Championship
Serena Williams has had an outstanding career thus far, but she never won the Western & Southern Open Championship before. The number one female tennis player has managed to win another title for her impressive resume: she has become the W&S Open Champion. The 17-time Grand Slam singles winner must be very happy to obtain her first W&S Open title on Sunday, after facing Serb Ana … [Read more...]
NASCAR Drivers Approve of New Driver Behavior Rule but Question its Necessity
In the wake of Kevin Ward Jr.'s unfortunate death, NASCAR announced a new rule regarding driver behavior. Tony Stewart was involved in an accident that lead to the death of Kevin Ward, a young driver. This event has prompted NASCAR to create a new caution rule, which was distributed to drivers before the Sprint Cup practice on Friday. According to it, if a driver's car was involved in an … [Read more...]
Luis Suarez Finally Allowed to Train with Barcelona
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld Luis Suarez’s four month-long ban from football, but in spite of this, the football player will be allowed to train with his new team on Friday. After having bitten Giorgio Chiellini on Juy 1st during the FIFA world cup, Suarez received a four month ban from all football activities, but Luis will be able to still make his Barcelona debut on Monday, … [Read more...]
Donald Sterling Has to Definitely Give up his Attempt to stop the $2-billion Sale of the Clippers
After an appeals court rejected Donald Sterling appeal on Wednesday, it seems he has to definitely give up his attempt to stop the $2-billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer. The court issued a brief ruling saying it couldn’t stop sale that had been completed. “The evidence before this court indicates the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to Steven Ballmer has closed,” the … [Read more...]
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