By sportsportal on August 16th, 2009
Tiger Woods tried turning up the heat on the field, taking a more aggressive approach on the tees and greens on the front nine holes in Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship.
It didn’t translate into lower scoring for Woods, who made two bogeys and was tied with South Korean Yang Yong-Eun as they began [...]
By sportsportal on July 1st, 2009
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has apologized to his opposite number in New Zealand, John Key, over the recent “unacceptable behavior” of France rugby center Mathieu Bastareaud.
The 20-year-old Stade Francais player, who is the cousin of Arsenal defender William Gallas, has been hospitalized with psychiatric problems after lying over an alleged assault outside the team [...]
By sportsportal on June 6th, 2009
Svetlana Kuznetsova won the French Open when she outplayed Dinara Safina, her fellow Russian and the world No 1, 6-4, 6-2 in the final on Saturday.
The seventh-seeded Kuznetsova, the 2004 US Open champion, dictated the points throughout and prevailed after 74 minutes on Centre Court.
By sportsportal on June 6th, 2009
Rafer Alston blamed his dreadful second half in Game 1 on Stan Van Gundy’s decision to play All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson for the entire second quarter.
In fact, Van Gundy admitted Friday that giving Nelson extended minutes for his first game in four months was a mistake, but the Orlando Magic head coach refused [...]
By sportsportal on June 6th, 2009
Waiting the extra day for the anticipated pitching duel between Tampa phenom David Price and established ace CC Sabathia only temporarily seemed worth the delay.
And while the Yankees have made waiting until the latter stages of games worth their fans’ while for several weeks, Saturday turned out to be the exception in that regard, [...]
By sportsportal on June 3rd, 2009
On a balmy, humid afternoon during which two Hawaiians prevailed in major Southern California surfing contests, one of the sport’s biggest fans emerged minus his cardinal and gold but waving imaginary pompoms.
Pete Carroll, USC’s football coach, spent Saturday admiring the methodical manner by which Fred Patacchia and Kai Barger diced through their respective opponents [...]
By sportsportal on June 3rd, 2009
When Kobe Bryant worked out for the Lakers as a high school graduate in 1996, he stunned them with his leaping ability and raw basketball talent that few 17-year-olds had ever possessed. Lakers luminary Jerry West, the team’s executive vice president at the time, said it was the greatest workout he had ever witnessed.
Thirteen [...]
By sportsportal on June 3rd, 2009
The Big Unit was held up by Mother Nature, putting history on hold.
Randy Johnson’s bid for 300 wins was postponed Wednesday night after a series of thunderstorms left the field at Nationals Park unplayable for Johnson’s San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals.
At 10:47 p.m. EDT — more than 3 1/2 hours after the [...]
By sportsportal on June 1st, 2009
The opening week at Roland Garros featured some riveting chaos on the clay. Both of the defending champions were knocked out. Robin Soderling pulled off one of the greatest Grand Slam upsets with his stunning win over Rafael Nadal. What surprises will week two at the French Open bring on the terre battue in Paris?
Door [...]
By sportsportal on June 1st, 2009
Jim Thome hit the 550th homer of his career in the eighth inning to put the White Sox ahead and Chicago went on to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Monday night.
A.J. Pierzynksi homered and Scott Podsednik scored two runs for the White Sox, who won for the fourth straight time and have won 10 [...]
