SAN DIEGO – A third title at Torrey Pines would be the most unexpected victory of Jason Day’s career. Winless since 2018 and having dropped outside the top 100 in the world rankings, Day showed glimpses of his vintage form en route to a 67 Friday that gave him a share of the lead at the Farmers Insurance Open. He is at 14-under 202, tied with Will Zalatoris. Day has been plagued for years by a series of back injuries, and at times the pain has gotten so severe that he began to contemplate life after the PGA Tour. Asked…
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Story Links ATHENS, Ga. – University of Georgia soccer head coach Keidane McAlpine rounded out his coaching staff Friday afternoon with the additions of veteran coaches Kelly Dormandy and Kat Crump. Dormandy will serve as the Director of Sports Performance, and Crump will serve as the Volunteer Assistant Coach and oversee the team’s goalkeepers. Dormandy and Crump join associate head coach Jason Lockhart and assistant coach Sammy Towne, who were previously announced to the staff. Dormandy comes to Georgia from Loyola Marymount, where she served as the Associate Athletics Director for Sports Performance since 2021. She…
Five cleared to play, but Sindhu tests positive for CovidEmotions run high whenever a Bangladesh team takes the field against India. On Saturday, one can be certain that a charged up Bangladesh U-19 side will come hard at India in the U-19 World Cup quarterfinal in Antigua. Bangladesh’s boys in green will have the responsibility to consolidate the reputation their preceding batch built by beating India in an emotionally-charged final two years ago in South Africa. The Boys in Blue, meanwhile, can ill-afford to ponder about history. They have their own issues to deal with. Ravaged by the Covid-19 in…
Heavyweight superstar Tyson Fury will defend his WBC title against fellow Brit Dillian Whyte, after the biggest successful purse bid in boxing history.Fury’s British promoter Frank Warren bid $41,025,000 USD ($58.6m AUD) for the right to host the fight, beating Matchroom Boxing’s $32,222,222 USD ($46m AUD).Fury is set to earn 80 per cent of the purse ($46m AUD) and Whyte 20 per cent ($11.7m AUD).Undefeated Fury recently secured a second win against Deontay Wilder to conclude a scintillating trilogy of bouts, and will now take on a first-time world title challenger in Whyte. The fight is likely to take place…
Almost a month into 2022, Russia will welcome its first pugilistic event of the year this Saturday at the RCC Boxing Academy in Ekaterinburg, Russia, where veteran competitors Fedor Papazov and Akzhol Sulaimanbek Uulu will clash for a vacant minor World Boxing Council Asian Boxing Council lightweight title. Papazov, 36, is a long-time local contender, who is best known for losing to Vasyl Lomachenko in one of preliminary rounds of 2007 Chicago world amateur championship, where Fedor represented Greece, his ethnic homeland. There were certain expectations about Papazov before his professional debut but over the years The Knockout Man mostly…
Story Links Next Match: Sam Houston 1/30/2022 | 11 a.m. Jan. 30 (Sun) / 11 a.m. Sam Houston History CORPUS CHRISTI – The UTSA women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Friday afternoon at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The Islanders secured the doubles point after a 6-2 win at No. 2 and an unfinished No. 1 match. TAMUCC claimed the first singles point with a win at No. 6. Eva Beyebach split the first two sets of her match at…
| January 28, 2022, 7:39 PMJanuary 28, 2022, 7:39 PMThe Vancouver Canucks will be looking to extend their current win streak on the road when they visit the Calgary Flames on Saturday night as +165 underdogs on the NHL odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Vancouver opened its current four-game road trip with a 5-1 victory in Winnipeg, and has now outscored opponents by a 12-4 margin during the 3-0-0 run on the road it takes into Saturday night’s matchup at Scotiabank Saddledome. Thursday’s victory over the Jets marked a turnaround for the Canucks, who struggled offensively while getting swept…
The New York Giants’ search for a new head coach has come to an end. The Giants are hiring Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll as their next head coach, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday, per a source. The team has since announced the news. Daboll reunites with new Giants general manager Joe Schoen, who was with Buffalo as an assistant GM for four seasons before being hired by the Giants on Jan. 21. “It is an honor and a privilege to be named head coach of the New York Giants,” said Daboll, via the team’s website. “Thank you…
Official Release | January 28, 2022 CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League, presented by Cleveland Clinic, have announced a pair of roster moves. The team has traded the rights to G/F Sheldon Mac to the Stockton Kings in exchange for the rights to G/F Dwayne Sutton and Stockton’s own 2022 NBA G League Draft 2nd round choice. Cleveland has also claimed F Wes Iwundu from the available player pool. Iwundu (6-7, 195, Kansas State) played three games with the Atlanta Hawks in 2021-22 and averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in 27.4 minutes per game.…
Martinsville Speedway is the NASCAR Cup Series’ shortest track, and it will hold its shortest race ever this year. The Blue-Emu 400 is scheduled to start at 7:30 pm on April 9. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)The spring race on April 9 will now run 400 laps instead of the traditional 500 laps to accommodate its new 7:30 pm start time and potential delays that could push the finish late into the night. The name of the race has officially been changed to reflect its new distance. (Martinsville Speedway)The .526-mile track originally shifted the Blue-Emu-sponsored event to the later time in 2020,…