Shell Houston Open 2013: Golfers Who Need Strong Showings Ahead of Masters

It wasn’t too long ago when many avid golf fans held Rory McIlroy in the same breath as Tiger Woods. We saw Woods fall down to No. 58 in the world rankings and saw Rory go in and out of No. 1. Low and behold, with another Woods surge that we’ve all been accustomed to seeing, he has roared back to No. 1 and seems to be the only golfer we can talk about again. With only weeks before the Masters... 

‘Dufnering’: New Craze Takes the Golfing World by Storm

“A posture unlike any other.” Luke Donald is doing it, Bubba Watson loves it and Rory McIlroy has hopped on, too. All of these professional golfers are “Dufnering”—a new fad making light of American professional golfer Jason Dufner and the godawful body language he’s been communicating lately.  “Dufnering” began after Dufner was photographed... 

Sony Tennis Open 2013: Previewing Serena Williams vs. Maria Sharapova Final

The women’s final of the Sony Tennis Open is going to be a good one, as it features the top two players in the world. Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova took care of business throughout the tournament and will face each other in the event’s final round. They have both played extremely well to this point. You can expect both to have a tougher time when they battle on Saturday, though. In... 

Shell Houston Open 2013: Day 1 Leaderboard Analysis, Highlights and More

With the Masters just two weeks away, the Shell Houston Open represents one final chance for some of the PGA’s top golfers to qualify for the event. It’s also an opportunity to get in one last tune-up before golf’s most illustrious tournament begins on April 11. All eyes were on Rory McIlroy Thursday, as the 23-year-old set out to regain his No. 1 ranking. With a win at Bay Hill last... 

Ranking the 10 Best Announcers in Golf

When the Golf Channel emerged as a major player in televising golf tournaments, there was an immediate jump in the number of job opportunities for golf announcers. New voices, new outlooks, new personalities. For the most part, it’s been all good. But as in any other business, more doesn’t mean better. The cream rises to the top and separates itself from the rest. And the 10 gentlemen on... 

Montenegro 1-1 England: Are the English Still a Good Bet to Win Group 8?

There was nothing new or unexpected about England’s second half performance on Tuesday night. Those of us who are unfortunate enough to have them as our national team were hoping for a halftime downpour or maybe even a riot that could have prevented the inevitable second half collapse. Apart from a brief flicker in the early nineties, in the last forty years England have never looked a team of... 

David Ferrer vs. Tommy Haas May Preview Trouble for Rafael Nadal’s French Open

Tommy Haas is momentarily the top story in tennis on the heels of Rafael Nadal’s comeback in winning the Indian Wells title. His semifinal showdown with David Ferrer promises to be an intriguing contrast featuring his all-court skills and talent versus the unrelenting overachiever who continues to improve on his career peak into his early 30s. Haas recently dominated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic... 

Predicting the Argentina Starting XI at World Cup 2014

We are just 12 months away from the next iteration of the festival of football that is the FIFA World Cup, and international sides the world over are beginning to formulate plans based upon their success, or otherwise, in qualification. Argentina, twice World Cup winners in 1978 and 1986, are one of those on course for a straightforward qualification. The struggles of Diego Maradona’s side four... 

Sony Tennis Open 2013: Predictions for Singles Action in Miami

There are only four women and six men left standing in Key Biscayne in Miami coming into Thursday’s Sony Open singles action, where defending women’s champion Agnieszka Radwanska looks to return to the final with a win over Serena Williams in the semis. Other notable names in action on Thursday are Maria Sharapova, past men’s champion Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych, who will all be... 

Has Jurgen Klinsmann Been a Success or Failure as Manager of the USMNT?

Over the past week, the United States men’s national team picked up a vital four points in their effort towards World Cup qualification with a 1-0 home win over Costa Rica and a 0-0 draw away to Mexico. Coming into these two most recent World Cup qualifiers, Jurgen Klinsmann had come under heavy fire from fans and was even anonymously criticized in the press by his own players in a recent article... 

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