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America knows the Brit is coming
12 days ago by
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David Haye is ready to conquer America. The new WBA heavyweight champion has all the attributes to become box office stateside in a weight division that has lacked star quality and charisma in recent years.The blue-ribbon weight class has also been lacking class, with the Klitschko...
Olympic golf will help US medal haul
October 12, 2009 by
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The news that golf is to be included in the 2016 Olympic schedule is a good development for American sport. It is an exaggeration to say the US needs all the help it can get, but being beaten into second place in the medal table at Beijing, for the first time in 16 years, came as a...
Mayweather back to his best
September 21, 2009 by
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Floyd Mayweather's unanimous points defeat of Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas has confirmed that the Pretty Boy is back and back to his best. A 21-month absence is not the ideal preparation for a tough fight against a skilled opponent, but Mayweather showed he had lost none of...
Serena motivated for next season
September 15, 2009 by
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Serena Williams’ on-court outburst in her US Open semi final defeat by Kim Clijsters might be bad news for her rivals. The biggest threat to the 11-time Grand Slam winner’s status as the world’s best player is her own motivation. That doesn’t seem to be a problem at the moment...
Fairytales can happen
July 21, 2009 by
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Stewart Cink’s dramatic British Open win at Turnberry can be taken as evidence that fairytales rarely happen in sport. Tom Watson was one putt away from becoming the oldest ever winner of a major tournament, which would perhaps have been the biggest upset in golf history. The golfing...
The most dramatic chapter in the chronicles of Roddick
July 07, 2009 by
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The 2009 men’s Wimbledon final needed something special in order to come close to the drama of last year’s showdown between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Andy Roddick helped to ensure the climax to this year’s event was just as memorable.It might have lacked the quality of...
The James Blake Wimbledon mystery
June 23, 2009 by
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James Blake’s Wimbledon campaign has again ended in the first week of the championships. The American number two has never progressed past the third round at the grass Grand Slam in seven appearances, a remarkable record for a player consistently ranked in the world’s top 20.In...
US Open preview
June 02, 2009 by
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The US Open starts later this month and the whole field knows who the man to beat is. Tiger Woods has regained full fitness and is expected to win his 15th major at Bethpage, New York. Woods has only one PGA tour win to his name since winning last year’s US Open, but few doubt he...
Roddick shows signs of improvement on clay
May 19, 2009 by
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Easter is probably not Andy Roddick’s favourite time of year. It is when the ATP tour leaves behind the US hard courts for the clay of Europe, meaning the American’s battle for silverware and ranking points becomes instantly more difficult.Roddick might have the second best win...
Fight of the year yet to happen
May 04, 2009 by
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Many boxing pundits suggested the IBO light-welterweight title clash between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton was going to be the fight of the year. It was also billed as the battle for the tag of ‘pound-for-pound king’. It was neither of these; the fight of the year is still to...
Time running out for Kenny
April 21, 2009 by
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The 2009 Masters was an excellent tournament with a thrilling finish. The tense three-way play-off between Angel Cabrera, Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell produced a record-breaking winner, but not the one that many expected as the event reached its climax. Cabrera became the lowest-ranked...
NBA First Round Preview
April 18, 2009 by
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The second season in the Association is finally here as the NBA Playoffs kick off with eight games over the next two days. As usual, there are no shortage of intriguing storylines to keep us interested over the next two months. Among them, the most captvating has to be the injury to...
Champions League Semis Has a Decidedly EPL Feel
April 16, 2009 by
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The final four of the UEFA Champions League is now set, and with the exception of Barcelona, it's one big Premiership party. Thanks to an extremely clutch goal from Cristiano Ronaldo, three English teams fill out the semifinal slots, which means there's a good chance we could...
A Changing of the Guard?
April 09, 2009 by
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The San Antonio Spurs and Portland Trail Blazers may have the same record at 50-28 in the tightly contested Western Conference, but they are headed in opposite directions with the playoffs approaching. San Antonio has, and always will be, a force to be reckoned with as long as they...
All is well in Tigerland
April 06, 2009 by
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Tiger Woods is back where he belongs. Winning a tournament and dominating the field in a final round comeback, it was like he has never been away. By claiming the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando with a typical Woods performance, he extinguished any lingering doubts that his long...
Williams domination to continue at Miami
March 23, 2009 by
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The Williams sisters
Major Conference Tournament Predictions
March 10, 2009 by
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Nine bids to the Big Dance have already been confirmed; Northern Iowa, East Tennessee State, Morehead State, Radford, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Virginia Commonwealth, Cornell, Gonzaga, and Siena can all sit pretty until Selection Sunday, and watch as a whopping 22 more conference tournaments play ...
Roddick secures U.S. Davis Cup victory
March 09, 2009 by
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Andy Roddick continued his fine start to 2009 by defeating Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets to give the U.S. team an opening round victory in the Davis Cup. The American?s ran out 4-1 winners overall, with Roddick?s victory ensuring that there wasn?t too much final...
Tiger Returns!
February 25, 2009 by
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Golf is finally relevant again as Tiger Woods comes back from an eight month absence in the WGC-Acenture World Match Play Championships, which kicks off with first round action today. Featuring 64 golfers divided into four brackets, this is the sport's version of March Madness...
The Most Disappointing Team in America?
February 24, 2009 by
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Already on the outside looking in for an at-large bid, the Georgetown Hoyas stumbled through another huge opportunity to boost their profile, falling to sixth-ranked Louisville 76-58. The 18-point loss was the latest in a string of listless performances that has come to characterize...
Mickelson welcomes the return of Woods
February 24, 2009 by
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As we all know, Tiger Woods is set for his comeback after eight months out injured this week and it has been dominating the majority of golf news. The World No.1 has revealed how he is ?excited? about returning to competitive action as are the majority of golf fans around the world. Fellow ...
DeJuan Blair Crashes Hasheem Thabeet's Party
February 17, 2009 by
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Monday's titanic showdown between the top-ranked Huskies and fourth-ranked Panthers was supposed to be a forum for Haseem Thabeet to showcase his Player of the Year credentials, and assert that the Connecticut Huskies would be fine without injured guard Jerome Dyson. Thabeet had...
Duke/UNC Offers Nothing New, and That's the Way It Should Be
February 11, 2009 by
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For the 226th time, the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils will take the court against each other, and this one, like many others before them, is must-see television. College basketball's best rivalry will be renewed at Cameron Indoor Stadium, as the two teams take part in their ...
What does 2009 have in store for Andy Roddick?
February 10, 2009 by
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Andy Roddick is someone that is desperate to succeed in sport. The American has changed coaches constantly, refreshed his fitness regime regularly and altered his style of play in a bid to have success on the tennis court. It seems as if this may be paying off as he made an excellent start to ...
Tainted
February 09, 2009 by
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It was a great sports weekend, with Kobe vs. LeBron, action packed college hoops, including Davidson's 43-game conference winnning streak going up in smoke, and one last taste of the NFL with the Pro Bowl. Still, the biggest thing from the weekend was a downer as news of Alex...
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