After having to make the gut-wrenching decision to miss defending his Australian Open title last year, 2015 champion Matt Jones will return for this year’s event with one thought on his mind to win it again. Jones will return to The Australian Golf Club, the scene of the biggest win …
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Yedlin missed last month’s home loss to Costa Rica and then a draw at Honduras that put qualification in peril. He became the first rookie in eight years selected for MLS’s All-Star Game and was given his national team debut the following February by coach Jurgen Klinsmann as a 74th-minute …
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Clayton Kershaw’s postseason woes continued in Game 1 of the NLDS as he gave up four runs (all on solo homers) in 6 1/3 innings, allowing five hits, walking three more and striking out seven. Kershaw now has a 4.63 ERA in 19 postseason appearances (15 starts): a far cry …
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Owner Iraj “Ira” Rafei says he now refuses to show the games because NFL players are disrespecting the American flag and anthem. But after Trump wistfully dreamed of a day NFL team owners would fire any “son of a bitch” player who dared kneel during the national anthem to protest …
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After her breakthrough at the Australian Open, where she reached the first Grand Slam semi-final of her career, Konta would end the summer as the first British woman since Jo Durie to enter the world top 10. Gordon Reid, Jamie Murray, and Heather Watson all similarly enjoyed notable success in …
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Tiger Woods isn’t playing much golf these days, but that’s apparently not affecting his impact as a product endorser. After years with the Nike swoosh emblazoned on his golf ball, Woods was one of many players impacted when the company decided to exit the golf equipment space last year. “He …
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The club turned 10 years old in 2016, and it reached another milestone Saturday when its U17 Gold girls team secured a berth at the Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association state tournament. The Gold team is a microcosm of Rock Soccer as a whole: a rising soccer power that promotes and …
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The 2017 Major League Baseball regular season concluded on Sunday. By no means is this an all-inclusive look, because far too much happens over the course of the 2,400-plus games in the regular season, but let’s take a look back at some of the biggest stories of the season. Upon …
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Week 4 of the 2017 NFL season will feature a marquee Sunday Night Football game on Sunday, October 1, 2017 when the Indianapolis Colts take on the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. Seattle heads into the game with a 1-2 record and is coming off a Week …
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The NBA sent a memo late Friday to teams reinforcing its rule that players and coaches stand for the national anthem, and suggesting other ways in which they might address the recent protest movement sweeping across the NFL and other sports. The league also does not want teams independently disciplining …
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