Tennis
San Jose tennis: lesser lights are shining
At the home of the San Jose State Spartans, a Greek tennis player named Maria Sakkari was a curious fit on Saturday night. Her father hails from Sparta, and she is fond of saying, “I […]
Month: August 2018
NHL
NHL not invested in the numbers when it comes to analytics
It was 15 years ago this summer that Moneyball, the groundbreaking book by Michael Lewis, began to make its mark on the curious minds of athletic power brokers around the world. And if the intervening […]
NFL
NFL Preseason 2018: Dates, Ticket Info, TV Schedule and More for Early Showdowns | Bleacher Report
Darron Cummings/Associated Press The 2018 NFL preseason got underway Thursday night with the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. Five days from now, things will actually get underway as play starts across the league. […]
NBA
NBA players come to defense of LeBron James
LeBron James hasn’t responded to a shot about his intelligence from President Donald Trump, but Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and other fellow NBA players took to Twitter to defend him. Trump took aim at […]
NASCAR
Motorsports: Heimbach wins after late charge at National Open | Sports
SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove Speedway presented the 18th annual 360 Sprint Car National Open on Saturday night with Blane Heimbach picking up the $5,000 for the win. Rance Garlock wired the field for the late model […]
MLB
Neidert, Diaz lead Saturday’s top prospects
Here’s MLB Pipeline‘s roundup of the top prospect performances in the Minor Leagues on Saturday. A pair of Marlins prospects took center stage on Saturday, as Nick Neidert dominated on the mound for Double-A Jacksonville […]
Golf
Bhullar wins Fiji International, Els finishes strong for 3rd
SIGATOKA, Fiji (AP) — India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar held out a record-breaking charge from Australian Anthony Quale Sunday to win the Fiji International by one stroke while Ernie Els shot a 7-under 65 to finish a […]
Football
Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Pogba set for Man Utd future talks
Agent believes he can get Barca deal for Red Devils star Paul Pogba is to hold crunch talks with Manchester United regarding his future, claims the Daily Star. His agent, Mino Raiola, is heading to […]
Cricket
Victoria hosts a shorter form of cricket
Rugby sevens, beach volleyball and three-on-three basketball will all be contested at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. See a pattern there? Abbreviated versions of sports have broken loose from their parent sport and become official. So […]
Boxing
Alvarez shocks Kovalev in 7th to claim light heavyweight title
New York (AFP) – Unbeaten Eleider Alvarez stunned Sergey Kovalev on Saturday, knocking the Russian champion down three times in the seventh round to capture the World Boxing Organization light heavyweight title. Alvarez hit Kovalev […]