Karolina Muchova heartbroken to withdraw from first WTA Finals Karolina Muchova has revealed she could not play in her first WTA final due to injury, with the Czech replaced by substitute Maria Sakkari. Muchova had endured injuries in recent seasons, playing just 19 matches in 2022 and starting this year outside the top 150. Despite this, the 27-year-old managed to have her best season in 2023, reaching the final of Roland Garros and the Cincinnati Masters, as well as the US Open semi final. With this, Muchova reached career 8th and qualified for her debut. WTA Finals which will take…
Author: JamesMcGhee
Sometimes the WNBA regular season felt like an extended opening act for a finale intended between the The Aces of Las Vegas and the Freedom of New York. Fans – and the league itself – have been eagerly awaiting this series. Ace Guard Kelsey Plum went so far as to call the meeting “inevitable.” Pairing two major markets in the Finals with so many bankable stars on the court is a huge win for the WNBA, as the Aces lead the series 2-1 heading into Wednesday’s Game 4 in New York. The Aces helped transform Las Vegas into a sports…
Kelly Tan started playing clubs at the age of 12, quickly rising through the junior golf ranks in Malaysia. As she celebrates her 30th birthday on the first day of the Maybank Championship, we discover not just a golfer, but a lifestyle built around dedication, dreams and the pursuit of excellence on and off the course. “I don’t like being 30 but I have to face it. It is a game of longevity, in which golfers can compete at a high level until their later years, but I did not succeed for my own sake,” said Batu Pahat, a young…
PHILADELPHIA — Every year, October baseball is a treat, a hodgepodge of drama, intrigue, strategy, excitement and frayed nerves. Games 7 takes each of these elements and energizes them. Sports exist for series that go the distance. And this October offered a pair.As little theater as the Wild Card and Division Series rounds provided this year, the LCS made up for it.This is baseball at its best. Of course, games are always binary – win or lose – but 7 games offer a variation: win or go home. They’re not rare, exactly, but they’re rare enough that the Phillies, who…
Two races in the second round of the NASCAR The Cup Series playoffs are scheduled and two drivers can breathe a sigh of relief ahead of next weekend’s playoff race.Ryan Blaney won Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway and clinched a place in the third round with William Byron, who won the opening round at Texas Motor Speedway.The series now heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway for a race on the Roval – the part-road, part-oval course that will conclude the round of 16.The four playoff drivers with the fewest points after the Roval race will be eliminated from competition, leaving eight drivers…
The Cavaliers’ sense of urgency went from 0 to 60 faster than that of one of the Donovan Mitchell Lamborghini. And the driver of this vehicle is at the center of it all.The Cavs have carefully assembled a young, talented roster built on the progression of a few youth pieces and the addition of their star guard in a blockbuster trade with the Utah Jazz before last season.It was said that the front office wanted to give this group a “runway” for success and a chance to grow together. But the Cavs are also squarely at a crossroads between waiting…
The Penn State men’s basketball season begins in just 13 days, folks. On Monday, the team held its annual media day ahead of Mike Rhoades’ first year at the helm of the Nittany Lions. After the departure of Micah Shrewsberry to Notre Dame and Jalen Pickett and Seth Lundy to the NBA, there are a plethora of new faces within the program that reached the round of 16 of the NCAA tournament last March. The day began with Rhoades speaking to the media inside the Bryce Jordan Center, alongside Puff Johnson, Kanye Clary and Ace Baldwin Jr. Rhoades and the…
This year, college football teams will be allowed to use coach-player communication technology during bowl games outside of the College Football Playoff, NCAA National Coordinator of Officials Steve Shaw said. Athleticism Monday. While the news arrives amid sign-stealing/advanced reconnaissance investigation involving Michigan football, the bowl experiment was actually approved this summer by the NCAA Football Rules Committee. CBS Sports first reported the approval last week. “This has been a topic that has been the focus of the Rules Committee for the last couple of years,” Shaw said. “There is a lot of momentum towards opening this file. We would like…
Nick WaggonerESPN EditorOctober 24, 2023, 1:59 a.m. ET5 minute readingShoving match breaks out after Vikings take down Purdy to seal victoryBrock Purdy’s pass is intercepted by the Vikings to win the game, and the two teams exchange shoves after the play.MINNEAPOLIS — A little over two weeks ago, the San Francisco 49ers were undefeated and the league discussions after the demolition of the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night football.Inside the Niners locker room after Monday night’s botched game Defeat 22-17 At Minnesota Vikings, this match could just as easily have taken place two years ago. Among the 49ers’ mistakes Monday: three…
When Travis Dermott takes the ice in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, he plans to do so without the strip of Pride tape that pushed the Arizona Coyotes defender in the middle of one of the The most controversial topics in the NHL this weekend. “I think the one match probably ruffled enough feathers and got enough attention,” Dermott said. Athleticism on Monday evening. However, it is not a question of silencing or dissuading the 26-year-old young man. Not exactly. Some 48 hours after skating in defiance of a new NHL rule that prohibits players from displaying “cause messages” on…