Author: JamesMcGhee

ZEPHYRHILLS — Less than half a decade after the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis and Wellness Center opened on the western outskirts of Zephyrhills, the facility is poised to become one of the sport’s training epicenters .Patrick Mouratoglou, coach of four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and former coach of women’s tennis legend Serena Williams, will launch his latest academy at the Zephyrhills facility.Mouratoglou Academy Zephyrhills joins other similar academies in France, Atlanta and Malaysia, although it will be the first to offer a full tennis and boarding program on American soil. The name of Vande Berg will remain attached to…

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Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman speaks while seated next to pitcher Blake Snell and agent Scott Boras during a news conference at Dodger Stadium Tuesday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)Like the Dodgers officially welcomed its latest gazillionaire pitcher to a renovated Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by laments around the baseball world.Boo-hoo! The Dodgers buy another championship!Damage ! The Dodgers have an unfair advantage!This is not good! The Dodgers are ruining baseball!The tears flowed again and again, from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, from Northern California to South Florida, and many…

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Fox, Kings send perfect message in thrilling win over Rockets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaSACRAMENTO – After Thrilling Kings 120-111 victory Against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night, De’Aaron Fox sat at the podium in his postgame press conference and was essentially asked the same question three times.The first time, he was asked how he thought his team responded to the second-quarter standoff with Dillon Brooks and other Rockets players.“I think we responded well,” Fox said. “Like you said, people don’t usually do that to me – for good reason. However, I was not spoken to after that.…

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Neale Fraser, pictured after winning Wimbledon, also won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles in one year at the US Open – Getty ImagesNeale Fraser, former world and Australian number 1 Davis Cup captain for almost a quarter of a century, died at the age of 91.Tennis Australia confirmed Fraser’s death on Tuesday, with the governing body saying the court “lost one of its giants”.The left-handed Fraser won 19 major titles during his illustrious playing career, including three singles crowns, a multitude of US Open triumphs and 11 major men’s doubles titles.He was unstoppable US Open in 1959 and 1960,…

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MLB: San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals NEW YORK — The contracts of Blake Snell and Tommy Edman increased the Los Angeles Dodgers’ deferred payment obligations to more than $1 billion owed to seven players from 2028 to 2046. Snell’s $182 million contract, announced Saturday, includes $66 million in deferred money payable to the pitcher through July 1, 2046, according to contract terms obtained by The Associated Press. Edman’s five-year, $74 million deal, announced Friday, includes $25 million payable to the infielder and outfielder through July 1, 2044. Los Angeles now owes deferred payments of $1,006,500,000 to seven players…

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