While You Were Sleeping: Early highlights from Day 1 at the British Open Each morning of the British Open at Royal Troon, we’ll get you up to speed the minute you wake up with some highlights, facts and color that happened While You Were Sleeping. Patrick Reed is the clubhouse leader Reed eagled the third, made the turn in 31 and balanced two bogies with a pair of birdies on the back to fire … [Read more...]
Cycling-Froome loses Tour lead in Mont Ventoux chaos (Reuters)
Cycling-Froome loses Tour lead in Mont Ventoux chaos (Reuters) * Froome's bike broken in incident involving motorbike * Team Sky rider seen running up the Ventoux * Loses yellow jersey to fellow Briton Yates (Adds details, quotes) By Julien Pretot MONT VENTOUX, France, July 14 (Reuters) - Chris Froome lost his Tour de France overall leader's yellow jersey after an incident involving a … [Read more...]
Fergie: Ronaldo special player of generation
Fergie: Ronaldo special player of generation 2:13 PM GMT Arindam Rej Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo as the "special footballer" of his generation. Ronaldo, 31, won the Champions League and three Premier League titles in six hugely successful years under Ferguson at Old Trafford, and has gone on to win two more Champions Leagues … [Read more...]
Jeff Teague is literally living in his parents' basement this season
Jeff Teague is literally living in his parents' basement this season Indiana Pacers’ Jeff Teague poses with head coach Nate McMillan, left, and President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird during a news conference, Monday, July 11, 2016, in Indianapolis. The Pacers acquired Teague from the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team trade. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) A trade can upend the life of a … [Read more...]
Craig Sager delivers stirring ESPYS speech: ‘I will never give up'
Craig Sager delivers stirring ESPYS speech: ‘I will never give up' Craig Sager accepts the Jimmy V Award for Perserverance during the 2016 ESPYS. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Beloved broadcaster and longtime NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager received the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2016 ESPY Awards on Wednesday night. The award, given each year to “a deserving member of the … [Read more...]
100 Second-Half MLB Predictions – Sports On Earth
100 Second-Half MLB Predictions - Sports On Earth In exactly 89 days, the 2016 Major League Baseball regular season will (probably) end. Every question you still have will be answered. But why wait that long? Here are 100 predictions for the second half of the baseball season: A whole bunch of All-Stars are going to get made fun of by their teammates when they get back to the clubhouse for this … [Read more...]
Top 128 College Football Players – Sports On Earth
Top 128 College Football Players - Sports On Earth For two months, Sports on Earth has been counting down the best returning college football players position by position in preparation for the 2016 season. With media days beginning and preseason camp almost here, it's time to put all these lists together to figure out the best overall players. Need a way to catch up on college football after a … [Read more...]
‘Better than Beijing’ is Britain’s main medal target (Reuters)
'Better than Beijing' is Britain's main medal target (Reuters) By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is unlikely to improve on the home haul of 65 medals in London four years ago and the main target for next month's Rio Olympics is 'better than Beijing', UK Sport said on Thursday. The high performance sports agency said its target was to come home with at least 48 medals. The 2008 … [Read more...]
Habana misses out on South Africa’s Olympic rugby squad (Yahoo Sports)
Habana misses out on South Africa's Olympic rugby squad (Yahoo Sports) JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- World Cup winner Bryan Habana has missed out on a place on South Africa's Olympic rugby sevens squad. … [Read more...]
Wind blowing at 125 kph on Mont Ventoux for Stage 12 of Tour (The Associated Press)
Wind blowing at 125 kph on Mont Ventoux for Stage 12 of Tour (The Associated Press) MONT VENTOUX, France (AP) -- The wind is blowing at 125 kph (nearly 80 mph) on Mont Ventoux as the peloton sets out for the weather-shortened Stage 12 of the Tour de France, which coincides with Bastille Day. … [Read more...]