Phil Mickelson stands on the edge of the greatest major win in decades Your browser does not support iframes. Nothing Phil Mickelson does comes easy. He’ll get himself into trouble and wriggle right back out of it time after time after time. He’s wrung birdies out of certain bogeys. He’s hit balls into galleries and watched them kick off patrons into the fairway. He’s created a … [Read more...]
Carlos Correa and Billy Hamilton remind us why speed thrills
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NBA Rumors Roundup: Celtics Unwilling To Trade Nets Pick, Westbrook Potentially Staying In OKC & More – Chat Sports
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Kevin Garnett might not be up to returning for his 22nd season
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Thibaut Pinot out of Olympic Games with viral infection (Yahoo Sports)
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Cycling-Road-Tour de France team classification after stage 14 (Reuters)
Cycling-Road-Tour de France team classification after stage 14 (Reuters) July 16 (Gracenote) - Team Classification Tour de France after Stage 14 on Saturday 1. BMC Racing (United States) 191:18:28" 2. Movistar (Spain) +2:30" 3. Team Sky (Britain) +8:10" 4. Astana (Kazakhstan) +26:33" 5. AG2R (France) +45:58" 6. Trek (United States) +54:15" 7. Tinkoff (Russia) +1:07:08" 8. Katusha (Russia) … [Read more...]
Berdych, Pliskova withdraw from Rio over Zika concerns (Yahoo Sports)
Berdych, Pliskova withdraw from Rio over Zika concerns (Yahoo Sports) Another top-10 tennis player, Tomas Berdych, withdrew from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics over concerns about the Zika virus on Saturday. Hours later, another Czech, 16th-ranked Karolina Pliskova said she was withdrawing as well because of Zika. The eighth-ranked Berdych apologized to those disappointed by his decision. … [Read more...]
Juventus keen on Chelsea's Matic – sources
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Nate Thurmond, Warriors great, dies at age 74
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Red Sox reliever pulls off another home run 'hat trick'
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