In 2010, the Buffalo Bills were run over, literally. The defense was dead last in the NFL against the run, giving up an astounding 169.6 yards per game on the ground, and allowing opponents to average 4.8 yards per rush. They faced the most rush attempts (571), gave up the most yards (2714) and were [...]
Arsenal 1-1 Red Bulls, emirates cup (click on the link above to watch video) Arsenal again squandered a lead, as an Kyle Bartley Own Goal meant the NY Red Bulls won the emirates cup on the return of Henry to Arsenal.
It seems like an eternity ago when Plaxico Burress caught the game winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLII, stunning the New England Patriots and ending their hopes of going 19-0. That loss also prevented the Patriots from following the 1972 Miami Dolphins into history as an undefeated, untied team in NFL history, something that the [...]
Stanford, California – Serena Williams moved into the final of the Bank of the West Classic with a dominant 6-1 6-2 victory over fellow unseeded player Sabine Lisicki in the semifinal. After a year-long layoff from illnesses and injury, it seems like the 13-time Grand Slam winner is playing her old form again. This is [...]
Stanford, California – Third seed Marion Bartoli of France advanced to the final of the Bank of the West Classic when her opponent Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia withdrew in the semifinal with a strained abdominal muscle. Bartoli’s opponent in the previous round, Ayumi Morita of Japan, also retired in their quarterfinal match. “Ayumi hurt herself [...]
Los Angeles, California – Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis continues his dream run in the Farmers Classic event here in Los Angeles, this time beating doubles partner Alex Bogomolov Jr. of the USA in the semifinal, 6-2 7-6(4). Gulbis did not face a breakpoint throughout the match, hit 33 winners and won 72 percent of his service [...]
Los Angeles, California – Top seed Mardy Fish of USA fend off the challenge of American teenager Ryan Harrison in the semifinal of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, 6-0 4-6 7-6(3), to reach his second tournament final in two weeks. The two players are playing a rematch of their semifinal in Atlanta last week [...]
Stanford–Former world number one Serena Williams continues her rally to go back in the top ten as she easily eliminated Sabine Li sicki in the semifinals of the Bank of the West Classic tournament, 6-1, 6-2. “This just continues my journey to do what I can,” said Williams. The American won 82 percent of her [...]
Umag, Croatia – Local favorite and fourth seed Marin Cilic of Croatia moves one step closer in becoming the second Croatian winner of the ATP Studena Croatian Open when he defeated sixth seed Fabio Fognini of Italy, 6-2 6-2, in the semifinal. In 1990, Goran Prpic defeated fellow Croatian Goran Ivanisevic in the inaugural edition [...]
Tulsa, OKC–Sue Bird had a very fantastic night in Tulsa with a season-high 29 points as she led the Seattle Storm to victory against the struggling Tulsa Shock. Bird just got off a very miserable performance in Minnesota when she only had four points on 1 of 6 shooting. Now in her payback, Brid had [...]
Umag, Croatia – Defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain was defeated by second seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, 6-4 6-4, in the semifinal of ATP Studena Croatian Open. The Ukrainian converted three of his 10 breakpoints in the match and won 86 percent of points on his first serve to prevail in 85 minutes. [...]
Newark, NJ–Penny Taylor and Diana Turasi of the Phoenix Mercury combined for 45 points and finished off the New York Liberty on the road, 91-84. Phoenix shot 51 percent (29 for 57) from the field and 26 for 28 from the free-throw line. Taylor led the game with 29 points for 8 of 11 in [...]
