Author: Tim Runn

World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka has crashed out of the Adelaide International, undone by a dismal serving performance in her match against Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson.Sabalenka served 21 double faults in the match, which Peterson won 5-7, 6-1, 7-5. There was 15 breaks of serve during the match.At one point in the third set Sabalenka could barely get the ball in the court, simply lobbing her serve with no power at all.It prompted chair umpire Julie Kjendlie to intervene, asking if the Belarusian was OK, with Sabalenka taking exception to the question.”This is my technical problem, I cannot serve better,” she replied.Nine’s…

Alex Patterson now knows what it’s like to have 15,000 people cheer for you. And he’s not even finished with second grade yet.The 7-year-old Detroit Red Wings fan had a pretty big week, becoming an unofficial mascot of sorts. It started at Tuesday’s game against the San Jose Sharks. We’ll let his dad, Josh Patterson, tell it.”They were doing their standard showing fans on the scoreboard thing,” Josh Patterson told NHL.com. “And they kept coming back to him. Then they would show some Sharks fans and everyone would boo. Then they’d come back to Alex and everyone cheered.”All it took…

Joe Judge’s future as head coach of the New York Giants remains uncertain a day after Big Blue ended its 2021 campaign with a sixth consecutive loss for a 4-13 season. The Giants have provided no definitive indication that Judge will return for the 2022 campaign, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported Monday. Judge met Monday — a day in which Giants general manager Dave Gettleman retired — with team ownership and those meetings concluded with discussions set to continue regarding the 40-year-old’s plan for the future, Garafolo reported. One of management’s concerns is Judge and the new GM having the…

Through 3 QuartersDown seven at the end of last quarter, the Portland Trail Blazers have now snagged the lead. It’s still tight after three quarters, with Rip City leading 87-81 over the Brooklyn Nets. The Trail Blazers have been led by power forward Robert Covington, who so far has 18 points along with four boards. Covington is close to surpassing his season high of 19. Brooklyn has been relying on the performance of power forward Kevin Durant, who has 24 points in addition to eight rebounds. Who’s PlayingBrooklyn @ PortlandCurrent Records: Brooklyn 25-13; Portland 15-24What to KnowThe Brooklyn Nets are…

The finalists for the 2022 West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame were announced on Jan. 2, including seven first-time nominees. A total of 11 finalists hope to be one of the five inductees voted in on Feb. 7 and presented by the World Wide Technology Raceway at Sonoma Raceway on June 9. Among the finalists are Greg Biffle, a NASCAR Xfinity and Camping World Truck champion and Brendan Gaughan, a two-time ARCA Menards Series West titleholder. “As we enter our 22nd year of honoring those who have achieved and given above and beyond to better the motorsports world, I…

PHILADELPHIA — There are so many ways Jimmy Rollins can make his case for a bronze plaque in Cooperstown, N.Y. It starts with his career connections to several Hall of Fame players. Cal Ripken Jr., Derek Jeter, Robin Yount, Miguel Tejada and Rollins are the only shortstops in baseball history (with a minimum of 51 percent of their career games at shortstop) with at least 2,000 hits and 200 home runs. Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan, Paul Molitor, Roberto Alomar and Rollins are the only players in history with 200 homers, 2,000 hits and 450 stolen bases. Rollins slashed…

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The College Football Playoff National Championship is just about here with No. 1 Alabama meeting No. 3 Georgia at Lucas Oil Stadium in Monday night in Indianapolis. This national title showdown is a rematch of their SEC Championship Game meeting on Dec. 4, a game the Crimson Tide, who are looking for their second straight national title and seventh under coach Nick Saban, won 41-24.The Tide earned their spot in Monday’s national title game thanks to a 27-6 victory over No. 4 Cincinnati in the Cotton Bowl semifinal that saw running back Brian Robinson Jr. rush for a career-high 204…

New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Day 2 Live Cricket Score: Get all the LIVE Score, Updates, Latest Scorecard and commentary from the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh played at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch.  Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Trent Boult celebrates after dismissing Mehidy Hasan during Day two of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh in Christchurch.    This news is republished from another source. You can check the original article here

By Jim Calfa: In bad news for the February 5th Top Rank card, former two-division world champion Jose ‘Sniper’ Pedraza is ill and will need his headliner fight against former WBC/WBO 140-lb champion Jose Ramirez to be moved to March 4th. The venue for the contest is the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, and it’ll be shown on the ESPN+ app. ESPN’s Mike Coppinger is reporting the illness for ‘Sniper’ Pedraza (29-3, 14 KOs), but it’s unclear at this point if the 32-year-old Puerto Rican native has COVID 19. If so, it’s difficult to know for sure whether he’ll…