Author: Tim Runn

Riding high on top form, Ananth Mani overpowered top seed Denim Yadav 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a three-set boys’ U-18 first round match during the ongoing ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors (Grade-3) Tournament being held at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association Stadium in Sector 10 on Monday. Another unseeded player Monil Lotlikar upset sixth seed Ilya Mukhin of Russia 6-4, 6-1 in straight sets to advance further. Second seed Yuvan Nandal defeated Manas Dhamne in straight sets. Bushan Haobam defeated Vineeth Mutyala 7-6(6), 6-3. In the girls’ U-18 singles’ first round, top seed Suhitha Maruri beat Sukhmani Bhandari 6-3, 6-2…

UNDATED (AP) — Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the latest rankings. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes for the third time in four weeks to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke.UNDATED (AP) — The NHL has postponed the Seattle Kraken’s home game scheduled for Thursday against Ottawa because of COVID-19 problems with the Senators. It’s the 92nd NHL game to be postponed for coronavirus-related reasons this season. Several of those are linked to…

OAKLAND, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden wearing his Hall of Fame Jacket speaks to the fans during the un vailing of the Hall of Fame busts for former Raider and teammate Ken Stabler at halftime of an NFL game between the Atlanta Falcons and Oakland Raiders at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on September 18, 2016 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Legendary NFL head coach and broadcaster John Madden passed away at the age of 85 last week. This past weekend, tributes poured in from across the National Football League. One…

Many expected NBA trade talks to heat up in the last couple of weeks, but for the most part, things have been relatively quiet so far. Perhaps the NBA’s recent COVID difficulties have something to do with that, or perhaps we just haven’t made it close enough to the trade deadline yet.Could the Dallas Mavericks potentially break the silence by trading Tim Hardaway Jr. and picks to the Detroit Pistons for Jerami Grant this season?We wrote about this specific trade idea a few weeks back, along with a second trade scenario that didn’t include Hardaway Jr. Now, The Ringer’s Kevin…

The 64th running of the Daytona 500 will take place on February 20th, 2022 with a packed week of on-track action preceding it. Following the inaugural running of The Busch Light Clash at The Los Angeles Coliseum, NASCAR will return to the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway for its biggest race of the year. With six races across four divisions and nearly a dozen other on-track sessions, there will be shortage of action next month as Kyle Larson begins his Cup Series title defense. Michael McDowell and Front Row Motorsports enter as the defending winners of the Daytona 500 after their dramatic upset…

The owner lockout that has halted Major League Baseball has now spanned into its second month and the new year. There’s been precious little movement on the major issues since the labor stoppage became official just after midnight on Dec. 2, but the hopeful presumption is that the intensity of talks ramps up now that we’re clear of the holidays.Given this important juncture, it’s time for a reset, and we’re here to press that particular button. So as we move forward deeper into the offseason and the owner lockout, here are four considerations that set the scene for what’s to…

Hopefully you enjoyed that brief intermission – the PGA Tour season restarts this week in Hawaii. We’re kicking off another year of the Monday Scramble, so let’s get into it: Only Rory McIlroy is missing from the 2021 calendar-year Tour winners. Everybody else – headliners such as Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau – are all teeing it up at Kapalua for the 2022 lid-lifter. Here’s what we’re watching this week: The world No. 1, for now Rahm hasn’t played since he ran out of gas late in the year on the European Tour (now called the, sigh, DP…

Share There are nearly four dozen 40 FBS bowl games this season, including the College Football Playoff National Championship. NCAA.com is keeping track of every conference’s record during bowl season. This article will be updated after each bowl game this season. Click or tap here for the complete bowl schedule for the 2021-22 season. Follow along here as each bowl game goes final. Conference (Bowl TEAMS) Record winning percentage American (4) 3-1 .750 ACC (6) 2-4 .333 Big 12 (7) 4-2 .666 Big Ten (10) 6-4 .600 C-USA (8) 3-5 .375 INDependents (4) 2-2 .500 MAC (8) 3-5 .375 Mountain…

Session Summary – 25 overs, 93 runs, 2 wickets. India were doing well in the opening hour of the game but the complexion of the game changed when Duanne Olivier struck twice of successive deliveries. India entered Lunch on the back foot with 53-3 and post that, they needed a partnership badly. KL Rahul and Hanuma Vihari were motoring along really well and started to build a nice partnership but just when it started to look threatening, Kagiso Rabada got the better of Hanuma Vihari and broke the stand to put South Africa on top. This news is republished from another source. You can…

Floyd Mayweather feels that the best thing about his boxing career was losing the semifinal bout at the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta. Mayweather dropped a very controversial decision to eventual silver medalist Serafim Todorov in the fight and later went on to win the bronze medal.The referee mistakenly raised Mayweather’s hand, leading everyone to think ‘Money’ had won the fight but it was announced that it was Todorov who had won. Looking back at that fight, Mayweather feels he should have won if not for dismal scoring by the judges.Having said that, the 50-0 boxer also said that he…