Ryu's seven-inning stint matched the longest by a Dodgers starter during the 2017 postseason. He laughed upon realizing the gaffe. He allowed one run over eight innings in the three games for a 1.13 ERA. We knew the Atlanta Braves would show how young they are in the playoffs, but in the first at-bat against the opposition? Joc Pederson's leadoff shot in the bottom of the first rattled Mike ... [Full Article...]
He joins Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic among those qualified so far. Ramos-Vinolas broke back after a bad forehand from Juan Martin but he couldn't stay on the positive side of the scoreboard for too long, losing serve at 15 in the following game and allowing del Potro to claim the opener with a forehand victor in the 12th game for a 7-5 after 53 minutes. [Full Article...]
The boss seemed cautiously encouraged by events of the pizza and pasta summit at Rialto's in Ponteland, Northumberland. "He's a good player no doubt about that but I think the FA has to deal with his comments", Benitez said in his pre-match news conference. [Full Article...]
As of noon Thursday the typhoon was traveling north-northwest about 250 kilometers east-southeast of Miyako Island at a speed of 20 km per hour and with an atmospheric pressure of 960 hectopascals at its center. Earlier this week, Typhoon Trami battered Japan, killing two and injuring more than 120 people. The typhoon packed winds up to 216kmh, which ripped off roofs, overturned trucks and swept... [Full Article...]
Despite Hamilton and Mercedes' healthy lead in both championships, Wolff is not carried away and cited Hamilton's 2007 title loss where he had held a 17-point lead over Kimi Raikkonen with two rounds remaining and despite such an advantage, Hamilton lost the title to the Ferrari driver in the season finale in Brazil. [Full Article...]
The Brazilian began the season strongly, and even earned high praise from his manager, but the 22-year-old has since been left on the bench more often than not, and wasn't even a part of the squad against Valencia in the Champions League . [Full Article...]
Iaquinta managed to stand and trade with Khabib for the better part of the final 15 minutes of their fight without getting finished on one-day notice. "He doesn't want to be around these people", McGregor said. We saw the staredown in NY (at last month's press conference), I want to see the staredown (on Friday). [Full Article...]
Conor and Khabib will square off for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 229, with the victor likely going on to face the always unorthodox Tony Ferguson - if El Cucuy is able to get past Anthony Pettis. The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where McGregor was defeated by Mayweather last August. For all the bad blood that was spewed between the two fighters ahead of their massive pay-per-view... [Full Article...]