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It is a sight few could have foreseen a few months ago – but now it is likely to be one of the star attractions at the Australian Open.Novak Djokovic and new coach Andy Murray have practised together in Melbourne for the first time before the first Grand Slam of 2025 begins on Sunday.Djokovic, who is targeting a record-extending 11th Australian Open title and historic 25th Grand Slam crown, announced the surprise appointment of long-time rival and good friend Murray to his team in late November.The pair, both 37, were born seven days apart, but Britain’s three-time major winner Murray…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 7, 2025, 08:54 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — It took a year longer than expected, but TGL, the new tech-infused golf league being fronted by superstars Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, is finally teeing off.The first of 15 regular-season matches, with the inaugural one between New York GC and The Bay Golf Club, will be played Tuesday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+) at SoFi Center, a 250,000-square-foot venue on the campus of Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach…
The Oklahoma City Thunder have waived rookie center Branden Carlson, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. The 7-footer signed a deal with Oklahoma City after the Toronto Raptors waived him in October. He went undrafted out of the University of Utah. Oklahoma City Thunder waived center Branden Carlson to avoid paying the rookie his full-season salary Carlson, 25, appeared in seven games off the bench for the Thunder, averaging 0.6 points, 1.3 rebounds, 0.4 assists, and 3.6 minutes per contest, while also shooting just 12.5% from the field. Since Carlson signed a one-year, minimum-salary contract with OKC in mid-November, waiving the…
Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is confident that his grit will help him prevail at UFC 311. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his title against Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the Jan. 18 co-main event from Inglewood, Calif. (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). Dvalishvili has been able to outlast and out-grapple a slew of former champions on his path to UFC gold. In Nurmagomedov, he faces an undefeated phenom, but “The Machine” is ready to come up big as an underdog once again. “I’m going to show Georgian wrestling and Georgian toughness,” Dvalishvili said on the “Believe You Me” podcast…
The University of Wyoming is two months into construction on its new aquatics center, with the state-of-the-art facility scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2026. GE Johnson Construction Company broke ground on the project on November 5, just under one year after SwimSwam reported that Wyoming Athletics had reached approximately 75% of its funding goal ($20 million). That coupled with the $120 million contributed by the state of Wyoming in order to construct the new natatorium along with completing renovations on War Memorial Stadium. Despite being a competitive NCAA Division I mid-major program, the Wyoming swim & dive…
Julian Alaphilippe has his mischievous smile back and as he begins his time at Tudor Pro Cycling, he is convinced his naturally aggressive style of racing can always trump the modern tendency to race based on watts and performance data.”Panache and aggression can always beat power numbers. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here anymore,” Alaphillipe explained in Spain at the Tudor media day.”I enjoy cycling by going on the attack. I’m working to be back to my best and when I’m at my best level, I enjoy myself. My goal is to be the best I can be.”I think cycling needs…
Coastal Carolina celebrates its 2016 national championship (Aaron Fitt) Features D1Baseball Staff – January 6, 2025 In January of 2015, D1Baseball.com relaunched as a full-service college baseball website, after existing for the previous decade as a high-traffic resource for scoreboards, schedules and standings. We put together a dream team of the top college baseball writers in the country to chronicle the sport through the written word and through podcasts, and a number of those writers are still cranking out wonderful content a decade later: Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt, Mark Etheridge, Eric Sorenson and Shotgun Spratling. Other talented writers would join…
He has not even completed a full year as an England player, but Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has already made such a telling impact that his absence from the Six Nations represents a savage setback for Steve Borthwick.The 22-year-old Exeter wing has rapidly emerged as a game-changing, match-winning asset for the national team since head coach Borthwick picked him for last season’s competition.Feyi-Waboso just looks to the manner born. He looks like he belongs in international rugby and he looks like he is going to illuminate it for many years, scoring a stack of tries in the process. There have been so…
Cruz Hewitt, the 16-year-old son of Australian legend Lleyton, also lost on the second day of qualifying.Watched on by his father on a packed court three, Hewitt lost 6-1 6-4 to former world number 16 Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia.Australia’s Bernard Tomic, formerly a top 20 player, also lost, beaten 6-3 6-1 by Slovakia’s 21st seed Jozef Kovalik.Britons Harriet Dart and Heather Watson made it through to the second round of qualifying on Monday.Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Jodie Burrage, Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley all have direct entry into the main draw.