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Among the recriminations of a seven-try hammering in France and a busy opening weekend of Six Nations action, a golden opportunity has presented itself to Welsh rugby.Former England head coach Stuart Lancaster is now on the market after leaving Racing 92 on Sunday. How convenient.It just so happens that the Welsh Rugby Union is actively looking for a new director of rugby as chief executive Abi Tierney plots a route forward from the organisation’s current sporting struggles. Who knows, Tierney might soon be looking for a new Wales head coach too. If Warren Gatland’s side lose their round two Six…
Great Britain’s Sonay Kartal was knocked out in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open after losing in three sets to American Katie Volynets.Kartal, 23, took the opening set against world number 68 Volynets but fell to a 3-6 6-4 6-4 loss.The 91st-ranked Englishwoman broke into the world’s top 100 for the first time at the end of last season.She was playing for the first time since making her overseas Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open last month, exiting in the first round.Kartal recovered from losing serve in the opening game to turn around the first set, which…
By: Sean Crose Ring Magazine reports that a hoped for dream fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford is about to become a reality. The bout is said to be going down in Las Vegas as a Riyadh Season event in September. Not all that long ago, the bout was considered nothing more than a fan fantasy, as Canelo generally fights as a super middleweight these days while Crawford has only recently stepped up to the junior middleweight division. Yet Crawford, as boxing fans know, is a generational talent. If anyone can jump up in weight to beat the face…
Charley Hoffman wrote a letter to his fellow PGA Tour players addressing slow pace of play and other issues within the ranks.The letter, which was shared on social media by Golf Magazine on Sunday night, follows the lead of Justin Thomas, whose memo last month implored golfers to be more accommodating to the sport’s broadcast partners as a means to connect with the fans and improve television viewership.”We’ve taken a lot of heat over the past few weeks about slow play,” Hoffman wrote in the letter. “And yeah, it’s an issue — for our fans, for us as players. Cutting…
The Golden State Warriors believe they remain in the mix on a trade for Jimmy Butler, sources told The Athletic on Monday. This follows ESPN’s report on Sunday evening that it had been communicated to the Warriors that Butler was unwilling to sign an extension with the team should they trade for him. Butler prefers a trade to the Phoenix Suns as they are the team most willing to meet his asking price on an extension. The Suns, however, are limited in their ways of trading for him unless they can find a team to trade for Bradley Beal while…
Miguel Torres seems to think he got screwed over by Dana White and the UFC. Back in 2011, Torres was briefly released from the UFC for tweeting, “If a rape van was called a surprise van more women wouldn’t mind going for rides in them.” At the time, White told Sports Illustrated “There’s absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that” and said the action disturbed him, leading to Torres’s release. How the times have changed. Last week, UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell debut his new podcast and in the first episode declared that Adolf Hitler — reviled…
Emily Logan, who led the girls swimming and diving team at Greenfield-Central High School in Indiana for over a decade, died on Jan. 27 at the age of 51 after a year-long battle with leiomyosarcoma, a form of cancer. Logan joined the Greenfield-Central program in 2012 alongside her husband Mark. While coaching the Cougars, Logan guided the team to 11 straight sectional championship titles and turned out a number of regional and state qualifiers. Prior to coaching at Greenfield-Central, Logan was the head coach of the Mt. Vernon High School swim team for four years beginning 2007, where she led…
While pro road racing season is underway from the warm climates of Australia, the Middle East and southern Spain, the opening chapters for North American gravel dismiss comfortable climates and plunge into the cold and moist northern months of north California and Colorado. Peter Stetina (Canyon) and Kate Courtney (Rivian/Allied/Red Bull) grabbed the glory in Ukiah, California on January 26 at the opening round of the Grasshopper Adventure Series, five events on tap through May 10. This past weekend it was Noah Granigan (Miami Blazers) and Lauren De Crescenzo (Factor/The Feed/Wahoo/PERC) who took victories in windy conditions at Old Man Winter…
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“I’ve been bouncing in every day. It’s an incredible privilege.”After an 11-month absence from the green jersey, Ireland’s Jack Conan wasted little time in getting back up to speed.Bench impact was one of the keys to victory in the 27-22 win over England that kicked off the side’s Six Nations title defence on Saturday, with the Leinster number 8 to the fore having been introduced in the 50th minute.Having missed last summer’s tour to South Africa for the birth of his first child and then Ireland’s entire November slate through injury, the 32-year-old looked like he had never been away,…