Mike HewittThis morning, I'm one devastated tennis fan. Life is better when there's a grand slam happening, so there should be nothing to complain about on the second Monday of the French Open. And yet, the best match-up of the whole fortnight—Serena Williams vs. Maria Sharapova—has been canceled due to Serena's arm injury.
We needed this. It was going to be a bitter grudge match. It was going to be Sharapova's best chance to beat Serena in 18 matches, and there's an angry part of me that thinks Serena knew this, and hates Sharapova so much that she dodged her. I know that's ridiculous, and wrong, but this is what happens to my brain when a match like this is stolen from me.
Let me explain what we're missing, and why this is so cruel.
It starts with a story that's extremely sad. When Maria Sharapova was 12 years old, she trained at an academy in Florida. One day, the Williams sisters were scheduled to stop by for a practice session. It was a big ..

The memes of an incredulous LeBron James gesturing at J.R. Smith following his NBA Finals fail have become more ubiquitous than Geico commercials. Move over, Crying Jordan, you have been replaced. But as many times as you've seen the boneheaded play at the end of Game 1, this video of what happened after is a must see. Well, maybe not if you're a Cavs fan. Then it's tough to watch.
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Check out the incredible footage of the two-and-a-half minutes following Smith forgetting the score and dribbling out the clock. Let's just say there wasn't a whole lot of talking on that Cavs bench.
https://twitter.com/ballislife/status/1003479077326487552/video/1
About the only thing you can see someone saying is LeBron asking head coach Ty Lue (What took him so long to get there, by the way! You've got to rally your troops!) “Did we have no timeouts?” When Lue tells him they did have a timeout, LeBron look..

NEW YORK (AP) Discovery, Inc. has signed a $2 billion agreement that gives it media rights to PGA Tour programming for its 220 markets outside the United States.

The deal announced Monday is designed to allow Discovery to deliver golf around the world on every screen and device. The 12-year deals starts next year and runs through 2030.

It’s the PGA Tour’s latest effort to expand its fan base around the world.

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The PGA Tour has U.S. television deals with NBC Sports, CBS Sports and Golf Channel.

The agreement gives Discovery live rights outside the U.S. to some 2,000 hours of PGA Tour content. That includes all six circuits the PGA Tour runs, such as the PGA Tour Champions and smaller tours in China, Canada and Latin America.

NEW YORK (AP) The PGA Tour broadened its international reach Monday in a $2 billion agreement with Discovery Inc., to deliver golf content directly to consumers in 220 markets outside the United States over the next 12 years.

Nine months after the PGA Tour chose not to opt out early of its U.S. network deals, it formed an alliance to turn over its content outside of the U.S. to Discovery, a company that already is reaching audiences around the world through its Eurosport network and other channels.

The tour had been exploring its own network.

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”Discovery is the largest international media company,” Commissioner Jay Monahan said from the tour’s New York office. ”They have content experience, distribution experience, direct-to-consumer experience that, candidly, nobody else has. So they can do for the PGA Tour, and they can do for the game of golf, what no one else can do internationally.

”This puts us in a place that we could never get to on our own,” he ..

Ariya Jutanagarn baredly edges Hyo Joo Kim to become the 2018 US Women's Open champion.

Ariya Jutanagarn baredly edges Hyo Joo Kim to become the 2018 US Women's Open champion.

Winner Ariya Jutanugarn took home $900,000 for her U.S. Women's Open victory at Shoal Creek. How about the rest of the field? Here's a breakdown

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Ariya Jutanugarn lost a seven-shot lead on the back nine, stayed alive with a par in the two-hole playoff and saved par with a bunker shot to win on the fourth playoff hole and capture the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday at Shoal Creek.

Jutanugarn appeared to have her second major sewn up when she shot 32 on the front nine to stretch her lead to seven shots. But the 22-year-old Thai began the back nine with a triple bogey, and then closed with back-to-back bogeys for a 1-over 73.

That put her in a two-hole playoff with Hyo-Joo Kim, who shot 5-under 67.

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This is the first time the USGA has gone to a two-hole aggregate playoff, and Kim quickly took command by rolling in a long birdie putt on the 14th hole. Returning to the 18th, Jutanugarn went over the green while Kim found a bunker. Kim blasted out to 12 feet and failed to save par – her only bogey Sunday – and Jutanugarn chipped about 5 feet by the hole and made par to send the playoff ..

Ariya Jutanugarn barely hangs on to defeat Hyo Joo Kim in a 4-hole playoff to win the 2018 US Women's Open.

Ariya Jutanugarn barely hangs on to defeat Hyo Joo Kim in a 4-hole playoff to win the 2018 US Women's Open.