PORTLAND – More than 100 NBA scouts and executives packed the Coach K gym on the Nike campus this past week for the Nike Hoop Summit to watch not only 12 of America’s top players practice and scrimmage, but also 12 international players from twelve different countries, including Qatar. Lithuania, Ghana and the Bahamas. To… Read More »
With $3.98 million in tournament winnings, Jannik Sinner is the current leader in tennis prize money won through April 1 this year. The 22-year-old Italian took home around $2.1 million when he won his first career major title at the Australian Open in January. He followed up that breakthrough by winning Rotterdam in February and… Read More »
The US men’s national team defeated Mexico 2-0 in the Concacaf Nations League final on Sunday. This summer the country will face much stiffer competition. (Photo by Shaun Clark/ISI Photos/Getty Images) ARLINGTON, Texas – They greeted the final whistle with clenched fists and high fives, but no, they didn’t end up on the field. The… Read More »
9 reasons why Porsche Penske won’t win at SebringJake Galstad “Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Porsche Penske Motorsport has established itself as the team to beat in the second season of the hybrid prototype GTP era after convincing endurance victories at Daytona in IMSA’s WeatherTech… Read More »
Ricardo Pepi and Folarin Balogun have been the one-two punch for the US men’s national team since last year’s Nations League final in June. (Photo by Elizabeth Kruetz/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF) The U.S. Men’s National Team suffered from a glaring weakness in soccer’s most prominent position during the 2022 World Cup cycle: striker. As… Read More »
Bahrain F1 GP Notes: Steiner is back in PaddockClive Rose – Getty Images Besides the dominance of Max Verstappen and the Christian Horner saga, there were also other events during the Bahrain Grand Prix. Autoweek supplies its paddock notebook from Sakhir. Steiner back in the Paddock Guenther Steiner left the Haas Formula 1 team at… Read More »
Another weekend, another big race victory for the Porsche 963. After a difficult first year for the Porsche LMDh program, Porsche Penske Motorsport and its private teams in both IMSA and the FIA World Endurance Championship, 2024 is quickly becoming a year to remember for the storied German brand’s motorsport program. After a rather disappointing… Read More »
The first FIA WEC race for the LMGT3 class wasn’t quite the thrilling thriller that many teams expected before the lights went out, but it provided plenty of talking points after nine hours and 55 minutes of racing in Qatar. The No. 92 Manthey Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 LMGT3 R 992 crossed the line first… Read More »
WEC Preview 2024: The good, the ugly, the strange James Moy Photography – Getty Images “Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” The World Endurance Championship begins what promises to be an interesting season, starting with a 10-hour season opener in Qatar on Saturday. Before the green… Read More »
There was a sense of relief in the pit lane as RACER toured the pit lane of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the Lusail International Circuit in Qatar this morning. Finally, after two days of waiting, the entire field of 37 cars is on site and the last containers roll into the paddock at… Read More »