“Well when I played it was nothing like this,” said Hall of Famer John McEnroe. “We played at a club and they put up a couple of stands, so to see Indian Wells come as far as it has is amazing.” Both John and Patrick McEnroe are in the Coachella Valley with BNP Paribas and
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN Longtime Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant died Saturday at 95, the “absolutely heartbroken” team said in a statement. “We, like all Vikings and NFL fans, are shocked and saddened by this terrible news,” the statement said. Grant coached the Vikings for 18 seasons from 1967 through 1983 and again in 1985.
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Mikaela Shiffrin won her 87th World Cup race on Saturday to break the overall record set by skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark. The American triumphed in the slalom in Åre, Sweden, to become the sport’s all-time winningest athlete. “Pretty hard to comprehend,” Shiffrin said in her post-race interview. “My brother and sister-in-law
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, Jorge Engels and Jessie Gretener, CNN The BBC’s weekend soccer coverage has been plunged into chaos following its announcement Gary Lineker would “step back” from presenting, after he became embroiled in an impartiality row when he criticized British government policy on Twitter. The broadcaster now faces a boycott from pundits, presenters and
Continue Reading By Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN It was a eureka moment for the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT). In November the team earned more money — $6.5 million — from its male equivalent reaching the knockout stages of Qatar 2022 than it did from winning its own World Cup tournaments in 2015 and 2019. However, for
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It’s the end of an era for Palm Springs football. Head coach Dan Murphy is resigning after 11 seasons with the program. Don’t want this to get lost in the madness of March because Dan Murphy deserves a proper sendoff. He was the man. A player, coach (and media) favorite, he was always gracious with
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Play has resumed at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens following a nearly two-hour delay due to rain. The BNP Paribas Open was delayed at around 4:15 p.m. Play has temporarily been suspended due to rain.Further updates will be provided as they become available. #TennisParadise— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) March 11, 2023 Strong effort here to
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Born and raised in Rancho Mirage, Desirae Krawczyk is back in action with the 4th see in women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open. “It comes back full circle,” said Krawczyk. “I use to sneak into the stringers to try and get a view of the players warming up here on the grass field.” Watch
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The Chicago Bears have agreed to trade the rights to the No. 1 overall pick in next month’s NFL Draft to the Carolina Panthers, a league source told CNN on Friday. In exchange for the No. 1 pick selection, the Panthers will send wide receiver D.J. Moore, the 2023
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The 2023 USA Pickleball National Championships will be moved from Indian Wells to Dallas, Texas, officials announced. The National Championships, which will now be presented by the PPA Tour, will take place on Nov. 4-12 as originally scheduled, however, they will now be held at the Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas. The event has been
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, Patrick Sung and Al Goodman, CNN FC Barcelona was charged on Friday by the Barcelona provincial prosecutor’s office with “continued corruption between individuals in the sports field” in addition to other charges in relation to an alleged payment scandal which has rocked Spanish soccer. Former FCB presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria
Continue Reading By Jessie Gretener, CNN Gary Lineker will take a step back from presenting “Match of the Day,” the iconic British football show, following controversy about a tweet he wrote earlier in the week, the BBC announced on Friday. On Tuesday, Lineker tweeted “Good heavens, this is beyond awful” to a video posted on Twitter by
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick accused his White adoptive parents of perpetuating racism in their household in an interview with CBS’ Adriana Diaz on Thursday. “I know my parents loved me, but there were still very problematic things that I went through,” the 35-year-old said. “I think it was important to
Continue Reading By Alasdair Howorth, CNN Mikaela Shiffrin won her 86th World Cup race on Friday — triumphing in the giant slalom in Åre, Sweden — to match the overall record set by skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark. Shiffrin is now on the precipice of becoming the sport’s all-time winningest athlete — man or woman — and can
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN The preseason AP No. 1-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels (UNC-Chapel Hill) look likely to miss out on March Madness after suffering a damaging loss to the Virginia Cavaliers in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) tournament quarterfinals. UNC was defeated 68-59 by the Cavaliers on Thursday, leaving its hopes of playing in
Continue Reading CNN By Darren Lewis and Zayn Nabbi, CNN The story of David versus Goliath is old as time immemorial, but it never gets old when it comes to sport as every fan loves hearing about how the brave underdog fights against all odds to conquer the bigger and supposedly better giant. In the Premier League
Continue Reading By Darren Lewis and Zayn Nabbi, CNN The story of David versus Goliath is old as time immemorial, but it never gets old when it comes to sport as every fan loves hearing about how the brave underdog fights against all odds to conquer the bigger and supposedly better giant. In the Premier League a
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN After his credibility as Manchester United captain was widely questioned following the 7-0 drubbing against Liverpool on Sunday, Bruno Fernandes showed a very different side of his game against Real Betis in the Europa League. The midfielder once again led his side out at Old Trafford on Thursday and produced a
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Taylor Fritz ended the 21-year American men tennis drought by winning the BNP Paribas Open a year ago. On the women’s side, a 22-year drought still looms as the last player from the States to win was Serena Williams in 2001. This year, American tennis is at a premium with three men inside the Top
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Main draw play is underway and heating up at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden which featured a lot of high profile matches on Thursday. Follow along for LIVE scoring and order of play of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open. Veteran stars such as Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray took the court on Thursday and both won in their
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