Golf`s first Major comes out way this week – the famed Augusta National will host the world`s best for a chance to be fitted with the Green Jacket. Augusta National is a par 72, featuring the full lineup of par 3s and par 5s, and will play 7,435 yards.
For whatever reason over the past few seasons, the NHL teams from the state of California have been some of the league’s elite clubs. The Sharks and the Ducks join the L.A. Kings as teams that look to make a lot of noise in the upcoming postseason.
The performance of the Atlanta Braves’s pitching rotation shows how unpredictable baseball performance can be. Injuries? What injuries?
In general, the people involved with the Bobcats and Wizards franchises are happy bunnies. Why? They’ve both ended their postseason droughts in 2014. The only business that remains is the battle for seeding in the Eastern Conference.
The Yanks (4-4) are coming off a thorough spanking delivered by the hands of their division rivals, the Orioles (3-5). The O’s won yesterday’s ballgame 14-5; the Bronx Bombers and their fans expect shoddy performances like that to be an outlier.
The news is all about the Indiana Pacers and their demise leaving the Heat as the odds on favourite to take the East, seemingly unopposed. They are still in a dogfight to capture that top seed in the Conference so any stumbles could have real consequences moving forward.
Not much is expected from Houston this season so their start could be considered fantastic as they have certainly not embarrassed themselves, at least not in terms of wins and losses.
The NBA regular season ends next Wednesday in advance of the start of this season’s quest for a world title. While most of the playoff spots in both conferences have been claimed, there is still plenty on the line for quite a few teams heading into this final week of games.
The Portland Trail Blazers won their 50th game of the NBA season on April 6 against the New Orleans Pelicans, earning them a playoff berth for the first time since 2011.
On the season the Reds have an Over/Under record of 3-3 and a run-line W/L record of 2-5 and the Cardinals have an Over/Under record of 3-3 and a run-line W/L record of 3-4. This season the Cardinals are 1-0 at home and the Reds are 1-3 on the road.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Detroit Tigers will square off in what could be a World Series preview in game one of their two-game interleague series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday.
After a dreadful start to the season the Angels got back on track by taking 3 of 4 against Houston. The problem is that poor start was against these same Mariners and now they are on the road against the Ms.
The Miami Heat will try to avoid the season sweep when they host the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.
The Houston Rockets and the Lakers meet for the fourth and final time this season on Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with the Rockets looking to beat LA for the third time.
Even amidst three consecutive road losses, OKC’s Kevin Durant is truly having a campaign for the ages. The six-year pro has gone 41 consecutive games with scoring 25 or more points, surpassing Michael Jordan’s 1988-89 streak of 40 straight.
The Spurs saw their long winning streak snapped last week at OKC but they didn’t sit around feeling sorry for themselves, responding with a 20 point win against a Memphis team that everyone thinks is pretty good.
