Serena Williams won her first tournament title since returning to competition, beating Marion Bartoli, 7-5, 6-1, to win the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Calif. Her appearance in a final was the first for Williams since she won Wimbledon in 2010, and it was her best showing since missing nearly a year because [...]
Rory McIlroy kept punishing the golf course and the record book Saturday, setting himself up with an eight-shot lead at the U.S. Open with 18 holes left between him and his first major championship. First man to 14-under par at a U.S. Open. First to complete 54 holes in fewer than 200 strokes. Rory McIlroy [...]
Friday’s top performances from the 2nd round of the Masters 2011 featuring great plays from Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day, and more. After struggling through the first 27 holes of the Masters 2011, Tiger Woods finally found his stride. Although he started bogey-birdie-bogey, he soon righted the round after posting a 2nd bogey at [...]
Push the Limit, scheduled to be released in June, uses the Kinect hands-free control sensor for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 system in lieu of a pool. Players stand upright and work their arms — no kicking required — in a variety of swimming stroke motions as they advance from introductory swim meets to championships. “The better [...]
2011 version of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which will feature the likes of Kings of Leon, Kanye West, Arcade Fire and the Strokes. Around the same time, a fake Coachella poster advertising a festival called “Brochella” got passed around the Internet, which featured the likes of Nickelback, Creed and a number of [...]