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Djokovic, Sabalenka Named ITF World Champions
26Dec By us99newsNo Comments
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Djokovic, Sabalenka Named ITF World Champions

 By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, December 15, 2023  The 2023 season is within the rear-view mirror, however Novak Djokovic continues his championship roll. World No. 1 Djokovic earned males's ITF World Champion honors for a record-extending eighth time.Nadal: Ready to Face Fears and DoubtsAustralian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka was named girls's ITF World Champion for the primary time.It was a 12 months that noticed Djokovic seize three of the 4 Grand Slam championships—Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open—gather his file seventh ATP Finals crown, win an ATP-best seven match titles and eclipse 400 weeks as world No. 1. The 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic practically pulled off the primary males's calendar Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969 bowing to Carlos Al...
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The finest baseball gamers born on Christmas
25Dec By us99newsNo Comments
Baseball

The finest baseball gamers born on Christmas

It’s becoming that Christmas Day gifted us with three Hall of Fame gamers. Here’s a subjective rating of the highest 5 for December 25: 1) Rickey Henderson (1958)The stolen-base champ, 10-time All-Star and 1990 AL MVP with the A’s is a no brainer lead for this record. Always quotable, ever assured, the “Man of Steal” was a pleasure to look at on the sector. Here’s simply one in every of many wild Henderson information: He practically ran a marathon over his profession, simply by stealing bases. His 1,406 steals, at 90 toes apiece, comes out to 126,540 toes … or 23.97 miles; simply over two shy of a marathon. 2) Nellie Fox (1927)Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, Fox was an important piece of the “Go-Go” White Sox of the Fifties. He was the 1959 AL MVP, a 15-time All-Star and three-tim...
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Holger Rune Provides Federer’s Former Coach Severin Luthi to His Crew
25Dec By us99newsNo Comments
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Holger Rune Provides Federer’s Former Coach Severin Luthi to His Crew

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday December 20, 2023Just a couple of months after making Boris Becker a everlasting a part of his teaching workforce, Holger Rune has added one other large title to his teaching entourage: Severin Luthi. Very blissful to welcome Severin to my workforce alongside Boris 🤩 pic.twitter.com/ZGsOzojfNZ — Holger Rune (@holgerrune2003) December 20, 2023 In a social media put up the Danish star broke the information, writing: "Very happy to welcome Severin to my team alongside Boris.”More: Rune and Becker Extend Partnership into 202420-year-old Rune went 44-24 in 2023, winning one title and reaching the final round at the Rome and Monte-Carlo Masters. He also made quarterfinal appearances at Roland-Garros and Wimbledon.Luthi, 47, is understood for being ...
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Sunday Notes: My Buddy Sam Has an Interesting CBT/Bird Rights Thought
24Dec By us99newsNo Comments
Baseball

Sunday Notes: My Buddy Sam Has an Interesting CBT/Bird Rights Thought

Last Sunday’s column included my opining that Joey Votto ought to retire reasonably than signal with a workforce aside from the Cincinnati Reds, thus making him a one-franchise participant. My pal Sam — a bona fide baseball nerd — learn the column and proceeded to share an attention-grabbing thought once I bumped into him on the espresso store we each frequent. Being of the assumption that gamers sticking with one workforce is an efficient factor — I feel most followers would concur — Sam wonders if tweaking the Competitive Balance Tax in a way that might incentivize groups’ capacity to re-sign their free brokers is perhaps doable. For occasion, if participant X have been to signal a one-year $20M contract with a brand new workforce, your entire quantity would issue into the workforc...
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