Rory McIlroy poses with the trophy after winning the 2024 Hero Dubai Desert Classic. | Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
Rory McIlroy entered the final round trailing Cameron Young, but he seized the day at one of his favorite tournaments in the world.
Call him the King of Dubai.
After temporarily relinquishing his throne at last week’s Dubai Invitational, Rory McIlroy bounced back with a vengeance Sunday, winning the Hero Dubai Desert Classic for a second consecutive year.
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Dana White isn’t apologizing for Sean Strickland speaking his mind.
The UFC star lost at UFC 297 Saturday night to Dricus Du Plessis, but it was the lead up to the fight that was the true show.
Strickland unleashed an all-time rant about how awful Justin Trudeau’s government is, ripped transgender insanity, compared Canada to North Korea and was just on an incredible roll all week long.
A woke reporter tried to get Strickland to apologize for his beliefs, and instead, got lit up like a Christmas tree.
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It’s Mahomes vs. Allen, Reid vs. McDermott, and also the Bills and Chiefs against themselves.
The most anticipated matchup of the NFL Divisional Round weekend is the latest installment of the Kansas City Chiefs–Buffalo Bills rivalry. For the first time since 2020, the Bills will be the home team and Patrick Mahomes will be faced with a road playoff atmosphere for the first time in his career.
Arizona booster Humberto Lopez isn’t happy Jedd Fisch took the Washington job.
Fisch left the Arizona Wildcat for the Huskies following Kalen DeBoer taking the Alabama job, and the situation has been very icy.
The former Arizona coach turned current Huskies leader previously claimed in January he wasn’t going anywhere. Less than two weeks later he left Tucson for Seattle. Add in the fact his exit meeting with the team allegedly lasted just a few minutes, and it’s not hard to understand why the situation is bitter.
Purdy wasn’t perfect Saturday and neither were the Niners. But Green Bay didn’t pull off the upset because San Francisco’s QB led a drive that defied his critics.
Talk about a full-circle moment.
Vegas Golden Knights rookie center Brendan Brisson is the son of one of the NHL’s power brokers—agent Pat Brisson, who has represented Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, and numerous other stars throughout the league.
Crosby, in fact, babysat Brisson in the latter’s early childhood. It was only fitting, then, that Brisson, 22, scored his first career goal against the Penguins on Saturday night in the Golden Knights’ 3–2 win.
How soon can we forgive the coach, who, in a streak of brilliance, broke professional football, but on certain nights, can’t seem to get it all together?
Following the San Francisco 49ers’ heart-thumping, 24–21 playoff win over the Green Bay Packers, Kyle Shanahan is one step closer to shaking the most complicated distinction in professional football. He’s not in poor company, of course.
Struggling to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race, the New York Islanders fired coach Lane Lambert on Saturday, replacing him with Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy, who last coached in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche.
Novak Djokovic has advanced 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 over Adrian Mannarino to the Australian Open quarterfinals and matched another of Roger Federer’s Grand Slam records.
Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson, the likely NFL MVP this season, shook off a so-so start, and fueled Saturday’s 34-10 divisional playoff victory over the Houston Texans, leading the Ravens to 24 points and 234 yards after halftime.