Phoenix Carnevale spoke to Randy Couture, T.J. Dillashaw, Luke Rockhold, Daniel Cormier, Duane "Bang" Ludwig and more at last night's 2015 MMA Awards.
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samedi 31 janvier 2015
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Williams won his 19th Grand Slam title after beating Maria Sharapova in straight sets.
There was no upset on Saturday, as the top seeded Serena Williams took home her 19th Grand Slam title after defeating Maria Sharapova in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). This is Williams' sixth Australian Open crown, the most in the open era, having previously won it in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 and now 2015.
As always, Williams played focused and sharp against Sharapova despite battling a cold. It's been 10 years since the Russian star has beaten Williams, who used her serve to dominate the game. Not only did Williams log 18 aces but she also won 84 percent of first serve points to Sharapova's 67 percent. Williams was the aggressor throughout, going to the net and gambling on winners while Sharapova played more conservatively.
The first set started out close, with neither player creating separation. After a rain delay Williams came back strong and closed it 6-3, breaking Sharapova's serve three times in total. With the history between the two and Williams' record of dominance after winning the first set in major tournaments, it seemed a lopsided victory was coming. Instead, Sharapova rallied. She cut down her unforced errors while taking more chances and saved two match points to force the tiebreak.
In the end, there was no comeback. Williams' serve continued to be too powerful a weapon for Sharapova to counter. Fittingly, an ace closed the game.
Williams became the oldest winner of the Australian Open at 33 years old and with 19 Grand Slam titles now trails only Steffi Graff (22) and Margaret Court (24) for most major tournament crowns.
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Two heavyweights will try to get back on track on Saturday.
There's nothing like an old foe to jump start your season.
At least, that's what the Los Angeles Kings will be hoping when they visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday. The two teams have each won the Stanley Cup in recent seasons while dominating the NHL along the way. Yet the Bruins and Kings have been awfully quiet halfway through this NHL season.
Los Angeles took down the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday, ending a four-game losing streak in the process. Meanwhile, the Bruins are in the middle of an uptick, having won 12 of their last 13 games.
Here is a complete look at the schedule. All times are ET.
Matchup | Time | Visitor TV | Home TV | National TV |
Washington at Montreal | 1:00 p.m. | CSN | RDS |
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New York Islanders at Detroit | 2:00 p.m. | MSG+ | FS Detroit |
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Arizona at Ottawa | 3:00 p.m. | FS Arizona | RDS2 |
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Toronto at Philadelphia | 7:00 p.m. | CBC | CSN |
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Dallas at Winnipeg | 7:00 p.m. | KXTA | City |
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Carolina at New York Rangers | 7:00 p.m. | FS Carolina | MSG |
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Florida at New Jersey | 7:00 p.m. | FS Florida | MSG+ |
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Los Angeles at Boston | 7:00 p.m. | FS West | NESN | TVA |
Columbus at Tampa Bay | 7:30 p.m. | FS Ohio | SUN |
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Edmonton at Calgary | 10:00 p.m. |
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Chicago at San Jose | 10:00 p.m. | CSN | CSN |
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Oh, no big deal, just the top two teams squaring off.
The Premier League is back, though we didn't miss it quite as much as usual. While the league taking a week off for the FA Cup is usually extremely unwelcome, the cup entertained enough to satisfy the masses last weekend. Usually, the cup leaves a bitter taste in our mouths and we can't wait to get it out by watching some *real* football. This time, we hardly knew the Premier League was gone.
England's top flight has returned with a vengeance, too. This week features the biggest game of the year so far, and if it goes Chelsea's way, it'll be the last proper big game of the season. Jose Mourinho's side are threatening to run away with the title, and Manchester City need a result at Stamford Bridge to keep things interesting.
None of the other big sides are facing proper tests, but one of them will drop points while Southampton wins anyway, because this season is weird.
Hull City vs. Newcastle United
Saturday, 7:45 p.m. ET. TV: NBCSN (U.S.), BT Sport 1 (U.K.), TSN1 (Canada)
Steve Bruce has saved his job with a couple of wins since the holiday period, but he's still walking on eggshells. Hull City are 18th after two straight losses, and Bruce could be back on the hot seat again with a loss. Newcastle, meanwhile, are coasting through another lost midtable season.
Manchester United vs. Leicester City
Saturday, 10 a.m. ET. TV: NBCSN (U.S. - English), Mun2 (U.S. - Spanish), TSN4 (Canada)
On the current form of both sides, this shouldn't be much of a contest at all. Leicester have been poor lately, but the Red Devils will have their last match against the Foxes fresh in their mind. That was one of the shock results of the season -- Leciester won 5-3 after going down by two goals early.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City
Saturday, 12:30 p.m. ET. TV: NBCSN (U.S. - English), Mun2 (U.S. - Spanish), Sky Sports 1 (U.K.), Sportsnet One (Canada)
This is the big game of the weekend, and the biggest of the season so far. Neutrals will be rooting hard for Manchester City, just so there's still a title race to be interested in. Chelsea have a five-point lead on the Citizens, and we can more or less hand them the title if they grab all three points on Sunday.
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa
Sunday, 8:30 a.m. ET. TV: NBCSN (U.S. - English), Mun2 (U.S. - Spanish), Sky Sports 1 (U.K.), TSN1 (Canada)
We should never count out the possibility of a phantom awful Arsenal performance, but, uh, Aston Villa are pretty bad. It would be surprising if the Gunners didn't win comfortably.
Southampton vs. Swansea City
Sunday, 11 a.m. ET. TV: NBCSN (U.S.), Sportsnet World (Canada), Sky Sports 1 (U.K.)
After a very strong start to the season, Swansea City have come back to earth a bit. They haven't won in their last four matches and their goal differential is down in the negatives now, mostly thank to the savage beating they took from Chelsea. The Saints will be fairly big favorites at home, and are looking more and more like a real Champions League-caliber side as the season goes on.
Schedule (all times ET, scores updated as they come in)
Hull City vs. Newcastle United - Saturday, 7:45 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Leicester City - Saturday, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. West Ham United - Saturday, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Everton - Saturday, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Queens Park Rangers - Saturday, 10 a.m.
Sunderland vs. Burnley - Saturday, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Tottenham Hotspur - Saturday, 10 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City - Saturday, 12:30 p.m.
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa - Sunday, 8:30 a.m.
Southampton vs. Swansea City - Sunday, 11 a.m.
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A valiant effort from three-time major winner Padraig Harrington.
Tiger Woods was the worst golfer in the field at the Phoenix Open on Friday, but he may not have had the most embarrassing shot sequence. Woods skulled, chunked, and bladed chip shot after chip shot the last two days as if he were some over-the-hill high handicapper, but at least he never whiffed.
Padraig Harrington found himself in the unfortunate circumstance of being a right-handed golfer on Friday at TPC Scottsdale. So he tried to turn it around and pull off some sort of miracle. Instead, he just took out a chunk of turf and failed to move the ball.
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Forget about your ex-girlfriend Paula and use these tips to truly enjoy your Super Bowl, even if nobody is going to be there to enjoy it with you.
It's time for the Super Bowl, and you know what that means -- time for a Super Bowl party! Everybody's going to watch the Big Game, from rabid sports fans to people who only want to see the commercials and halftime show. The Super Bowl is as much a sporting event as an opportunity for all of America to share an experience together.
Unfortunately, you don't have anybody to share this experience with. After losing your ex-girlfriend Paula and her friend circle, you haven't been particularly sociable. Nobody invited you to their Super Bowl party -- not even on Facebook.
But that doesn't mean you can't have a great time watching the Super Bowl. Here are some tips on how to make your solo Super Bowl bash a solo Super Bowl smash!
Make a delicious dish!
A Super Bowl party is like a big potluck -- everybody brings their favorite football snack to create a smorgasbord of guilty pleasures, and you'd better impress!
Of course, you won't have anybody to impress, so why bother. But you still have to eat to sustain yourself, so here are some food items you could make:
Easy Mac
Ingredients
1 bowl of Easy Mac
The little packet of cheese that comes with the Easy Mac
Water
Hot sauce (optional)
Instructions
Put water in the Easy Mac
Put Easy Mac in the microwave for 3-4 minutes
Add cheese packet to Easy Mac
Stir until Easy Mac is cheesed
Add hot sauce to taste
Cup Noodles
Ingredients
1 Cup Noodles
Water
Hot sauce (optional)
Instructions
Boil water
Pour into Cup Noodles
Allow Cup Noodles to sit while the noodles become tender
Look at your ex-girlfriend Paula's Facebook page on your phone
Add hot sauce to taste
Pizza
Ingredients
Your phone
About 10-15 dollars
Instructions
Call your favorite pizza place
Try your best to sound like somebody else is eating the pizza, even though you know you're lying and the pizza guy doesn't even care
(Optional) Tell the pizza guy you're splitting the pie with your girlfriend even though Paula dumped you three months ago and the pizza guy seriously doesn't care
Order a pie
Give the pizza guy your address
Tell yourself you're only going to eat three slices
Pay the delivery guy money for the pizza
Eat five slices
Leave the remaining three slices sitting unrefrigerated in an open box on top of your stove until the cheese hardens and the crust becomes stale
Those hilarious commercials!
"Who had the best commercial?" That's what people at regular people Super Bowl parties will be talking about. Who liked which ads? The best will receive peals of laughter, and the worst will be greeted with silence and perhaps some jeers.
Of course, you won't have anybody to talk to. To best approximate the feel of a group deciding which ads are funniest, think really hard about which commercials your ex-girlfriend Paula would like the best. Which commercials would make Paula laugh? Which would make her say "what was up with that ad?!?!?!" Paula might not be with you right now, but at least your memories of her can help you judge which ads were funniest.
Know a thing or two about the game!
Is there anything worse than the one person at the party who keeps having to ask about the rules and the teams playing? Ugh! Why even watch the Super Bowl!
Luckily that person won't be at your Super Bowl party because you won't have a Super Bowl party. You're watching the game solely in order to watch the game, rather than out of some form of social obligation.
Don't wear anything that could possibly be interpreted as actual human clothing!
Nobody is going to see you, so just be comfortable. Possible combinations:
No shirt with pajama bottoms
White, stained t-shirt with boxers
Your ex-girlfriend Paula's hoodie with nothing else, because technically as long as you still own this hoodie you're still together, right
Katy Perry's halftime show!
Katy's going to come out and perform a slew of her enormous pop hits, a lot of which your ex-girlfriend Paula used to love.
Come to think of it, you probably shouldn't watch Katy Perry's Super Bowl halftime show! The best way for you to experience the Super Bowl halftime show is to listen to some of Katy's deeper cuts that won't remind you of Paula. How about "The One That Got Away?"
wait
wait that was a bad idea we didn't mean to suggest that
no
look, dude, look, we were joking about that one don't listen to it please
oh jeez
look you're a good guy, dude
look, man, it happens to the best of us sometimes this just happens to people we all go through rough patches
have you thought about using Tinder everybody's using Tinder, it's fun
yeah, we know, she made a huge mistake, I'm sure Paula knows that, I bet she's having a rough time too, she's probably going to have a terrible time at Luke's Super Bowl par-
yeah, Luke is having a Super Bowl party he invited everyo-- well, I mean, not everybody, just, like, a few people, like, really close friends, a few close friends
yeah, I'm going, but me and Luke are really cl-
I mean me and Luke are really close, how could I not go to his Super Bowl party? We go all the way back, plus, I told him I'd bring artichoke dip and if I don't there won't be any artichoke dip there
no you can't have any artichoke dip
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Just like a computer loaded with viruses, Borussia Dortmund ended the first half of the Bundesliga glitchy and filled with errors. Now after being frozen for over month, they are finally able to reboot and start from scratch. Now they face the club where their downward spiral started, the ever-improving Bayer Leverkusen.
These two teams met at the beginning of the season, and it took nine seconds for Leverkusen to set Dortmund on a dark domestic path. Now the two clubs will rematch in the prime time slot in the opening weekend of the Rückrunde. With several key players on both teams injured and on international duty, the match may come down to who has the best personnel group out of the tunnel.
Both Leverkusen and Dortmund are very direct, which will make for a very end-to-end contest. As they try to remain relevant in the Bundesliga – Leverkusen fighting for a Champions League spot and Dortmund trying to work their way back up the table – three points for either side could go a long way.
Key Player: Marco Reus
If anyone is going to get Dortmund back on track, it will be Reus. The attacker missed much of the fall with various injuries, and Schwarzgelben sorely missed his finishing ability and his constant penetrating pace. His return will put the mediocre Leverkusen defense under a lot of pressure. He could be the one to find the breakthrough that Dortmund need on the road.
Key Matchup: Karim Bellarabi vs. Marcel Schmelzer
Bellarabi had a terrific fall, which he kicked off in Dortmund after a goal shortly after in the opening whistle of the first match between these two clubs. Bets are on him taking a little longer to get his first scoring chance, and the reason could be Schmelzer. The German international will get the green light from Klopp with Erik Durm on the shelf. The way he corrals the straight-lining Bellarabi could stall Leverkusen's progress going forward.
Bayer Leverkusen Injuries and Suspensions
Out: Tin Jedvaj (fiber tear), Robbie Kruse (Asian Cup), Son Heung Min (Asian Cup)
Borussia Dortmund Injuries and Suspensions
Out: Sven Bender (knee), Jannick Blaszczykowski (illness), Erik Durm (groin), Sebastian Kehl (shoulder), Mitchell Langerak (Asian Cup) In Doubt: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (return from African Cup of Nations), Ilkay Gündoğan (thigh), Shinji Kagawa (return from Asian Cup)
Projected Lineups
Leverkusen: Bernd Leno, Roberto Hilbert, Emir Spahić, Ömer Toprak, Wendell, Lars Bender, Ricardo Castro, Karim Bellarabi, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Josip Drmić, Stefan Kießling
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller, Łukasz Piszczek, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer, Nuri Şahin, Ilkay Gündoğan, Kevin Kampl, Marco Reus, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Ciro Immobile
Match Date/Time: Saturday, January 31, 6:30 PM local, 12:30 PM EST
Television: Gol TV (USA & Canada), BT Sport 1 (UK), Sky Bundesliga 1 (Germany)
Online: Fubo TV (USA), BT Sport (UK), Sky Go (Germany)
Listings from livesoccertv.com
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