Month: February 2024

The PGA Tour postponed the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday due to inclement weather along the central coast in California. The start of the round was delayed twice on Sunday morning before finally being postponed for the day. The Monterey Peninsula was facing potential wind gusts of up to 60 mph which made the course completely unplayable.

The final round tee times, as of Sunday afternoon, are set to start at 8 a.m. local time on Monday. Chief referee Gary Young said: “Obviously our regulations say we need to make every effort to play 72 holes, which includes playing on Monday. If we can’t play [Sunday], we would come in first thing on Monday morning, do [the process] again. We would not start play on Monday if we knew we couldn’t finish the round on Monday. So the drop-dead time on that would mean we would have to start play on Monday by 10:15 a.m. at the latest in order to complete play.”

More rain is expected on Monday; said Young: “We’re already dealing with a very soggy golf course. And at that point we’re making the decision whether or not we think that the standards for professional golf are there. We just want to make sure of that on Monday, if we get to that point, that the golf course is such that we are conducting a good quality championship.”

Wyndham Clark set a new course record with his 12-under 60 on Saturday, which gave him a one-shot lead at the second designated event of the season. Clark posted a 12-under 60 at Pebble Beach in the third round, which set a new course record and gave him a one-shot lead over the rest of the field. The reigning U.S. Open champion made nine birdies and two eagles on the day to get to his 60, and he made just shy of 190 feet of putts — which is the most by a competitor in a round at Pebble Beach since the stat was first tracked in 2003.

If the tournament is called early, that would make Clark the winner. A win for Clark would mark his third on Tour, and his first since his win at the U.S. Open in Los Angeles last summer.

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FIFA revealed the date and host city for the 2026 World Cup final, announcing they have selected MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., taking place on July 19, 2026.

Widespread speculation was that either MetLife Stadium or AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, would be chosen as the final’s venue, but officials chose the Jets and Giants home stadium, which will be planting new natural grass for the event, as FIFA requires all of its games be played on natural turf.  As reported by the Associated Press, MetLife Stadium also plans to remove 1,740 seats to widen its field, per FIFA’s requirements.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said on X: “As a lifelong soccer fan, I am thrilled to announce that the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final will be hosted by New Jersey and New York City! See you in 2026.” 

The World Cup’s opening match locations and host city allocations for each of the nations also were revealed Sunday, with the opening match scheduled to be played on June 11 in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca. (Mexico previously hosted the World Cup in 1970 and 1986).

The United States’s first match in the 2026 World Cup will be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif, on June 12, 2026. The U.S. also will play a group stage match in Seattle on June 19 before returning to Inglewood for a June 25 match.

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According to reports from multiple sport outlets on Thursday including Sky Sports , Motorsport, and ESPN, Formula 1 racer Lewis Hamilton is expected to move from Mercedes to join Ferrari after the 2024 season. Hamilton signed a multi-year contract extension with Mercedes in August; the German car manufacturer had no comment on the reports, while Ferrari did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The 39-year-old Hamilton made his Formula 1 debut in 2007 with McLaren, earning his first win at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix. After winning a title and 17 races in six years, he made the move to Mercedes after the 2012 season. Hamilton then won six championships in seven seasons from 2014-20 with Mercedes, tying Michael Schumacher for the most in Formula 1 history; additionally, his 103 total victories are also the most in Formula 1 history.

Hamilton hasn’t won a Formula 1 race since 2021; he finished second in the driver’s standings in 2021, sixth in 2022, and third in the driver’s standings last season with 234 points, behind champion Max Verstappen (575) and his Red Bull Racing teammate, Sergio Perez (285).

The 2024 season will start with the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, taking place March 2 in Bahrain.

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According to a tweet from ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday, the Washington Commanders are hiring veteran Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn as their new head coach. The surprising news comes after Quinn reportedly told the Cowboys on Jan. 26 he was not seeking head-coaching jobs; however, he was reported to have interviewed with the Commanders, Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Chargers, Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks over the past few weeks.

Quinn will fill the vacancy left by former Commanders coach Ron Rivera, who was fired Jan. 8. Rivera led the Commanders to a 26-40-1 record over four seasons.

This is Quinn’s second head-coaching gig; he previously served as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 2015-20, going 43-42 over six seasons and 3-2 in the playoffs, and included a loss in Super Bowl LI, which saw the Falcons fall to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

The 53-year-old Quinn spent the last three seasons as defensive coordinator of the Cowboys. Under Quinn, the Cowboys boasted one of the best defenses in the NFL. In his first year, he led Dallas from 28th in points allowed in 2020, to seventh in 2021. The Cowboys led the league in interceptions during Quinn’s first campaign as wel, and in the 2022 and 2023 regular seasons under Quinn, the Cowboys were fifth in points allowed.

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