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Victoria Azarenka defeated Li Na to win the 2013 Australian Open, clinching her second ever Grand Slam Championship on Saturday. Azarenka lost the first set but battled back to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 over Na for the title.
Four of the top five NCAA Basketball teams play on Saturday, with three of them playing early games. Duke, Syracuse and Louisville are all in action late morning or early afternoon EST. Syracuse is at Villanova at 11 am, Louisville is at Georgetown at noon and Duke hosts Maryland at 1 pm. The link to a live stream is in this article.
After a 7-under performance on Friday, Tiger Woods is in the lead at the Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. His two-day total of 11-under is tops in the competition by two strokes. The Live Stream and Tiger Tracker are available here.
Some pieces of U.S. athletic (and diplomatic) history are going to auction next month.
Round Two of the Farmer's Insurance Open continues on Friday from Torrey Pines in San Diego.
As usual during the Super Bowl, there are a bevy of prop bets fans can make about occurrences before, during and even after the game's broadcast. There are some less conventional options like what color Gatorade will be spilled on the winning coach, and less adventurous ones like how many times Ray Lewis might mention God if he's interviewed after the game.
Despite his incessant habits of working out and incredible physical stature, Adrian Peterson seems to think something entirely different is at hand when explaining his quick recovery from a torn ACL last off-season.
Li Na defeated second-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova 6-2 6-2 Thursday, clinching the second Australian Open Finals appearance in her career. Li will battle the top-ranked female tennis player in the world, Victoria Azarenka, in the penultimate match on Sunday at 7:30 am EST.
Andy Murray advanced to the 2013 Australian Open finals with a victory over second-seeded Roger Federer on Friday. Murray first faced Federer in a Grand Slam four years ago, and finally beat him for the first time, advancing to his sixth ever Grand Slam Final, and his second at this tournament.
The last 2013 Australian Open singles semifinal is not before 7:30 am EST Friday between Andy Murray and Roger Federer. The two will battle for the right to face Novak Djokovic in the final round.
The family of former San Diego Chargers and NFL linebacker Junior Seau is suing the NFL, helmet company Riddell and others for not disclosing the side effects of repeated head trauma from playing the game. Seau spent two decades in the NFL.
The New Orleans Hornets are getting a new name, the New York Times reports. The Hornets are expected to announce the organization's plans to re-brand as the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2013-2014 season Thursday evening. There has already been one New Orleans Pelicans franchise, which was a minor league baseball team.
Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Justin Upton has been traded to the Atlanta Braves along with Chris Johnson in exchange for Martin Prado, Nick Ahmed, Brandon Drury, Randall Delgado and Zeke Spruill, MLB.com reports. Upton will play on the same team as his older brother B.J. for the first time in their respective professional careers.
The Boston Red Sox re-signed Pedro Martinez, this time to be a special assistant to General Manager Ben Cherington, the Boston Globe reports.
The bad news continues to roll in for two AFC East Division rivals. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was fined $10,000 for a slide in the AFC Championship Game loss and the New York Jets may trade their franchise cornerback Darrelle Revis.
