Every year, the best surfers in the country line up to take home the sport's top prize at the U.S. Open. The 2008 incarnation of the event wasn't a letdown, with Natnaniel Curran taking home top prize after a series of...

Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic is one the youngest and most compelling female tennis stars to come along in a long time. Unfortunately, she's also one of the least consistent, which is why she didn't last very long at the U.S....

If there were a perfect doppleganger for oft-distracted slugger Manny Ramirez in another sport, it would have to be Russian tennis star Marat Safin. The outspoken star -- he makes Howard Dean look reserved -- was back in his...

It seems appropriate that Rick Reilly, a man who became a celebrity by relishing the untold stories of overlooked athletes, would spend one of his first major ESPN cameo on a golfer who was supposed to be trounced by Tiger,...

You want to see how Tiger pulled out one of, no, let's just admit it, THE most dramatic major victory of his career? Well, we've got it, hole-by-hole, courtesy of former Golf Network anchor turned ESPN star Scott Van Pelt....

He had to play FIVE rounds on a recently repaired knee, and he had to birdie the 18th hole TWICE in a row to force playoffs. Add to that horrific starts each day, a competitor no one saw coming and bunker trouble, and Tiger...

If Rocco Mediate thought he might slip away with Monday's full playoff round for the U.S. Open title, he can forget about it. At least that's the message Tiger Woods was sending after sinking yet another transcendent putt on...

Not only did Tiger have to hit this shot to birdie the final hole of the U.S. Open tournament to force a playoff, he had to do it after every other golfer had finished, with the entire world watching, and with his recently...

He's an emerging star on the international circuit, and a big part of the reason why Novak Djokavic is already making a difference is because of full-run shots like these at this year's US Open. Not only did Djokavic run...

She entered looking for revenge, roaring after a tough Wimbledon loss. But Serena Williams left with a frustrated whimper, leaving Queens as a loser to Justine Henin for the third straight time. The press conference after the...

Angel Cabrera stormed back to take the lead, then held off a mediocre Tiger Woods yesterday at brutal Oakmont for the U.S. Open title. Afterwards, he sounded positively ebullient in this interview on ESPNews, while Tiger was...

Lefty entered this weekend's U.S. Open as one of the favorites. Needless to say, things didn't go quite as planned. Golf.com does a terrific job of going into how his first round fell apart, setting him up to miss the cut a...