Novak Djokovic already has a record 10 titles in Australia among his 24 major championships, and just keeps racking up the records. He equaled two all-time tennis marks by starting his 21st Australian Open and his 81st Grand Slam tournament, and he added another milestone in the last night match Monday with his 100th win at Melbourne Park.
The most precarious job in Oakland sports belongs to Benny Feilhaber, the coach of the Roots soccer club. In June, he became the sixth coach since the Roots' inaugural season in 2019, replacing Gavin Glinton after a shaky stretch of play. Glinton, for his part, had replaced Noah Delgado after a shaky stretch in 2024. And Delgado? He had replaced Juan Gerra after a shaky stretch in 2022. Roots coaches tend not to remain Roots coaches for long. And for Feilhaber, who concludes his first season on Saturday at the Oakland Coliseum, this final stretch has proven to be, well, shaky.
The 2025 Laver Cup was a phenomenal success in its West Coast debut, drawing huge crowds for each of its five sessions on its way to ringing up more than 82,000 in attendance for the weekend. The latter is an attendance record for the Laver Cup, which has celebrating its eighth year of existence during this three-day stop at Chase Center in San Francisco.
SANTA CLARA A record crowd of more than 50,000 fans witnessed the first match to take place on a World Cup playing surface at Levi's Stadium. The 50,978 tickets sold Saturday night set a franchise high for the San Jose Earthquakes, who weren't able to capitalize on the homefield advantage, fell behind early and lost to Los Angeles FC, 4-2, in a match that was largely decided within the first 12 minutes.
