Month: October 2024

The Philadelphia Eagles’ disastrous December and subsequent early playoff exit prompted them to overhaul both sides of the ball.

Kellen Moore is the new offensive coordinator, utilizing a bevy of weapons on this Eagles attack — including offseason add RB Saquon Barkley. However, none of that matters if the defense can’t keep opponents out of the end zone. 

Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and his sneaky schemes are the remedy for a stop unit that hemorrhaged points down the stretch and sunk to the bottom of the defensive rankings in 2023.

The NFL odds like those moves, pricing Philadelphia among the top teams in the NFC. It enters 2024 with a season win total of 10.5 (Over -134) and is a favorite in 13 games. For those bettors sti…

Back in the old days, when Mikel Arteta was an Arsenal player and the team had suffered one of those Arsenal defeats, maybe away from home in the Champions League, it was him and only him who would front up to the press and say what needed to be said.

Actually, that is not true. It was Arteta or Per Mertesacker, sometimes both but never anyone else from the squad. Arteta would be collared as he headed for the team bus, its engine revving impatiently, in the bowels of the stadium in, say, Milan or Dortmund, and he would burn with frustration.

They say that you learn more about a player in the low moments, about their character and leadership credentials, and that was certainly true of Arteta. Perhaps it was magnified…

The 2020 presidential election is arguably the most important election in the history of our country. Everyone is glued to the television to see which states decide the fate of our country. While it is needed, being an informed citizen during this time can be extremely stressful. Yet, thanks to sports Twitter and its memes of this election we are all getting the much-needed comedic relief we desperately deserve. So without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the funniest sports memes from the past couple of days. Josiah Johnson is one of the funniest dudes that has ever had a Twitter avi. He was up to his usual brilliance again when he made this gem about Trump trying to stop Michigan from counting votes and used a picture referencing the infamous timeout called by Michigan�…

Women’s Super League

Arsenal have signed the Japan forward Mana Iwabuchi from Aston Villa after a lengthy courtship of the 2011 World Cup winner. Iwabuchi was going to join Arsenal in the summer window in 2019 and then in January but with the Japan FA wanting to wait until after the Tokyo Olympics the deals were scuppered. With the Games delayed she joined Villa last January before finally arriving at Arsenal. The Gunners have also added England’s Nikita Parris from seven-time European champions Lyon.

Women’s transfer window summer 2021 – all deals from Europe’s top five leaguesRead more

Rehanne Skinner’s first transfer window as head coach of Tottenham has begun with the capture…

Michael Skubala was not joking when he suggested Sean Dyche might struggle to recognise him were they to bump into each other in the street. “I’ve met Sean a couple of times,” said the Leeds caretaker manager. “But he probably doesn’t remember me.”

He and Dyche should be rather better acquainted by the end of Saturday afternoon’s Premier League fixture at Goodison Park, where the latter is hoping his new Everton side can leapfrog Leeds and, for the moment at least, escape the bottom three.

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendRead more

It promises to be an intriguing tactical duel between the alpha male Dyche and the former England futsal coach who readily acknowledges he is very much a…

The Premier League has acted like a “bully” in its dealings over extra money for the football pyramid, Gary Neville has said. Talks over a new deal on television money between the Premier League and the EFL have been on hold since March, with no sign of imminent resumption.

Football’s independent regulator is very likely be given “backstop” powers to settle the dispute, with the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, stating on Monday that the legislation to bring forward the regulator would be introduced to parliament “within a matter of weeks”.

English football’s regulator: what will it do and why is independence needed? | Paul MacInnesRead more

The Premier League is committed to investing £1.6bn in solida…

Of the 58 players selected in the 2023 NBA Draft, 46 went the traditional route: They played collegiately. NBA teams have drafted a handful of players outside of that pathway for years, especially in the second round. Nearly 80 percent of players selected coming through the college ranks might appear normal. Except for the fact that four of the top-five selections, and half of the top 10 in 2023, never set foot on a college basketball court. That is the highest number of non-Men’s College Basketball players selected in the top five since 2001, when players were still allowed to enter the NBA Draft out of high school. Pau Gasol was drafted out of Spain while Kwame Brown, Tyson Chandler, and Eddy Curry went straight from the prep section of the sports page to the Association. Even with …

We can't say we're all that disappointed, considering we are current residents, that New York City has abandoned its quixotic attempt to host an Olympic Games. After its 2012 bid fell flat on its bagel, the city is sitting out the next round; it is not among the three U.S. cities applying for the 2016 Summer Games. So, who's going for it? • Chicago. For heaven's sake, keep Steve Bartman away from the javelin! • Los Angeles. We will be actively disappointed if Tom Cruise doesn't end up lighting the Olympic flame. This city could never work, though; we'd end up accusing half the athletes of illegally immigrating. • San Francisco. Hey, we know they don't care about the doping. With the finalists announced, the United States Olympic Committee el…