[ad_1] Are you ready for some NBA postseason? We got a little taster on the season’s final weekend, with a few teams playing high-stakes games that resembled playoff environments. That was particularly true in the jumbled Western Conference standings, where the New Orleans Pelicans, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings […]
[ad_1] Tuesday sees the return of the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain aiming to overturn first-leg defeats against Atletico Madrid and Barcelona respectively. There is also a big game in the Championship as Southampton aim to keep their slim automatic promotion chances alive against Preston, while there are also plenty of matches […]
[ad_1] Troy Deeney is set for a surprise career change having entered a national pool competition. The striker, who spent more than five seasons playing in the Premier League with Watford, will be a wildcard entrant to the the UK Open Pool Championship. 2 Deeney is set for a surprise career change after enter a […]
[ad_1] Dele Alli has set his sights on a place in the England squad at the 2026 World Cup as he targets a return to top-level football. The midfielder is facing an uncertain future at Everton as he moves into the final months of his deal at Goodison Park. 3 Dele Alli is plotting a […]
[ad_1] Mauricio Pochettino has described Chelsea’s penalty row as ‘unacceptable’. The Blues earned an emphatic 6-0 victory over Everton in a match that will go down as their biggest win of the campaign so far. 2 Nicolas Jackson had to be held back in the build up to Cole Palmer’s penaltyCredit: Getty However that scoreline […]
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors find themselves as the butt of the Western Conference Play-In Tournament, needing two wins to make the actual playoffs. A loss this week pushes them closer to the inevitable end of their era. That’s the anticlimactic conclusion to 82 games: the No. 10 seed. And their latest […]
[ad_1] WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — The artificial turf at Heritage Financial Park is new. So is the right-field wall that opens wide enough for an 18-wheeler to haul concert equipment onto the field. The party deck is sponsored by a brewery that’s 10 miles away, giant windows have been installed around the corporate event space […]
[ad_1] As Wrexham’s lap of honour after clinching a second promotion in as many years reached the Tech End, where the Racecourse Ground’s most vociferous supporters can be found, Paul Mullin decided to take charge of the PA microphone. “I saw my mate the other day, He said to me he’d seen the ‘white Pele’, […]
[ad_1] Of course, you know the calls. Verne Lundquist provided the soundtrack for so many iconic sports moments, from Jack Nicklaus’ 17th-hole birdie putt at the 1986 Masters (“Yes, sir!”) to Christian Laettner’s jumper at the buzzer in the 1992 NCAA Tournament (“Yes!”) to Tiger Woods’ famed chip at No. 16 at the 2005 Masters […]
[ad_1] AUGUSTA, Ga. — The statistical models had it all mapped out. The narrative told in his recent form was the world’s most obvious foreshadowing. His pre-tournament news conference — in which he once again spoke of golf as something that he “does” and not as something that defines his life — practically solidified it. […]