Coaches and players promise to enjoy this one for a little while and then get back to work. It’s the endless cycle of sports. The work is tough and the euphoria that might come is short-lived. That’s even more true for a tournament like the Copa Centroamericana. CONCACAF Champions League announces format change Honduras finished off the competition with a 1-0 win over Belize on Sunday, becoming champion for the fourth time....
Mohun Bagan, on the other hand, would look forward to accumulating three more points under their belt to grab the fifth position on the table, leapfrogging Neroca FC. The first leg between Chennai City FC and Mohun Bagan in Kolkata ended in a 1-1 draw. Mohun Bagan took the lead through Sony Norde before Nestor Gordillo Benitez restored the parity for the Chennai-based side. Chennai City FC’s Singaporean coach Akbar Nawas, who is known to make his team play attacking football, is expected to be strengthening his defence which was exposed in their game against Neroca FC which ended in a nerve-racking 3-3 draw....
The Malaysian FA (FAM) and the 2017 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia SEA Games Organising Committee (MASOC) have finally revealed the complete fixtures and venue list for the men’s football tournament. According to the press released published on Friday, Malaysia will play all their Group A matches at the Shah Alam Stadium. Additionally, if Malaysia qualify for the semi-finals, their match will be played at the Shah Alam Stadium, and if they get to the final match, the match will play at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, the only time the venue may be used for football in this year’s SEA Games competition....
WEEK 13 NFL DFS LINEUPS:FD Cash | FD GPP | DK Cash | DK GPP | Y! Cash | Y! GPP Week 14 College Fantasy Football DFS Picks: QBs Best Start: Ian Book, Notre Dame at Stanford ($8,300). Book is quietly having a very good season, passing for 2,532 yards and 29 TDs through 11 games. He is currently riding a four-game stretch of scoring at least 28 fantasy points....
Emma Jane Walker, 16, was a junior cheerleader at nearby Central High School in Knoxville. According to police, Walker’s body was found Monday morning and she appeared to have been shot from outside her house while she slept. Her aunt said Walker recently broke up with Gaul. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2016 “She had chosen to move on,” Jenny Weldon said, via the Knoxville News Sentinel. “He refused to accept it....
MORE: Live CFP rankings | Bowl game tracker Now that all of the conference championship games are complete, the selection committee has some decisions to make, some of them easier than others. The No. 1 and No. 2 teams entering the weekend, Georgia and Michigan, breezed through their conference title games and figure to remain where they are when the final rankings are released. Beyond them it was chaos, so much so that many expect No....
The Nittany Lions fell to No. 7 after the shocking loss in Columbus, while the Buckeyes rose to No. 3. Undefeated Georgia and Alabama reign supreme at No. 1 and 2, with Wisconsin also undefeated and sitting at No. 4. Notre Dame claimed a statement win over N.C. State on Saturday and rose to No. 5 in the AP Top 25. After losing to Iowa State in the biggest upset of the weekend, TCU dropped from No....
It’s a momentous occasion for Wolverines faithful, who crowded Michigan Stadium to watch their team beat Ohio State 42-27. It is arguably the biggest victory of the Jim Harbaugh era in Ann Arbor, if not long before he arrived in 2015. And this wasn’t some no-talent Buckeyes squad, either: The fifth-ranked Wolverines simply manhandled the No. 2 team in the country, locking up the Big Ten East championship and eliminating the Buckeyes (10-2) from College Football Playoff contention....
That means there’s no marquee games between top 25 teams, but plenty of room for surprising upsets and trap games. No. 19 Iowa visits Iowa State in one of two rivalry matchups on the schedule, while games such as No. 20 Washington State vs. Houston and No. 24 USC at BYU are circled as potential upsets. MORE: Watch college football games live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Other key intriguing matchups include No....
(All times Eastern) MORE: SN Week 5 Top 20 | Cheerleaders | Crazy fans Thursday, Oct. 1 Miami (Fla.) at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Friday, Oct. 2 Memphis at South Florida, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Temple at UNC Charlotte, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network Connecticut at BYU, 10:15 p.m., ESPN2 Saturday, Oct. 3 Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, noon, ESPN3 South Carolina at Missouri, noon, SEC Network Purdue at No. 2 Michigan State, noon, ESPN2 Minnesota at No....
It’s so great that we’re having this discussion and it’s come such a long way. Time Magazine in 2014 put on the cover, “It’s Time To Pay College Athletes,” and it’s happening. It’s been a long slog, but with NIL [name, image and likeness] happening, yes. College athletes can now be compensated by third parties. I think what we’re going to hone in on today is whether schools should directly pay athletes a salary....
The hosts suffered a 2-0 defeat at Hertha Berlin before the 2022 FIFA World Cup break in November. Wilfried Kanga and Marco Richter scored in either half to inspire their team to victory. Werder’s last competitive game saw them suffer a 2-1 defeat against RB Leipzig at home. Andre Silva and Xaver Schlager scored either side of Christian Gross’ goal to help the visitors leave Bremen with all three points....
Speaking on the “Let’s Go!” podcast with Jim Gray, Tom Brady and Sean Payton passed on words of encouragement to the Buffs’ newest tactician, indicating that they felt he’d be a big hit in Boulder. The pair of gridiron luminaries have had more than their fair share of interactions with the Pro Football Hall of Famer. Those experiences, coupled with Sanders’ sparkling time at Jackson State, leave Brady and Payton confident that Sanders has what it takes to get the Buffs back on track....
Line: Boise State -10.5, Total: 55.5 Line movement: CG Technology and the Wynn both opened BSU -10, and favorite has been bet up, even reaching as high as -11.5. The total opened 57 but has been pushed down by UNDER money. It ranges, though, from 55.5 to 56.5. For updated Las Vegas lines, see our live odds page. Trends that matter: Month-specific trends may not be a great handicapping tool, but these two stand out together....
The Redskins quarterback is back with the team for OTAs, and is expected to participate to some extent by minicamp before being fully ready by training camp, ESPN reported, citing an unidentified source. McCoy suffered a broken leg during his second career start against the Eagles in December, becoming the second Washington signal-caller to go down with the injury after Alex Smith broke his fibula and tibia in November. Smith is expected to miss the entire upcoming season as he continues to recover....
Ravens coach John Harbaugh revealed Thursday that linebackers coach Ted Monachino will be hired as the Colts’ next defensive coordinator. Monachino worked with Pagano in Baltimore from 2008-11. MORE: NFL coaching gigs, ranked | Colts’ timing on Pagano was oh, so wrong Monachino runs a 3-4 defense that has turned out impact pass rushers like Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil. Greg Manusky was dismissed as the Colts’ defensive coordinator after Indy (8-8 in 2015) ranked 26th in total defense and 25th in points allowed....
Not whether Oklahoma or Ohio State should take the fourth and final spot, as was debated most of the week, but Oklahoma or Georgia. The fourth-ranked Bulldogs (11-2) weren’t good enough to beat No. 1 Alabama in a classic Southeastern Conference title game. But were they good enough to remain No. 4 in the committee’s rankings come Sunday when the four-team field is set? The Bulldogs would be the first team with two losses to make the playoff....
Bachman performed at the event Actor’s Hour at a bar called Downtime in Manhattan. In the video, Bachman referred to Weinstein as “a Freddy Krueger in the room” and stated, “I didn’t know that we have to bring our own mace and rape whistles to Actor’s Hour, y’all.” After some boos and one attendee yelling “Shut up,” she added, “This kills at group therapy for rape survivors. I have been raped, surprisingly by no one in this room, but I’ve never gotten to confront those guys....
