ROOKIE REPORTS: Matt McGloin | Tavon Austin | Giovani Bernard | Kiko Alonso | 2014 Mock Draft Here’s our scouting report of Eddie Lacy, our top running back prospect, before the draft: “A power back in every sense of the term, Lacy is the best player at his position in this draft class. Running behind his pads and lowering his shoulders before contact, he has the physicality teams want from a back his size....
Mourinho sets challenge to Martial The 31-year-old became the club’s record goalscorer when he moved past Bobby Charlton to 250 strikes with a late equaliser in last week’s 1-1 Premier League draw at Stoke City. That goal came two weeks after Rooney had equalled Charlton’s then-club record with an FA Cup goal against Reading. In an interview to discuss becoming the outright holder of that United honour, Rooney was asked what it feels like to score for the Red Devils in the Premier League....
Ever since the departure of the world’s greatest player Cristiano Ronaldo from Old Trafford, Manchester United have been on an agonizing downward spiral. Agonizing for the fans that is. Our haters have, as one would imagine, gleefully rubbed their hands and spared no effort in using the opportunity to pick on us and bring us down all over the world. That we are just caught up in transition seems to be of zero relevance to them....
Wenger texting Alexis over future Rooney found the net with a dipping shot from 30 yards out in Thursday’s friendly win over Kenyan side Gor Mahia to reopen his account for the club after completing a move from Manchester United. The all-time United and England record goalscorer had fallen out of favour for club and country prior to his return to boyhood club Everton and Schneiderlin says the move is what the 31-year-old needed to reignite his career....
Vance Joseph and Anthony Lynn, both African-Americans, were hired this week as the coaches of the Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers, respectively. From 2012-16, only one minority landed a job as head coach of an NFL team, when the Jets hired Todd Bowles in 2015, ESPN notes. MORE: NFL Mock Draft 2017 In 2003, the league implemented the Rooney Rule, which mandates teams interview at least one minority candidate for head coaching and other senior football operations jobs....
Birthday boy! 24 of Pogba’s best posts Rooney has been peripheral to Jose Mourinho’s plans at Old Trafford and it seems that his future appears to be heading towards a move away from United. The club captain and all-time leading goalscorer is no longer an automatic starter and was an unused substitute in last month’s EFL Cup final victory over Southampton. His circumstances have sparked speculation of a move to China, where Eriksson is in charge of second division side Shenzhen FC....
Americans have long had a passion for climbing family trees, from watching ““Roots’’ to mailing away for supposed proof of ties to the crowned heads of Europe. But in the past few years, genealogy has gone from spectator sport to major-league passion. A 1995 survey for American Demographics magazine found that 42 million Americans have started to trace their heritage. Everton’s Genealogical Helper magazine receives more than 1,500 books to review every year....
Four days after celebrating a third straight European Ryder Cup victory, McIlroy had one birdie and two bogeys at Carnoustie, one of the three courses. “A 73 isn’t disastrous,” McIlroy said. MORE: Leaderboard | PGA Tour begins new season on Oct. 9 Oliver Wilson of England, ranked 791 places below the world No. 1 McIlroy, equaled the Carnoustie course record with an 8-under 64. It’s the second straight year he’s shot an opening 64 to lead the Dunhill Links....
Harry Kane’s 26th-minute penalty gave Spurs a slender first-leg advantage in a game very much at odds with the resounding 3-1 Premier League win Mauricio Pochettino’s side chalked up at Wembley three months ago. “It was a lot different to the game we played in the league,” England left-back Rose told Sky Sports. “I didn’t play in that one, but it looked comfortable for the boys. “Tonight was hard work....
Roy Tarpley died Friday, according to the Dallas Morning News. He was 50. The cause of death has not been confirmed. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 Tarpley was one of the poster boys for the NBA’s drug problems in the 1980s. The Mavericks picked the 6-11 Tarpley seventh overall out of Michigan in the 1986 NBA Draft. He was selected five slots after Maryland’s Len Bias, who died of a cocaine overdose shortly after the draft....
Harry, 35, addressed the tabloid speculation of a feud while speaking to ITV’s Tom Bradby earlier this month in Africa. An ITV camera crew tailed Harry and his wife Meghan Markle for the documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, which aired in the U.K. on Sunday and airs on ABC on Wednesday. Bradby asked: “There’s been a lot of news in the press about rifts with your brother. How much of that is true?...
A baby boom has been in full swing in recent weeks in Kansas City. You don’t need to be an expert on population trends to figure out that the boom comes exactly nine months after the Royals’ improbable run to the World Series. MORE: Royals among Royals: KC’s 10 best ever | Relive Royals vs. Giants World Series The Kansas City Star notes that Shawnee Mission Birth Center, the busiest hospital for births in the KC metro area, reported a record 473 births in July, topping the old single-month mark of 456....
Let’s dive into three innings of RR batsmen from the first leg of IPL 2021 from which their batters can draw some inspiration heading into the UAE leg. #1 Sanju Samson - 119(63) vs PBKS The newly-appointed IPL captain of Rajasthan Royals led with example in the team’s opening fixture of the tournament. As RR won the toss and put the Punjab Kings in to bat, KL Rahul’s 91(50), Deepak Hooda’s 64(28) and universal boss Chris Gayle’s 40(28) helped PBKS post 221/6 on the board....
In design the R1 Mk3 Tabletop Radio is striking, both elegant and simple. We love the handcrafted wooden cabinet, with rounded edges and sides. On the front sits a simplistic rectangular display. This OLED panel is sharp and clear, and allows you to specify one of four brightness levels: low, medium, high and off. We were pleased to find you can choose different brightness levels for when the device is on standby or mid-flow....
“I’m been sleeping on MyPillows for some time. I love them. They’re simply the very best pillows ever made,” Giuliani said in the most recent episode of his YouTube show, Rudy Giuliani’s Common Sense. The 53-minute episode asked whether UFOs are real, in reference to a forthcoming Pentagon report on UFOs. Giuliani continued the ad by stating that he “just found out” that MyPillow also offers other non-pillow products. When mentioning their slippers, he brandished a pair at the camera....
Andrew Giuliani backed his father in an interview with CNN, and said he was confident the former New York City mayor had done everything “on the up and up.” He tried to deflect attention onto Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, who is also facing a federal probe into his foreign business dealings and finances. Giuliani told CNN: “My father represented the president in good faith, and… this is all theoretical, if there was something illegal that happened....
Giuliani told Fox News’ Howard Kurtz Sunday morning that Trump has every right to make alleged quid pro quo requests to Ukraine or other foreign governments to investigate Joe Biden or Hunter Biden despite Federal Election Commission rules stating otherwise. Giuliani offered a wide array of defenses for the president, but claimed he personally started investigating the Bidens in 2018–well before Biden officially announced he was running for president in April 2019....
France fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc will be out for three weeks with a sprained ankle, his club Montpellier said Monday. The international number 10, who endured a frustrating Six Nations campaign playing second fiddle to Toulon’s Frederic Michalak, injured his ankle in Saturday’s European Cup defeat at Clermont. He was forced off in the 27th minute of the 36-14 quarter-final reverse, to be replaced by Pierre Berard. As a result Trinh-Duc will miss Montpellier’s next two Top 14 clashes against Toulouse and Bayonne but should be fit to face Perpignan on May 4 on the final day of the regular season....
Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale has been one of the biggest multiplayer games in existence since it launched in 2019. There are a lot of things to expect in 2021 for Apex Legends; the impending Nintendo Switch release is just one of them. RELATED: Apex Legends’ New Season 8 Character Shares Name with Failed EA Game According to Apex Legends News on Twitter, a Japanese trailer description suggests Apex Legends may be coming to the Nintendo Switch on February 2, 2021....
