Manchester United derby win gives Van Gaal top-four belief Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal believes that his team have a “big chance” of finishing in the Premier League’s top four following their 1-0 win at Manchester City. United’s season looked to be on the rocks after they were knocked out of the Europa League by Liverpool last Thursday, […] Manchester United manager Louis van … [Read more...]
What We Learned: Dan Girardi is an embarrassment for Rangers
What We Learned: Dan Girardi is an embarrassment for Rangers (Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.) If you were paying attention in 2014, when Dan Girardi signed his six-year, $33 million … [Read more...]
Lue: Cavs to prioritize rest over East's No. 1 seed
Lue: Cavs to prioritize rest over East's No. 1 seed 12:57 PM ET Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate print INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- With just 13 games remaining in the regular season, Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue has … [Read more...]
Snyder: 5 dumbest things about LaRoche saga
Snyder: 5 dumbest things about LaRoche saga If any of you baseball fans haven't heard about the Adam LaRoche situation with the White Sox yet, let me welcome you back from a five-day break from the Internet! To catch you up, LaRoche retired due to a dispute with the White Sox over having his son in the clubhouse essentially as a member of the team. Turns out, he was there "100 percent" of the time … [Read more...]
Switch-hitter encounters switch-pitcher leading to some confusion
Switch-hitter encounters switch-pitcher leading to some confusion Your browser does not support iframes. A switch-hitter picks which side of the plate he's going to hit from in most instances based on whether he is facing a right-handed pitcher or a lefty. But that relatively simple decision was seriously challenged Sunday in Dunedin, Fla., where the Blue Jays hosted the Pirates. Toronto … [Read more...]
Serena Williams unloads on tournament director for sexist comments
Serena Williams unloads on tournament director for sexist comments This is 2016, yes? Just making sure. Because Raymond Moore, the director of this weekend's BNP Paribas Open tournament at Indian Wells, apparently set his watch back about four decades prior to a media Q&A Sunday. Moore answered a question about the Women's Tennis Association by basically chopping female tennis players off at … [Read more...]
Johnny Manziel lands with powerful agent, but will it even matter?
Johnny Manziel lands with powerful agent, but will it even matter? Johnny Manziel is an NFL free agent whose career is at a crossroads. He also now happens to be represented by one of the NFL's busiest agents. NFLPA records show that Manziel has signed on with agent Drew Rosenhaus, who at various times has represented more than 100 NFL clients (although the number has fluctuated a lot in … [Read more...]
LSU star freshman Simmons will enter NBA draft
LSU star freshman Simmons will enter NBA draft 10:02 AM ET Jeff GoodmanESPN Insider Close Joined ESPN as a college basketball Insider in June 2013 Previously wrote for CBSSports.com and FOXSports.com print LSU freshman Ben Simmons told ESPN that he will hire an agent and declare for the NBA draft. "I'm making it official," Simmons said late Sunday night. The 6-foot-10 Australian … [Read more...]
Man United eye Icardi and Miranda
Man United eye Icardi and Miranda 12:12 PM GMT The winter window might have shut, but the rumour mill rolls on. As always, Transfer Talk has its finger on the pulse when it comes to the latest rumours and gossip. See the latest deals here. Man United eye Inter duo Manchester United may be relying on kids right now, but things will change in the summer. Harry Kane is a known target, but there is … [Read more...]
Pens look like contenders after routing Caps
Pens look like contenders after routing Caps For the first two two months of the 2015-16 season the Pittsburgh Penguins were a broken hockey team. They were not only sliding down the Eastern Conference standings, but they had the look of a team that lacked any kind of clear identity, had a flawed roster, and were not only losing more games than they were used to in recent years, but were also ... … [Read more...]