Football League proposal met with backlash 8:39 PM GMT Bradford's joint chairman Mark Lawn has branded the Football League's proposals to introduce a fifth division to the English professional ranks as "ridiculous." The league wants to create four divisions of 20 teams below the Premier League in time for the 2019-20 season, increasing the number of professional clubs in England from 92 to 100, … [Read more...]
5 big questions coming out of the 2016 NBA draft lottery (Video)
5 big questions coming out of the 2016 NBA draft lottery (Video) After Tuesday's draft lottery went chalk, with the Philadelphia 76ers' years-long yikes festival finally bringing them the No. 1 pick and the Los Angeles Lakers continuing to dodge pick-protection bullets like Neo in "The Matrix" to hang onto their No. 2 choice, we now know the selection order for the 2016 NBA draft ... so … [Read more...]
Steinbrenner backs Girardi despite Yanks' woes
Steinbrenner backs Girardi despite Yanks' woes Given that the Yankees entered the season with the top player payroll in Major League Baseball (almost $223 million, per usatoday.com's annual unveiling), were coming off a year in which they were the top AL Wild Card and now currently sit in last place in the AL East at 17-22, talk about the job security of manager Joe Girardi was bound to … [Read more...]
France to guarantee security at Euro 2016: minister
France to guarantee security at Euro 2016: minister Brussels (AFP) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault vowed Thursday that France will provide security at this summer’s Euro 2016 football tournament “with all our strength”. Ayrault spoke in a response to a question about the EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo that crashed inexplicably carrying 66 people. “We are committed with all our … [Read more...]
Erick Aybar misses game due to strangest injury of the season
Erick Aybar misses game due to strangest injury of the season Anyone who has followed baseball over the years has heard their fair share of absurd injuries. Sammy Sosa once threw his back out sneezing, Clint Barmes tripped while carrying deer meat and Jonathan Lucroy dropped a suitcase on his hand. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Just when you thought you had seen it all, … [Read more...]
Alabama offers scholarship to 8th grade linebacker
Alabama offers scholarship to 8th grade linebacker Recruiting begins earlier and earlier these days, so it’s not much of a surprise anymore when a kid who is still in middle school receives a scholarship offer. But when the kid receives an offer from the defending national champion? Yeah, that’s gets our attention. Meet Jesus Machado, a linebacker from Hiahleah, Florida, Machado, listed at … [Read more...]
U.S. advances at Worlds; Blues out of sync; Rose leaves Islanders (Puck Headlines)
U.S. advances at Worlds; Blues out of sync; Rose leaves Islanders (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected]. • Aces wild for Don Cherry. • Behind Auston Matthews’ goals in … [Read more...]
Jaguars first-rounder Jalen Ramsey suffers knee injury
Jaguars first-rounder Jalen Ramsey suffers knee injury If it wasn't for bad luck, the Jacksonville Jaguars might have no luck at all. Especially with their first-round draft picks. Cornerback Jalen Ramsey, the team's top pick in April, suffered a knee injury during offseason activities that is believed to be a small meniscus tear. Although it doesn't appear to be a season-ending injury, … [Read more...]
Patrick Willis has a new career after walking away from NFL
Patrick Willis has a new career after walking away from NFL Patrick Willis is living the good life in his retirement from the NFL, but he's not sitting on a beach. He's working a Monday-Friday schedule now, embarking on his second career with a Silicon Valley tech startup company. How about that? Work ethic never has been a problem for Willis, who picked cotton growing up in Tennessee to … [Read more...]
Greipel sprints to third stage win of Giro, then quits (Reuters)
Greipel sprints to third stage win of Giro, then quits (Reuters) (Reuters) - German veteran Andre Greipel claimed the third stage of this year's Giro d'Italia after his Lotto-Soudal team powered him home on a pancake flat 12th stage on Thursday. The Belgium-based outfit turned the last 15km of the 182km stage in the lowlands near Venice into a team time trial as the Red Express roared … [Read more...]