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O’Neill was speaking to the media after announcing his squad to face Guinea and France in June friendlies.Northern Ireland will be without some key players such as Bradley, Sunderland defender Dan Ballard, Portsmouth’s Terry Devlin and Paddy McNair, who helped Hull City win promotion to the Premier League.The games come at the end of a gruelling season but O’Neill was thrilled by the commitment of his players. ”The commitment is there. I understand that at the end of a long season. “The players have personal goals within that situation. “Steven Davis has 140 caps. So you only get that if you…
San Antonio Spurs center Mason Plumlee’s hard foul on Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jared McCain in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals was upgraded to a Flagrant 1 by the NBA on Wednesday.Late in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma City’s 127-114 win over San Antonio on Tuesday night, Plumlee’s elbow hit McCain’s back as the two collided. It was ruled a common foul at the time.McCain discussed the incident after the contest.”That was crazy. I didn’t expect it, obviously,” McCain said in his postgame interview. “We were at the free-throw line, too, and I was like, ‘Why’d you do that…
The market for the Seahawks was “soft.” Until it wasn’t.Less than three weeks after Seth Wickersham of ESPN used the “S” word regarding the interest in the only NFL team currently for sale, Ian Rapoport on NFL Network (which makes him now an employee of ESPN) reported during a prime-time edition of Pat McAfee’s show that the market is suddenly “robust.”Rapoport, who was careful to try to harmonize his reporting with the recent intel from a new colleague, added that the owners could have a special meeting in August to vote on the new owner.The number, per Rapoport, “could eclipse…
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Lauren Winfield-Hill spoke to Yorkshire’s live streaming lead commentator Michael McCann ahead of Sunday’s clash with Surrey at Headingley. Captain Lauren Winfield-Hill is confident things will turn for her Yorkshire side who are yet to get off the mark in this season’s Vitality Blast. The White Rose have lost three from three at the start of their T20 campaign; against The Blaze, Surrey and, most recently at Taunton yesterday, Somerset. It has been far from an ideal start, but the skipper has not lost confidence in her side’s ability as they prepare to try and bounce…
10. Paul Lambert (Borussia Dortmund v Juventus, 1997)Zinedine Zidane is Champions League royalty, as a player and a coach. But there is one final – and one player in particular – that sticks in the Frenchman’s mind. “Oh my god, that game!” he remarked to Paul Lambert when they met years later.Lambert joined Dortmund on a free transfer in 1996. Portugal star Paulo Sousa arrived fresh from winning the Champions League with Juventus the same summer, but it was the Scottish midfielder who wrote his name into Westfalenstadion legend.Dortmund saw off Manchester United in the semi-finals to set up a…
The Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from the opportunity to defend their NBA Championship against the New York Knicks. It will be a tall order for the incumbent to hang onto the Larry O’Brien trophy, and not just because they first must defeat the tallest player in the National Basketball Association, 7’4″ San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama, one final time (out of potentially two remaining games). It’s also not solely because the Knicks starting five, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns, are playing lights-out basketball on behalf of New York City (the…
Patrick Mahomes continues adding to his ever-expanding trophy case, even when he’s not competing on the football field.Mahomes achieved an impressive accomplishment Tuesday night, when his production and media company won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Documentary Series category at the Sports Emmy Awards show. The Chiefs star was recognized for his work as an executive producer on the Netflix documentary series Quarterback. Mahomes’s media and production company 2PM Productions partnered with the NFL and Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions in order to bring Quarterback to life.Quarterback has already completed two seasons. The show follows NFL quarterbacks throughout their daily…
Brendon McCullum has declared England’s best cricket is ahead of them as they chart a route back from Ashes ruin this summer. In their first assignment since their 4-1 drubbing in Australia, England’s Test summer begins with a three-Test series against New Zealand, live from June 4 on Sky Sports. McCullum’s position as head coach came under scrutiny following the disastrous Ashes campaign, but having received a public vote of confidence from the ECB, he has focused on exorcising those demons by helping England fulfil their potential. “There are elements which you know you didn’t quite get right [against Australia],”…
New South Wales staged the greatest comeback in State of Origin history following the pivotal dismissal of Queensland’s Kalyn Ponga as the Blues won a dramatic opening game of this year’s series.Ponga became the seventh player to be sent off in Origin matches when he was dismissed for a high tackle on wing Tolutau Koula with 23 minutes left to play and the full-back’s side leading 20-6.NSW half-backs Ethan Strange and Nathan Cleary then scored tries, with the latter converting his, to reduce the deficit to 20-16 and set up a grandstand finish at Sydney’s Accor Stadium.The 12-man Maroons defended…
The Wisconsin Badgers have seen a number of changes in their front office over the past few years, and another major change came on Wednesday evening.CBS Sports’s Matt Zenitz reported that the UCLA Bruins are set to hire Badgers Assistant Director of Player Personnel as their next Director of Player Personnel.The move marks the latest promotion for Rose, who joined the Badgers as their Assistant Director of Player Personnel in 2024 after being a recruiting specialist for the Alabama Crimson Tide.Rose’s responsibilities grew after the departure of other executives, such as former Director of Player Personnel and General Manager Max…