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Allen Trieu | Special to The Detroit NewsMichigan State’s first official visit weekend for the 2027 class is here.The Spartans have a good group coming in to start things off.Among the headliners is Detroit Country Day four-star tight end Anthony Cartwright. Cartwright is a longtime target of the Spartans and his dad is an alum, but his recruitment has also been national since his freshman year. Oregon and LSU are two of his top schools, and he just wrapped a visit to Stanford. Miami and Michigan are also still very much in the mix.This will be a very important visit…
What better way to become a part of your hometown baseball team than to buy a stake in the franchise?That’s what Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce has done, purchasing a minority stake in the Cleveland Guardians, according to ESPN; Kelce attended Cleveland Heights High School, which is roughly 20 minutes east of Progressive Field, home of the Guardians.”I have so much love for this city,” Kelce said about purchasing a minority stake in the Guardians, per ESPN. “I say it all the time: I’m just a kid from the Heights living the dream. I credit every good thing in…
In the spring of 2011, I went to the MCC library at Lord’s – the world’s largest collection of printed material on cricket. I was near the start of a PhD on the history of women’s cricket and I wanted source material: this, surely, would be where I would find it?Nope. When the MCC’s Neil Robinson took me to the section of the shelves on women’s cricket, I found that it consisted of three books, one of which was the autobiography of Rachael Heyhoe Flint, published in 1978. As for the MCC archives? The store cupboard was bare.I decided, there…
Real Madrid presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme has launched his campaign by promising to develop the club’s training ground into a hub for fans including swimming pools, padel courts and a basketball arena.Renewables tycoon Riquelme is standing against Florentino Perez in the first presidential election in 20 years featuring a challenger.Perez announced the election during an extraordinary news conference earlier this month in which he criticised journalists and La Liga and spoke of an “organised campaign” against him.The 79-year-old has been in office since 2009 – and was previously president between 2000 and 2006 – but has overseen two successive trophyless…
After three consecutive home games, Nebraska football will begin conference play on the road in East Lansing against Michigan State. The Spartans, after going a combined 9-15 under Jonathan Smith in two years at the helm, are welcoming in a new head coach. Pat Fitzgerald, a familiar name to Husker fans, led the Northwestern Wildcats for 17 years, becoming one of the winningest head coaches in Big Ten history. Now, he’ll look to revive a program that went 11-2 just five years ago. Here’s an early look at what Michigan State is expected to bring to the table this fall,…
If there is one thing upon which the NFL prides itself, it’s parity. The league’s ability to tout a franchise’s ability to turn things around in an instant, to find themselves in the thick of the championship conversation, gives every fan base a reason to believe when we kick off a new season.Take last year, for example. Both the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots were on the outside looking in on the playoffs in 2024, only to each find themselves playing in Super Bowl LX the following year. That’s how quickly things can change in the NFL. Want even…
Kent Spitfires welcome their cross-Thames rivals Essex to the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury for a Friday night under lights in the Vitality Blast this Friday, 29 May.Get your Battle of the Bridge tickets nowPrices rise at 11:59pm the day before the match.Entry is INCLUDED in all Kent Memberships, White Ball Passes & Youth/Junior Season Tickets! What can I expect at the St Lawrence Ground during the Vitality Blast?All-action Vitality Blast T20 cricket isn’t just about fireworks on the field – expect pumping music, t-shirt giveaways in our Vitality scatterblasts, an interval challenge and much more.Enjoy a food village, multiple…
United States manager Mauricio Pochettino has hit back at criticism over the way he informed players whether or not they had made his 26-man squad for the World Cup.According to The Athletic, the former Tottenham and Paris St-Germain boss emailed players who were left out.In contrast, Pochettino sent video messages to the 26 players included in the squad.Speaking on ESPN’s Futbol Americas show, former US forward Herculez Gomez – who praised ex-US manager Jurgen Klinsmann for informing him of his omission from the 2014 World Cup squad via voicemail – said it was inexcusable for Pochettino not to call those…
The presence of the Italian World Cup winners Andrea Pirlo and Marco Materazzi in Russia for a sports event has sparked outrage. The former players signed autographs and posed for selfies with Kremlin supporters on the day Moscow launched one of its most brutal missile attacks on Kyiv.The former Juventus and Milan midfielder Pirlo, one of the defining figures of Italian football and now manager of United FC in Dubai, was photographed on Sunday alongside the Russian striker Artem Dzyuba, during “Football Day” celebrations at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion, Dzyuba, Russia’s former captain,…
There are surprises in the NFL every single year, but the AFC South ended up being one of the most interesting divisions this past season. The Jacksonville Jaguars came out of seemingly nowhere with Liam Coen to win the division with a 13-4 record. The Houston Texans weren’t too far behind at 12-5 thanks to one of the best defenses in the league.The Indianapolis Colts looked like the best team in the NFL after an 8-2 start, but then the wheels fell off as Daniel Jones attempted to play through a fractured fibula. As for the Tennessee Titans, they are still…