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Middlesex’s Vitality Blast campaign continues tomorrow when we take on Sussex at the County Ground.Men’s Head Coach, Peter Fulton, has named a squad of 13 for tomorrow’s clash in Hove. The squad is unchanged from our six-wicket defeat in the London Derby last weekend.Adam Rossington, will look to continue his start to the campaign, following his strong start to the campaign. Middlesex are once again without Ben Geddes and Naavya Sharma, with the duo on England Lions duty for the first block of Blast games.Tom Helm and Noah Cornwell will likely lead the pace attack this weekend. The pair have…
Middlesex won their first T20 Blast match of the season with an impressive display against Sussex at Hove, with the home side replacing them at the bottom of the South group table.Middlesex scored a challenging 213-4, propelled by a 41-ball 77 by opener Max Holden, who hit five sixes and six fours.Opening partner Adam Rossington had fallen in the fourth over, cramped by the pace of Tymal Mills, played a short-arm hook to deep backward square-leg.But left-hander Holden was in fine form and raised the fifty in the sixth over when he guided a Mills delivery to the third man…
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about unpopular opinions. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all our “Unpopular Opinion” articles here.FOX began broadcasting sports in 1994, when they outbid CBS for the NFL’s NFC package. It was a landmark moment in television history.This, at the time, fledgling network, led by Rupert Murdoch, outbid one of the three main networks for the NFL, a league that rapidly became the most popular sport in America just…
New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is reportedly dealing with a fractured fifth metacarpal on his right hand.According to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post, Robinson underwent surgery to the correct the issue, and the hope is that he will be able to play in Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals against the either the Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs.It was previously reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Friday that Robinson underwent a procedure to correct a broken right pinkie finger, and that he intended to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals while wearing…
Shedeur Sanders’ NFL Draft slide was supposed to be the financial blow that defined the start of his professional career. Instead, his rookie season turned into a reminder that draft position and star power are not always the same thing.The Cleveland Browns quarterback fell to the 144th pick in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, a stunning drop for a player once widely projected as a high first-round selection. Tom Brady loves watching Deion and Shedeur SandersParker JohnsonThat fall cost him a massive guaranteed contract and left him with a slotted rookie deal worth an average of just over…
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing”…
Kent Spitfires Men v Essex Men Vitality T20 BlastSt. Lawrence Ground, CanterburyFriday 29 May, 6:30pm 2026 TEAM NEWSKent Spitfires Men: Tawanda Muyeye, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Zak Crawley, Sam Billings (C & WK), Joe Denly, Dian Forrester, Jacob Lintott, Tom Rogers, Matt Milnes, Fred Klaassen, Matt Parkinson. Essex Men: Paul Walter, Michael Pepper (WK), Charlie Allison, Luc Benkenstein, Wiaan Mulder, Matt Critchley, Simon Harmer (C), Noah Thain, Shane Snater, Zum Akhter, Charlie Bennett. MATCH DETAILSUmpires: Nigel Llong & Chris WattsMatch Referee: Sarah BartlettScorers: Lorne Hart & Paul ParkinsonToss: Essex won the toss and elected to bowl firstResult: Essex won by 9 wickets…
Despite playing against the wind, Conor Glass kicked the first score of the game on four minutes. From the very next play, Shane McGuigan raced through after claiming a kick-out, McGuigan opted not to utilise options to his left and right, before blasting wide of the target with a goal on. Armagh replied in style hitting the next six scores, as they ruthlessly dominated the Derry kick-out. Conor Turbitt landed a two-pointer before Jason Duffy and Darragh McMullen rattled scores after a brace from Tomas McCormack. Just as the game looked to be slipping away from the visitors Lachlan Murray…
November is a football fans dream as the Oregon Ducks head to Columbus for a matchup with Big Ten Conference foe Ohio State and then turnaround to host the Michigan Wolverines in Autzen Stadium in Eugene… However, there are two September games on football schedule that can’t go unnoticed. Oregon’s 2026 football schedule is starting to take shape as game times and TV broadcast information has been released for four games. The Ducks have one of the toughest schedules in terms of strength in the Big Ten so the path to the College Football Playoff won’t be an easy one.…
Despite the widely held assumption that BYU forward AJ Dybantsa and Kansas guard Darryn Peterson will be the top two picks in the 2026 NBA draft, a leading NBA draft analyst believes Duke forward Cameron Boozer could be in the mix.During an appearance this week on The Herd (beginning at the 2:05 mark of the video), DraftExpress founder Jonathan Givony said, “I think teams drafting at 1 and 2 are giving [Boozer] a very hard look in this draft even if that may not be the public sentiment.”Givony also noted at the start of the video that Boozer is an…