It appeared Sunday’s game between the Browns and Chargers was heading to overtime after San Diego kicker Josh Lambo missed a 39-yard field goal as time expired. However, Tramon Williams was called offside prior to the snap. MORE: Best photos from Week 4 | The Bengals are the real deal The penalty gave the Chargers another chance, and Lambo didn’t miss from 34 yards out to give San Diego a 30-27 win....
A rift between the NBA and China began when Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support of democracy for the people of Hong Kong. The tweet was sent while NBA teams were in China for preseason games. The league and U.S. lawmakers have been at odds over the NBA’s position with China over recent remarks by Morey. Some NBA administrators and top stars have voiced opinions slanted to favor China, which has drawn the ire of lawmakers....
The former Bears cornerback arrived in Charlotte on Wednesday and met with Panthers coach Ron Rivera Thursday. The two-time Pro Bowler nicknamed “Peanut” then signed a one-year contract to reunite with his former coach, the Panthers announced. Monetary terms were not immediately disclosed. Rivera was Tillman’s defensive coordinator in Chicago for three seasons until 2006, when Rivera’s contract was not renewed. He spent the next four seasons in San Diego before getting hired as Carolina’s coach in 2011....
Once UEFA have finished their investigations into the crowd trouble that was prevalent during the game between Napoli and Marseille at Naples. Napoli won 3-2 on the night but rival fans clashed outside the stadium and ten injuries were reported. There were also a lot of flares set off inside the stadium, which raised a lot of complaints. If UEFA punishes the Serie A club, it will come as a massive blow as Napoli’s San Paolo has one of the most passionate and intimidating atmospheres....
Willian struck either side of the post twice in the 1st-half before finally managing to score just after the hours’ mark. Barcelona started to become desperate with each passing minute. The Blues who were so good at the back made 1 mistake and Messi punished them, thus managed to open his account at the Stamford Bridge. Also read: 5 reasons why Lionel Messi is bigger than the Ballon d’Or...
Salah has netted an extraordinary 43 goals in all competitions during his first season on Merseyside, rivalling the stratospheric return that has become a regular feature of Ronaldo’s decorated Real Madrid career. The Portuguese has 42 strikes to his name this term, and the two players are likely to prove crucial to their respective teams’ hopes of lifting the European Cup following the final in Kiev on May 26....
Anderlecht and Celtic complete the quartet and will face a battle to unseat one of their heavyweight rivals for a place in the knockout stage. Bayern 13/2 to win Champions League Bayern reached the quarter-finals last season, being knocked out by eventual winners Real Madrid, while PSG blew a 4-0 first-leg lead against Barcelona and exited in the last 16. Anderlecht were knocked out in the qualifying rounds and Celtic finished bottom of a tough group containing Barcelona, Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach....
Possible starting lineups Man City: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Garcia, Toure; Milner, Silva, Nasri; Negredo. Barcelona: Valdes; Alves, Mascherano, Pique, Alba; Busquets, Xavi, Fabregas; Sanchez, Neymar, Messi. Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester. Referee: Jonas Ericsson With an emphatic victory over Chelsea, Premier League title contenders Manchester City host Spanish Giants FC Barcelona at the Etihad Stadium today. This is the first time in years City have managed to qualify beyond the group stage of the Champions League....
It looked as though the Canaries were heading for a surprise home defeat having trailed 3-2, but injury-time goals from Teemu Pukki and Jordan Rhodes secured a breathless 4-3 win. Daniel Farke’s side consequently go top of the table, although Leeds United will reclaim top spot if they take a point against West Brom in Saturday’s evening kick-off. Boro also go, at least momentarily, into the top two, as they defeated Wigan 2-0, but Derby County suffered a heavy defeat at home to Aston Villa....
The chance to see the birth of his son Garrett. That wasn’t a given for the Bills’ standout center. Leslie Wood was due to deliver around the same time Buffalo was heading to Jacksonville for its Jan. 7 postseason road matchup against the Jaguars. Complicating matters further, Leslie was in Louisville, where the couple lives in the offseason. Considering his importance to Buffalo’s offense and the fact that this was the first playoff opportunity of his nine-year NFL career, Wood faced a difficult choice for which he was trying to find a solution....
A six-part on-demand series of excerpts from - India playing host to the most attended FIFA Youth World Cup in history. This is part-two. Part-one can be read here. Everybody stand up! The Secretary of Sports (Government of India) enters the room seeming busy and uninterested, takes his seat at the head of the table before the rest sit down. “Batao! (‘Tell me’ in Hindi), What are we going to do to popularise football in the country?...
Eloquent. Bush, “solemnly and with a dignity worthy of admiration, explained to his people the nature of the war it faces.” (El Mercurio, Chile) A “bold” and “heroic” speech. (The Times, London) Diplomatic. He’s shown a “praiseworthy and unexpected concern with diplomacy.” (Folha de So Paulo, Brazil) Bush has engaged in “responsible and insightful dialogue.” (Okaz, Saudi Arabia) Calm. Bush “is no longer threatening anyone. Instead, he is thinking.” He’s attained a “new level of lucidity....
“I think the commissioner’s just trying to stay ahead of the curve, do what’s best for the game. There’s a lot of intelligent people thought this stuff over and there’s a lot of people involved,” said Jim Leyland, the longtime manager who is now a special assistant for the Detroit Tigers. “I’m a big believer that when you’ve had something in place for so, so long, any time there’s a change, there’s going to be a reaction....
Now that Futurama is back, it’s time to think about where the show will go while keeping itself entertaining and relevant. The show doesn’t want to create character stories for the sake of it like the latest Simpsons season. Every time Futurama has gone off the air, it has managed to end its series well, usually involving Fry winning Leela’s heart. Obviously, a lot of the new series focusing will be around Fry, Leela, and Bender as they are the main characters, but there are some characters that viewers know very little about and deserve some time in the spotlight....
Line: Chiefs -1, Total: 40.5 Line movement and notes: The Chiefs opened up as 2.5-point favorites, and prior to news of Alex Smith being out with a lacerated spleen, there was a move on the Chiefs Friday morning, which bumped the spread up from -3 to -4 by 8:45 a.m. PT, Micah Roberts reported. And then at 9 a.m. PT, the alert came across that Smith would be out, and sports books adjusted down to Chiefs -1....
Streisand’s spokespeople don’t apologize for the plan. The star reasoned, they say, that by giving charities prime seats to sell for $1,000, fans would buy from them rather than from scalpers-especially since the $650 markup is tax-deductible. And because Streisand will buy back unsold tickets, the charities can’t lose. “Barbra does an enormous amount of philanthropic giving. This was separate,” says Margery Tabankin, director of the Streisand Foundation, the singer’s philanthropy....
The former political prisoner was held in a Cairo jail from May 2014 till April 2017. The administration of former President Barack Obama had unsuccessfully called for her release, but the Trump administration managed to secure her freedom after several months of negotiations. Despite the president’s efforts on her behalf, Hijazi wants people to vote for Biden. “Trump leaned in & said, ‘you know it’s I who released you, don’t you?...
Barkley made the comments in a wide-ranging interview on Michael Smerconish’s SiriusXM radio show. He spoke about his work helping Alabama Senator Doug Jones get elected in 2017 during a bitter election with Republican Roy Moore that captured the national spotlight. Jones became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama in nearly 40 years. “We need to start holding you Democrats accountable,” Barkley recalled telling Jones....
A Manhattan judge on Friday dismissed the charges against the former Knicks star in connection with his Feb. 8, 2017, scuffle with two security guards at Madison Square Garden, according to the New York Post. MORE: Oakley says modern NBA players lack toughness The dismissal completed a deal Oakley agreed to in August in which the charges would be erased and sealed provided he stayed out of trouble for six months....
Nobody likes a copycat. We even use the term to describe terrorists and serial killers. Sadly for our country, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have given birth to a new category of copycat—the impeachment copycat. This past month at the University of Florida, the Student Senate, alumni and other students sought to impeach Student Body President Michael Murphy for the high crime of having paid Donald Trump Jr....
