It took different timelines and different management styles, but two of English soccer’s most storied clubs are back.
It’s January 2020, and Mikel Arteta looks like a weight has been lifted from his shoulders.
And indeed it has: For the first time since taking over as manager of Arsenal, the club for whom he finished out a 15-year career as a midfielder, the Gunners have won a match, and emphatically so. Arteta’s side trounced Manchester United in a 2–0 victory that wasn’t really ever in question.
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The 23-year veteran has a humongous decision about his football future to make in the coming weeks.
Though Tom Brady has yet to make a decision on his football future following a wild-card round loss to the Cowboys, several players within the Buccaneers locker room believe they may have seen the last of the 45-year-old quarterback in Tampa Bay.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Saturday, five days after the Bucs’ 31–14 home loss to Dallas, that Brady plans to take his time deciding what to do next in his football career.
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We are on the verge of seeing the AFC Championship being played in Atlanta. Here’s what got us to this point.
The NFL is now reaching the point where cancelling Week 17’s game between the Bills and Bengals is having a profound impact on the playoffs. There’s no question that abandoning the game and narrowing the focus on Damar Hamlin’s health was the correct move — even if the NFL didn’t want to do it, but had their hand forced by the bravery of the Bills and Bengals who refused to play considering the circumstances.
Everything you need to know for the divisional round, including score picks.
Eight teams still have a shot at the Super Bowl after making it through wild-card weekend.
Doug Pederson won a Super Bowl Championship with the Philadelphia Eagles and in his first season, turned the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars into a division champion and a team that’s playing in the NFL’s divisional round playoff games this weekend.
So, yes, great coaching.
But, Pederson admits, he’s gotten some of his plays off Twitter.
No, really.
“You do get a lot of stuff off of Twitter,” Pederson said Thursday. “People send you those videos and stuff off of Twitter and YouTube and things like that.
After the Buccaneers were bounced out of the playoffs on Monday night, Tom Brady said only that he would take it one day at a time in determining his future. But teammates think he’s done in Tampa Bay.
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We examine those who deserve to win it all, from players, coaches, executives and a fan base
With the NFL playoffs heating up, the focus on the Super Bowl is becoming more clear as the eight remaining teams all need just three more victories to secure the Lombardi Trophy.
Among the many storylines developing in the the round of eight is that there are some very deserving figures closing in on winning their first Super Bowl ring.
She hangs out on the sidelines. She poses with mascots. And sponsors pay for it. “I always knew that I would be doing something pretty big in the world. I just didn’t know exactly what it would be.
All hell broke loose Friday night between Shannon Sharpe, members of the Memphis Grizzlies and Ja Morant’s dad.
Following the second quarter buzzer going off against the Lakers on the road, the sides squared off in an incredibly heated courtside screaming match.
Dillon Brooks, Ja Morant, Steven Adams and Ja’s dad Tee were all involved in confronting the former NFL superstar. Security eventually cooled the situation, and took Sharpe away during halftime, according to ESPN.
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