Author: Michael

Tom Brady turned 46-years-old Thursday. And to celebrate, well, he bought a soccer team.
An English Football League team.
Birmingham City FC.

Seven-time Super Bowl champion and entrepreneur, @TomBrady, has entered into a partnership with Knighthead Capital Management to become a minority owner of Birmingham City Ltd.
Brady will become Chairman of the new Advisory Board.
— Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) August 3, 2023

Forget That Idea Of Brady Playing Again
Brady is adding Birmingham City to a personal portfolio that also includes the Las Vegas Raiders.

The post-retirement business dealings of future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady are continuing after the quarterback announced his purchase of an ownership stake in Birmingham City FC.
Brady announced the move in a video on his social media accounts.
“So here’s the deal. I’m officially coming on board at Birmingham City Football Club,” Brady said in the video. “And maybe you’re asking, ‘What do you know about English football, Tom?’ Well let’s just say I’ve got a lot to learn. But I do know a few things about winning, and I think they might translate pretty well.

Tom Brady wants to be like Ryan Reynolds
Tom Brady is back in football.
Well, soccer, depending on your point of view.
The retired quarterback announced on Thursday that he had become the minority owner of Birmingham City. According to a statement released by the club, “[s]even-time Super Bowl champion and entrepreneur Tom Brady has entered a partnership with Knighthead Capital Management LLC to become a minority owner of Birmingham City Ltd.”
Birmingham City has been in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, since 2011. They finished 17th last season.

Star guard Damian Lillard landing with the Heat, his preferred destination as he requests out of Portland, still appears to be the most likely outcome at some point this summer, even as the situation now drags on into its second month.
But for all the expectations and tea leaves that make it seem like a mere matter of time for him to land with Miami, it’s fair to wonder what the defending Eastern Conference champs would look like should Lillard somehow end up elsewhere come the start of the 2023–24 season.

As USWNT captain, Lindsey Horan has a duty to defend her team no matter the circumstance, which is exactly what she’s done in the aftermath of Carli Lloyd’s critical comments about the squad.
There’s a proper way to stand up for your team, and rule No. 1 is not to make stupid statements when defending your squad from any naysayers.
Horan did not abide by that rule.
The 29-year-old has explained that Lloyd’s questioning of the team’s passion and effort is “frustrating,” which is understandable.

They came, like the man in the video, from all over, from Sudan and Kenya and Pakistan and elsewhere to Qatar. They came, this particular group, to work security at World Cup stadiums and venues, to send money home, where conditions are grim; work, sparse or nonexistent.
The man in the video wears a gray shirt, glasses, a neatly trimmed black beard and the most somber of expressions. He sits in front of a brick background and appears to be filming on a cellphone. He says he cannot give his name, because he fears for his safety and because he wants to work. But he still has a lot to say.

For the first time since 1997, we’ll have an NFL season without a Brady or a Manning at quarterback. But Aaron Rodgers is here. See where every team begins in preseason.

With the popularity of PPR leagues on the rise, more and more fantasy managers will be opting for elite wide receivers early and waiting until the later rounds to draft their running backs. If you’re going the zero running back route, or if you’re just looking for depth, these late-round runners have the potential to deliver big weeks.

2023 Fantasy Football Draft Kit

Here are five late-round players to target at the running back position. These players are currently being taken in the ninth round or later in fantasy drafts, and the value is there.

In what will be considered one of the biggest events in women’s international soccer history, superpower Germany has been eliminated at the group stage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Germany, a two-time Women’s World Cup winner and eight-time European champion, failed to advance to the knockouts for the first time at a major tournament after a dramatic final day in group play that featured a 1–1 draw with South Korea combined with Morocco’s 1–0 win over Colombia.

The tale of NFL running backs being a source of drama for many of the wrong reasons spans much of the league and includes some of the most accomplished names at the position.
Saquon Barkley at the start of training camp ended a months-long contract stalemate with the Giants that both sides will have to address again next year because he merely signed a one-year contract. Jonathan Taylor has reportedly asked to be traded from the Indianapolis Colts after the club declined to give him what he believes is a fair contract extension.