England have dropped their most capped men’s player for Sunday’s clash with Italy after Ben Youngs was left out of a reduced training squad.
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For many years the Super Bowl had a reputation as a disappointment. Perhaps inevitably for one of the most hyped events in every sporting year, the tendency was for tight games or uncompetitive blowouts. That trend has been reversed delightfully in the past decade or so, explaining the apparent recency bias of this list.
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The sixth-year guard is regaining his pre-injury form.
Two seasons ago, while Nikola Jokic stamped himself as a perennial MVP candidate, Jamal Murray had also taken a leap to fortify the Denver Nuggets title hopes. Jokic’s rise from All-NBA center to mainstay MVP contender was crucial to Denver’s chances of a ring in 2020-21. But similarly crucial was Murray maintaining his electric Bubble showcase to become a bona fide All-Star-caliber guard.
That year, the former Kentucky Wildcat averaged 21.2 points, 4.8 assists (2.
The preseason No. 1 team is in danger of missing the field.
Selection Sunday is fewer than five weeks away! After another week of chaos (15 ranked teams lost last week, including eight on an action-packed Saturday), there are plenty of updates to be made to our projected men’s NCAA tournament field. A couple of bluebloods are still sweating it out on the bubble, while the race for the No. 1 seeds continues.
Here’s a look at Sports Illustrated’s current view of the field, with notes on the emerging bubble picture and more.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley strongly defended her top-ranked Gamecocks on Tuesday following critical comments by UConn coach Geno Auriemma two days earlier.
Lakers star LeBron James, with a fadeaway jumper late in the third quarter, overtook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time scoring leader, breaking a record that had stood for nearly 39 years.
A woman is going viral with the claim she ruined Johnny Manziel’s football career.
Manziel was cut after two disappointing seasons with the Cleveland Browns, and never played another snap of NFL football again. There are a lot of reasons why his career didn’t pan out, and Heather Kuntz thinks she played a major role.
In a viral TikTok video, Kuntz explained she was with Manziel at a party in 2015. Photos surfaced that incorrectly claimed she was kissing him on the cheek, and the New York Post shined a massive spotlight on the small gathering in Texas.
More Americans than ever plan to bet on Super Bowl LVII, where the Eagles are slight favorites over the Chiefs.
According to the American Gaming Society, over 50 million American adults are betting on the Big Game as legalized sports betting continues to grow. An estimated $16 billion is projected to be wagered on the single biggest game in the sports world. Right now, most of the handle and the majority of bets are backing the Birds.
Kickoff from Glendale, Ariz., is now just four days away. Keep up with all of SI Betting’s coverage with our Super Bowl hub.
This doesn’t seem fun.
The Chiefs are on a road trip this week in Arizona where they are preparing to take on the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.
You think things would be nice and easy for Patrick Mahomes and Co. in the days leading up to their championship showdown, but they are dealing with something extremely relatable: an annoying commute to work each day.
Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer is in Arizona for Super Bowl week and provided a nugget about Kansas City’s bus rides:
I found this interesting, too—the Chiefs have to bus twice to get to practice.
Terry Bradshaw shed some light on Sean Payton’s NFL coaching choice and Cardinals fans might find his comment about Kyler Murray interesting.