Todd Boehly and the Clearlake consortium arrived at Chelsea promising a new era of stability. This, Boehly promised, would be a contrast with the Roman Abramovich era of hirings and firings. He has been in charge a year, during which time Chelsea has spent $700m in transfer fees and has, for the first time in its history, sacked two managers in a season.
Graham Potter was appointed manager when Thomas Tuchel was surprisingly dismissed in September, a week after the transfer window closed.
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Dan Hurley is the son of one of the greatest high school coaches in basketball history. He’s the little brother of one of the great point guards in college hoops history. He’s 40 minutes away from his own claim to greatness, a development that threatens to ruin his schtick.
The Connecticut coach has always exuded an oddball persona, wrapping it in Jersey wiseacre humor. Bob Hurley Sr.’s son and Bob Hurley Jr.’s little brother has accomplished a lot, but he runs with a tough crowd—this is one of the most accomplished families in the history of the sport, the Harbaughs of hoops.
Less than two minutes into the first quarter of the national championship game, Flau’jae Johnson entered the huddle close to tears.
The LSU freshman point guard had drained a three to score the first points of the night for the Tigers. But she had also turned the ball over twice. After a third team turnover, LSU coach Kim Mulkey felt she had no choice but to bring her team in and call an early timeout. They’d played just 97 seconds, and the score was Iowa 7, LSU 3.
Then the Tigers looked at Johnson.
UConn and San Diego State will play for the men’s NCAA national championship Monday night in Houston. The Huskies’ dominant run through the Big Dance has set them just one win away from the program’s fifth championship, while San Diego State needed a buzzer-beater against FAU to reach its first title game.
But how will the matchup be decided? Here is a look at five numbers that will define this matchup to preview the showdown.
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UConn’s point differential in the NCAA tournament so far.
Fresno mayor Jerry Dyer wants to see the Bulldogs join the Big 12.
Fresno State has been floated as a possible addition for the Big 12 amid further expansion talk. The Big 12 has been clear it wants to expand to the west coast to add an extra time zone.
FSU could be the program Brett Yormark ends up snatching and stealing from the MWC.
Fresno mayor Jerry Dyer wants the Big 12 to add Fresno State.
HOUSTON – Poof, there it is! LSU’s first national championship in basketball – men or women.
LSU made Iowa and women’s basketball’s answer to Pete Maravich vanish as if in a homeland cornfield on Sunday with a 102-85 shucking in front of 19,482 at American Airlines Arena in Dallas.
And less than two years ago, Kim Mulkey strutted onto Dale Brown Court amid theatrical smoke in the Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge as LSU’s new women’s basketball coach.
It was April 26, 2021. And she caught fire immediately.
Kevin Durant last played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016, but despite his bolting from the franchise seven years ago, fans in OKC haven’t let it go. Durant was greeted with some serious boos ahead of his return on Sunday.
Thunder fans were certainly paying attention during the Phoenix Suns’ introduction ahead of tip-off. While you could hear a few cheers for Durant as his name was called, the overwhelming majority of fans were booing.
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The biggest wrestling card of the year, WWE’s WrestleMania 39 wrapped up on Sunday night. The two-night affair featured all of your typical bells and whistles for the “Showcase of the Immortals.
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From another strong weekend for Red Bull to heartbreak for Alex Albon, here are the highs and lows from the Australian Grand Prix
It was a chaotic finish, but the Australian Grand Prix ended like every other race of the 2023 Formula 1 season.
With a Red Bull driver up front.
Max Verstappen scored his second win of the season in Melbourne and his first win in the Australian Grand Prix. It was also the first victory for the team in Australia since the 2011 season.
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Georgia DT Jalen Carter is one of the most talented players in the 2023 NFL Draft, but he has concerns off the field.
The 2023 NFL Draft is approaching quickly, and the discourse surrounding the top prospects in the class is in full swing. One of the highest-ranked players on most draft boards is Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter. The two-time national champion is coming off a junior season where he was once again the most talented player on the best defense in college football.