The Golden State Warriors postseason is over, but questions linger both within the franchise and outside of it as to what the team may have been able to accomplish had Stephen Curry not suffered a hamstring injury in Game 1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
No one associated with Golden State asserted that the team would have made the Western Conference Finals with a healthy Curry after losing to Minnesota in five games. But the Warriors’ belief in their ceiling didn’t waver after dropping Game 5 to the Timberwolves in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 14.
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The Premier League has announced its eight-man shortlist for the 2024/25 Player of the Season.
Title-winners Liverpool boast three players in the nominees, with Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch making up the list’s largest contingent from one club.
They are joined by Nottingham Forest duo Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood, who have starred for the Premier League surprise package this term.
Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak and Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo have also made the list, while second-place Arsenal only get the one nominee as Declan Rice vies for the award.
Erling Haaland is often a man apart. Perhaps it is the freakish goalscoring feats, perhaps the immediately identifiable look of the giant, long-haired blond. The Norwegian’s assessment of a Manchester City season few predicted may jar with those outsiders who had tired of their dominance.
“It is not nice to lose so many games,” Haaland told BBC Sport. “It is boring and not fun.” Others found the repetitive element came in City winning, in an unprecedented quartet of consecutive league titles, in four seasons when they racked up 187 victories in all competitions.
Joe Prince-Wright breaks down the significance
Arsenal host Newcastle on Sunday knowing a win would guarantee second spot for a third-straight season.
WATCH —Arsenal v Newcastle
Mikel Arteta’s side fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Liverpool last Sunday but they’re limping towards the finish line once again. They were knocked out of the Champions League at the semifinal stage by PSG and have come up short in their title bid as key injuries have hit them all season long, especially in attack.
Week 1: at Green Bay Packers
Opening on the road within the division is a tough assignment, but the Lions have had the Packers number of late. Detroit’s offense is too much for Green Bay to handle.
Projection: Win
Week 2: Chicago Bears
Ben Johnson brings his Bears to Ford Field. Chicago projects to be a lot better in 2025, and Johnson will desperately want this one.
Projection: Loss
Week 3: at Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens have been a tough draw for the Lions for years, including the last visit to Baltimore. Detroit’s defense will be the difference-maker here.
Patrice Evra on Sir Alex Ferguson: ‘If he coached today, he’d probably end up in jail’
French former international Patrice Evra has suggested that legendary former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson would “probably end up in jail” if he was still a coach today. Speaking on the SDS podcast, the 43-year-old left-back, who made over 270 appearances for the Red Devils between 2006 and 2014, didn’t mince his words when reflecting on the intensity Ferguson brought to the dressing room.
Real Madrid’s Raul Asencio releases message on social media after court case advances
Real Madrid secured a win in extremis over RCD Mallorca on Wednesday night, with a 95th minute winner from young defender Jacobo Ramon preventing Barcelona being declared champions. It was a day of headlines for Los Blancos, but perhaps most focused on defender Raul Asencio.
Beyond their victory at the Santiago Bernabeu, earlier in the day, a deal advanced for Bournemouth’s Dean Huijsen to sign for Real Madrid this summer.
Going into the 2025 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will examine each player listed on the Penn State roster. Over the preseason, each profile will cover the player’s background, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for James Franklin this season.
Splitting time with now-NFL players Brenton Strange, Theo Johnson and Tyler Warren, the path to playing time has been filled with obstacles for veteran tight end Khalil Dinkins.
MONACO (AP) — One of Ukraine’s best-known athletes, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, a two-time silver medalist at the world track and field championships, has been provisionally suspended in a doping case involving testosterone.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, which manages doping cases in track and field, issued an update on Thursday listing Bekh-Romanchuk as suspended since Wednesday over the suspected presence or use of testosterone.
The announcement came shortly before Friday’s Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar.