CANTON — Heading into the unknown isn’t intimidating as long as you have friends.
When second-seeded Manchester beat 12th-seeded Northwestern 17-0 to win its first district title since 2018 there was dancing, crowd surfing and unbridled joy.
It came on Wednesday, May 21, as the Panthers (22-5) took home a Division V, Northeast 1 championship in between raindrops.
“They believe in themselves,” Manchester coach Jim Morehart said. “That’s the biggest thing. They back each other, They get along, They’ve got each other’s backs.
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Approaching Memorial Day, it’s becoming increasingly less “early” in the 2025 Major League Baseball season.
Three managers have already been fired, the Colorado Rockies are on pace for the worst in record in history and the kind of discourse normally reserved for New York sports talk radio broke containment, making Juan Soto’s daily stats a topic of national conversation.
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Aprilia has stood firm over Jorge Martin’s push to be released from his contract early and expects the defending MotoGP world champion to remain at the team at least until the end of 2026, it has said in a statement.
The Italian manufacturer has remained silent on the matter since Motorsport.com exclusively revealed Martin intended to invoke a clause in his contract to be released from the second year of his deal for 2026, allowing him to leave at the end of the season.
Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn preaches brotherhood. His teams live by that motto, too, as we saw so often last season during Quinn’s first season as Washington’s head coach.
Part of that brotherhood is how the Commanders perform on the field, but it’s also the relationships they’ve built off the field. Veteran players like Bobby Wagner, Zach Ertz and Terry McLaurin helped Quinn build Washington’s brotherhood quickly. The Commanders’ 2024 rookie class, led by quarterback Jayden Daniels, was also a part of the franchise’s culture shift.
After Tyrese Haliburton hit a buzzer-beater to send Game 1 against the New York Knicks to overtime, he channeled a former Indiana Pacers star’s infamous celebration.
Haliburton’s long 2-pointer — which he said he thought was a game-winning three — bounced off the back rim and high into the air before sailing back down through the net. The shot capped off a frenetic 14-point comeback with just under three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, and the Pacers would go on to win 138-135 in overtime.
Europa League end-of-season awards for 2024/25
The 2024/25 Europa League season concluded on Wednesday with Tottenham Hotspur ousting Manchester United in the final.
Spurs sealed success in Bilbao courtesy of Brennan Johnson’s goal, ending a 17-year trophy drought in the process. It’s been another unforgettable season of Europa League football and we’ve dished out our end-of-season awards.
Europa League end-of-season awards for 2024/25
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The 2024/25 season has been the year for ending the trophy droughts. Newcastle United. Bologna. Go Ahead Eagles. Crystal Palace.
The Cleveland Browns announced earlier this week that when OTAs begin, Kenny Pickett will serve as the No. 1 QB, while Dillon Gabriel will assume second-team reps.
That information put Shedeur Sanders firmly in the QB3 spot to begin the offseason — if not lower, depending on how Joe Flacco slots in. And that wasn’t the only bad news for the fifth-round signal caller out of Colorado this week.
Manchester City battling Manchester United and Bayern Munich for goalkeeper as Ederson seeks Saudi move
Manchester City are in the race to sign Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa in the summer transfer window, as per a new report.
City are set for a major squad revamp at the end of the season after failing to retain the Premier League title, exiting the UEFA Champions League at the Round of 16 stage and losing the FA Cup final to Crystal Palace last week.
The Packers will hold joint practices with the Colts and the Seahawks this summer, Matt Schneidman of TheAthletic.com reports.
The joint practices will come before Green Bay plays those teams in the preseason. The Packers play the Colts in Indianapolis on Aug. 16 and host the Seahawks on Aug. 23.
Matt LaFleur has had joint practices with at least one other team in every non-COVID preseason.
The Packers had joint practices with the Texans in 2019, the Jets in 2021, the Saints in 2022, the Patriots and Bengals in 2023 and the Broncos and Ravens in 2024.
Guincamp head coach Sylvain Ripoll expects reported Celtic target Kalidou Sidibe, 26, to be open to a move. (Record)
Ryan Christie was frustrated Aberdeen did not beat Celtic in the 2017 Scottish Cup final, even though he was on loan at the Dons from Celtic at the time. (Press and Journal – subscription required)
Josh Windass urges Rangers captain James Tavernier to move on from Ibrox and find a club where he is “respected”.