Your 2021-2022 Champions League Guide
Christian Pulisic (r.)Photo: Getty ImagesDespite the attempt to kill it from Europe’s leading clubs last spring (and UEFA’s eventual success in doing so in the coming years), the Champions League returns today in its usual form. While it has become the nexus point in all that’s wrong with soccer and has certainly widened the gap…
Bucs’ secondary aims to step out of Tom Brady’s shadow
TAMPA, Fla. -- It was once considered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Achilles' heel and biggest obstacle to Tom Brady winning a seventh Super Bowl title.The league’s youngest secondary surrendered a 69% completion percentage during the 2020 regular season -- fourth most in the league. But when the stakes were raised in the postseason, those defensive…
Betting bullets: Big bets on Buccaneers to go 17-0
Two big bets on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to make history this year were placed in July and highlight an offseason filled with betting support for the defending champions.Caesars Sportsbook reported taking two big bets on the Buccaneers to go 17-0 in the regular season. The first, $10,000 at +5,000, would pay a net $500,000,…
Adams, Malen, Moukoko highlight Bundesliga’s next breakout stars
The German Bundesliga is known for its role in developing and nurturing some of the game's biggest and brightest talents. From Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham and Giovanni Reyna at Borussia Dortmund, to Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies at Bayern Munich and Moussa Diaby at Bayer Leverkusen, the league is filled with next-level talent in almost every…
Kiffin, 30 pounds lighter, preaching accountability
When Lane Kiffin met with his football team Saturday night prior to Ole Miss' first practice of the preseason on Sunday, he had a confession to make.Kiffin, now more than 30 pounds lighter than he was at the end of last season, said it was hypocritical to ask his players to be more committed to…
Fashionable ensembles take center stage as first NFL Sunday of
The first Sunday slate of the 2021 NFL season has finally arrived.Of course, the season kicked off with the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeating the Dallas Cowboys 31-29 on Thursday night.NFL Sundays are different, though -- especially opening weekend. Teams are reigniting their hopes for their own Super Bowl runs, so it's only right…
Jalen Hurts’ statement game offers Philadelphia Eagles hope: ‘He’s the
ATLANTA -- There was a lot to like about the play of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts in Sunday's 32-6 thrashing of the Atlanta Falcons -- a performance that felt like a sledgehammer swing into the wall of questions that stacked up brick by brick this offseason.Is he accurate enough? Will he play within the…
J.J. Watt’s future NFL team may have been predicted by
J.J. Watt is a free agent after he asked the Texans to release him from his contract, and NFL fans are curious as to where he'll sign next. There may have been a brief clue about Watt's future back in 2015, when the defensive end appeared in the television show "New Girl." During Season 4, Episode…
Manning, ’21 class inducted to cap HOF weekend
CANTON, Ohio -- One of NFL's most decorated players helped close out the Pro Football Hall of Fame's grandest enshrinement weekend in its history Sunday night as Peyton Manning led the Hall's Class of 2021 in a ceremony filled with tears, laughs, memories and a cascade of thank-yous along the way.Drew Pearson, who was the…
Eric Bieniemy to USC? What else ya’ selling?
Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy on the sidelines for the Chiefs.Image: Getty ImagesAn interesting name has popped up as a potential candidate in the USC coaching search.Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, sources around the NFL tell him they believe Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy will emerge as a candidate for the USC head coaching vacancy.Schefter’s…