There is more than enough in the Football Association’s detailed verdict on Ivan Toney’s gambling addiction to indicate that this young footballer’s wretched compulsion to gamble will not be solved easily. Toney, of course, plays in a Brentford shirt bearing the name of an online bookmaker, Hollywoodbets, one of six clubs in this season’s Premier… Read More »
When you start up The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom it all feels very familiar to the franchise’s previous games, Breath of the Wild. You start off very weak in a tutorial area, you get some new powers, the game throws a massive mission at you, and then the training wheels come off… Read More »
After getting outworked at home by the Miami Heat and falling into a 2-0 hole, the Celtics entered Sunday night as, theoretically, the desperate team. The reigning Eastern Conference champions faced a must-win situation, given that the NBA has never seen a team come back from 3-0 down to win a series, and immediately come… Read More »
Late in the Denver Nuggets’ Game 1 win over the Los Angeles Lakers last week, a contest in which they amassed 132 points and a 136.1 offensive rating, one of their rare empty possessions became a foreshadowing for the rest of the 4-0 sweep. As Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic tangoed into a pick-and-roll, Aaron… Read More »
CLEVELAND — Jim Brown was both extraordinary and extraordinarily complicated. A man. Many versions. His greatness on the pitch is beyond reproach. For generations, Brown, who died Thursday night peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, has long been the standard of excellence for running backs, a freakish blend of raw power and lightning speed… Read More »
Reactions to the death of Jim Brown, former NFL star, actor and activist: ___ “To the world he was an activist, actor and star. To our family he was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Our hearts are broken.” — Brown’s wife, Monique Brown, on Instagram. ___ “We lost a hero today. Rest in paradise… Read More »
It is a well-established line of thinking that Jordan Pickford will not suffer unduly if Everton are relegated. The logic follows that there is zero chance of England’s first-choice goalkeeper falling into the Championship, and as the most transferable Goodison asset in the event of a relegation sale, Tottenham Hotspur or Manchester United could be… Read More »
Aaron Rodgers nearly changed his NFL plan two years ago when he told someone in the Green Bay Packers organization that he did not want to return to the team. For the sake and sanity of those in the league’s planning department, cooler heads prevailed. Rodgers was on the move this offseason with his trade… Read More »
The seeds of the unlikely takeover of Wrexham by a pair of Hollywood celebrities were sown by binge-watching a Netflix series charting the ups and mostly downs of another British football club with deep roots in the local community. It was during the height of a pandemic-induced lockdown that Rob McElhenney, one half of Wrexham’s… Read More »
NEW YORK — America’s new favorite dog breed – the comical, controversial French bulldog – has never won the nation’s premier dog show. Yet here comes Winston, at an ambling trot. The Frenchman with NFL connections is a strong contender at this week’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show, less than two months after the release… Read More »
