LONDON: Manchester City's quest for four trophies continued with a 5-0 thrashing of Burnley to march into the FA Cup fifth round as League One Shrewsbury narrowly missed out on shocking Wolves in a 2-2 draw on Saturday (Jan 26).City boss Pep Guardiola labelled talk of a quadruple as "fantasy" earlier in the week, but after cruising into the League Cup final in midweek, the English champions are in contention for a clean sweep of trophies as they challenge Liverpool in the Premier League and face Schalke in the last 16 of the Champions League.The defeat left Burnley to concentrate on their bid for survival in the top flight.Guardiola named a strong side with just four changes from last weekend's Premier League win at Huddersfield.Gabriel Jesus continued his hot streak with a fine individual run and powerful finish past Nick Pope to open the scoring with his eighth goal in five games.Burnley wasted a great chance to level when Matej Vydra fired wide with just Ederson to beat and … [Read more...] about Football: Man City continue quadruple quest, Wolves fightback avoids shock
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Lowering the boom on era of NFL nicknames
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By Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times Sun., Oct. 7, 2018 SEATTLE—The Legion of Boom is over, and that’s a shame. Not because the Seattle Seahawks no longer have a dominating secondary. Those come and go. But because Legion of Boom was the last true vestige of a bygone era, when virtually every NFL team had at least one position group with a cartoonish nickname. (Maybe there are a few others sprinkled throughout the league, but none with Seattle’s renown.) It used to be that players had colourful nicknames, too. And even memorable plays. The Fearsome Foursome. The Steel Curtain. The Orange Crush. The Purple People Eaters. The Smurfs. The Hogs. Article Continued Below The Fridge. The Bus. The Ghost. The Catch. The Drive. The Fumble. The Holy Roller. The Sea of Hands. The Music City Miracle. As for the Legion of Boom, that evaporated into the evening air last Sunday when the last member, Seahawks safety Earl Thomas, was carted off with a broken leg. He … [Read more...] about Lowering the boom on era of NFL nicknames
Top 11 waiver-wire pickups for Week 2 in your fantasy football league
Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books. After a thrilling Sunday that included a shocking upset, a thrilling comeback, and the Browns being the Browns, all 32 teams will regroup and prepare to get into the swing of weekly football. Similarly, fantasy football players around the world are taking a good look at their rosters to see who is expendable, and which free agents need to be snagged off the waiver wire. While it’s easy to overreact to whatever happened in Week 1, it’s also likely the best chance fantasy owners have to make a game-changing move on the wire to fill a hole in their lineup. Below we’ve collected 11 potential waiver-wire targets for fantasy players looking to bolster their rosters. Whether your team is in need of a backup quarterback, a bye-week fill in for later in the year, or a potential breakout player after a less than stellar draft, there are options at every position to help you put yourself in position to win your league. … [Read more...] about Top 11 waiver-wire pickups for Week 2 in your fantasy football league
In sports, the biggest wins can come off the field
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By Royson James Star Columnist Sun., Sept. 9, 2018 Sometimes I’m ashamed of myself. Grade school Royson once openly rooted for the boxer Sonny Liston to shut up the caustic Cassius Clay. And when Clay did what he predicted, whipped Liston and then changed his name to Muhammad Ali, and adopted the teachings of the Nation of Islam and the Black Muslims, I sided with the fools who refused to respect his choice. Clay was a perfectly good, respected, Jamaican-type name, I must have thought. Muhammad? Ali? What’s up with that? Black. Muslim? Fortunately, children are resilient. Entrenched self-hatred can be undone. Centuries of Eurocentric indoctrination can be unlearned, if not erased. We can emancipate ourselves from a system that leaves a child, obviously Black, three or four generations removed from West Africa, embracing everything but his ancestral culture. I remember my awakening, in 1964. The heavyweight champion who predicted the round he would … [Read more...] about In sports, the biggest wins can come off the field
Buffalo Wild Wings has created a fantasy football game, and it reveals a previously impossible shift for the chain
caption Buffalo Wild Wings is investing in fantasy football. source Hollis Johnson Buffalo Wild Wings is partnering with DraftKings to create a fantasy football game that customers can play on the chain’s app. The chain’s investment in fantasy sports reveals Buffalo Wild Wings’ interest in entering the sports gambling business following the end of a federal ban on sports betting. Earlier this year, the CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings’ parent company told Business Insider that he was aiming to figure out a “21st-century incarnation of what made it so successful during particularly the early 2000s,” in an effort to turn around the chain. Buffalo Wild Wings’ latest plan to get customers in the door reveals a shift in strategy for the chain. On Wednesday, the chain announced it is partnering with fantasy sports-website DraftKings to create a fantasy football game called “Blazin’ Fantasy … [Read more...] about Buffalo Wild Wings has created a fantasy football game, and it reveals a previously impossible shift for the chain