It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2024 college football season, even when predicting what the first 12-team College Football Playoff field will look like — and how it will play out. Let’s give it a go. 1 of 23 No. 12 Tulane (American Athletic Conference champion/Group of Five) Matthew Hinton/USA TODAY Sports Tulane won 23 games over the last two seasons, but coach Willie Fritz is now at Houston. In comes former Green Waves assistant Jon Sumrall, who earned this gig after achieving Group of Five success at Troy. Now, Liberty could also slide into the…
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Nets Daily: Heard a fun fact this week from a league source. The Milwaukee Bucks owe a combined $30 million to Mike Budenholzer, Adrian Griffin and Doc Rivers, their two former head coaches and current head coach.Source: Twitter @NetsDaily What’s the buzz on Twitter? Ben Golliver @BenGolliver Story: Has the NBA’s scoring boom gotten out of hand? From All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, Adam Silver, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Doc Rivers ponder whether defense is dead and if rule changes are needed @washingtonpost @PostSports washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/02… – 7:26 PM Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi Doc Rivers was a part of arguably the greatest NBA…
Keiron Assiratti has started three internationals and made one replacement appearance for WalesVenue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin Date: Saturday, 24 February Kick-off: 14:15 GMTCoverage: Watch live on S4C; listen on BBC Radio Wales & Radio Cymru; text commentary and match report on BBC Sport website and appJust 12 months ago Cardiff prop Keiron Assiratti was wondering whether he had any future in rugby.Now the Wales tight-head finds himself an important player in Warren Gatland’s set-up going into the Six Nations trip to Ireland next Saturday.”It’s a big change,” said Assiratti.”This time 12 months ago, I didn’t know what I was doing…
Aaron Hardie has missed out on an opportunity to press his T20 World Cup case after being withdrawn from the New Zealand series with a minor calf issue as Australia’s revolving door of white-ball selections continues with Spencer Johnson called in at short notice.Hardie was not originally selected for the three-match series starting in Wellington on Wednesday but was called into the squad on Friday when Marcus Stoinis was ruled out with a back injury. He was playing in Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield game against Tasmania in Hobart and did not travel with the squad on Saturday.He was due to…
Who would’ve thought Chelsea could play such a big role in this season’s Premier League title race?The Blues have been well off the pace all season but continued their emerging form with a disciplined, passionate performance which led them to a 1-1 draw with Manchester City, who find themselves third in the standings behind Arsenal and leaders Liverpool.It could have been so different for City if the ever-reliable Erling Haaland buried an early header, but the Norway international somehow sent his effort well wide.Haaland fell off— 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘦™ (@TrademarkMase) February 17, 2024Colwill looked horrible, but it was against Haaland. So, you…
Liverpool and Arsenal are reportedly planning to go head-to-head with each other over a deal to sign RB Leipzig star Benjamin Sesko this summer, as per the German outlet Sport Bild. The Merseyside club will begin their life without Jurgen Klopp as their manager from next season as the German is set to step down from his position at the end of this campaign. It is likely that the Reds will make a few new signings in the upcoming transfer window to hand the new manager his desired options to achieve success next term. It seems Liverpool could attempt to…
UFC 300 is expected to deliver a loaded lineup for the promotion’s historic April event. Following one of the most chaotic years in recent memory, the UFC will bring UFC 300 to its home base of Las Vegas on April 13. UFC CEO Dana White has promised one of the most stacked, and perhaps, unpredictable lineups in company history. With four title fights already on the books for the first quarter of the year, including Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis for the middleweight title, and Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Raquel Pennington for the vacant women’s bantamweight title at UFC…
Details have been released regarding Steve Sarkisian’s new contract at Texas, and the head coach is getting some major perks as part of the deal.Sarkisian agreed to a four-year extension in January, but details were not released until Saturday ahead of its likely approval by the school’s board of regents. The coach will make $10.3 million in 2024, with the annual salary increasing by $100,000 annually over the course of the deal. The money will also be paid directly to Sarkisian’s LLC. More fun, however, are the details of the varied perks. As part of the agreement, Sarkisian will get…
Sabrina hitting the exact score that Dame won with, losing to Steph, and the immediate commentary being “welp, she should’ve shot from the women’s line 🤷♂️” pretty much sums up our experience if ya’ll are wondering 😂 — Brittni Donaldson (@brittni__d) February 18, 2024
England open their Six Nations campaign against Italy in Rome on Saturday Their pre-tournament training camp took them to Girona in sunny Spain It is the same training base as Girona, who currently top the LaLiga standings By Nik Simon for MailOnline Published: 04:22 EST, 31 January 2024 | Updated: 04:23 EST, 31 January 2024 Nestled between the Costa Brava coastline and the Pyrenees, it is easy to see why England’s rugby team followed Manchester City and Mexico to the five-star Camiral training base.It is the home of Girona FC, the surprise leaders in LaLiga, and Steve Borthwick will be hoping to share…