Harrison Barnes had his own bit of anguish from that Warriors’ series. He had a deep but open 3 in Game 4 at the buzzer that would’ve given the Kings a 3-1 lead and quite possibly changed the outcome of the series. He missed it. Does it gnaw at him? “No,” Barnes said. “You take it all in the flow. You have game-winning shots, shots you miss before that situation. You move forward. If anything, if you don’t shoot those shots, that’s where the problem is, if you start to overthink and doubt. For me, I just continue to prepare…
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNApr 19, 2023, 06:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.MIAMI — Miami Dolphins linebacker Jaelan Phillips is no stranger to the spotlight.The No. 3 high school recruit in the Class of 2017 and a first-round pick by the Dolphins in 2021 has been in a high-profile position long enough to understand the…
George Ford and Owen Farrell last started together in March 2021Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Date: Saturday, 7 October Kick-off: 16:45 BSTCoverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and appHead coach Steve Borthwick has reunited playmakers George Ford and Owen Farrell for England’s final Pool D match against Samoa in Lille on Saturday.Captain Farrell needs two more points to overtake Jonny Wilkinson as England’s record points scorer.England have already won the pool but will want a commanding performance as they prepare for the quarter-finals. Samoa have little chance of progressing with Argentina and…
It was no different for Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe ahead of the team’s first World Cup game, against Afghanistan in Dharamsala. Hathurusinghe, though, deftly deflected most of these questions, saying it was his job to keep the pressure off his team.When asked whether Bangladesh would be better off without Tamim facing up to Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hathurusinghe called it a “weird question”. When asked about Shakib’s scathing attack on Tamim, Hathurusinghe just smiled.Hathurusinghe himself had caused a stir last month when he said that people should “wake up” if they were dreaming about Bangladesh winning the World Cup. Speaking to Dhaka-based…
By Ben Sully @SullyBen Mainz 05 will attempt to end their wait for a first league win of the season when they face Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday. Gladbach After picking up two points from their opening five league games, Gladbach would have been relieved to claim their first win of the Bundesliga season against Bochum last weekend. Florian Neuhaus opened the scoring for Gladbach, before Alassane Pléa netted a brace to give his side a commanding three-goal lead at the break. Although Bochum pulled a goal back in the 68th minute, Gladbach held firm to claim their first league win…
Barcelona’s injury crisis deepened on Wednesday evening as Robert Lewandowski hobbled of the Estadio do Dragao pitch during the clash with Porto in the Champions League.The Barcelona forward was substituted after 34 minutes with an ankle injury, adding his name to a growing list of absentees in Catalonia. The likes of Frenkie de Jong, Pedri and Raphinha are all fitness doubts at present, with Xavi casting a nervous eye to El Clasico in a few weeks’ time.Lewandowski’s replacement Ferran Torres scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory in midweek, but there is no like-for-like replacement for the former Bayern…
Manchester United forward Jadon Sancho is eyeing a move away from Old Trafford this winter and could return to former club Borussia Dortmund, according to Sky Sports News. Sancho has been frozen out by Erik Ten Hag and is no closer to making up with the Dutch boss, so his future at Manchester United is in serious doubt. Sancho has appeared just three times in the Premier League for the Red Devils, who have lost six times in 10 matches in all competitions this season. Despite Antony’s short-lived exclusion and multiple injuries surrounding the first-team, the ex-Manchester City attacker has…
Dana White wants to up the ante for the UFC’s next Mexican Independence Day event. Following the critically acclaimed debut of U2’s concert series at The Sphere, the UFC CEO revealed he’s all in on taking a show to Las Vegas’ new $2.3 billion state-of-the-art venue. “It’s not [just] a, ‘check it out,’” White said Tuesday night in Las Vegas. “I’m sure you guys that are here in Vegas, everybody was buzzing about the U2 concert on Saturday. “They said it was incredible. The guys from MSG, whom I have a great relationship with the guys who own it, MSG…
(Photo: © John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports, USA TODAY Sports) 247Sports transfer rank: No. 47 overall, No. 5 tight end Prieskorn transferred from Memphis to Ole Miss after a breakout season in 2022, during which he caught 48 passes for 602 yards and seven touchdowns. He was widely recognized as one of the top overall tight ends in the country with a future in the NFL. However, through five games at Ole Miss, he has only managed four catches for 62 yards and no touchdowns. If Prieskorn had stayed at Memphis, he likely would have had more than 70 targets…
It’s time for the top team in the American League to take the field. The AL East champion Orioles (101-61) begin their playoff run in the American League Division Series against the Rangers (90-72) on Saturday. Game 1 in Baltimore is set for 1 p.m. ET on FS1. The Rangers are coming off a two-game sweep of the Rays in the Wild Card Series. Now they face the team that topped the Rays for the division crown. The Orioles and Rangers split their season series, 3-3, with the O’s taking two of three games in Texas in April and the…