The postseason is only a few weeks away, and the Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to become the first NFL team to win three consecutive Super Bowls. After this journey, they will likely lose a member of their coaching staff on defense.
Sports Illustrated Licensee Renames Red Bulls’ MLS Stadium
Sports Illustrated owner Authentic has facilitated a 13-year naming rights agreement that will rebrand the New York Red Bulls’ home into Sports Illustrated Stadium, as the licensing company leverages the brand’s recognition beyond print and online publishing. The contract values the rights for the Harrison, N.J., venue in the nine figures (more than $100 million), …
Column: Even a 2-year-old knows the challenge facing De La Salle against unbeaten Mater Dei
De La Salle coach Justin Alumbaugh & friends will try to figure a way to compete with unbeaten Mater Dei in the CIF Open Division state title game.
The GM boogeyman: another level of accountability for college coaches
Follow the money and make it work: colleges hiring general managers as an extra layer of financial oversight in booming football business.
College football’s 5 most underpaid assistant coaches outperformed expectations
While some of their teams are in the College Football Playoff thanks to million-dollar performances, some assistant coaches still make six figures.
5 most overpaid assistant coaches in college football: Where does LSU’s Blake Baker rank?
LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker is on the list. So is Ohio State's Chip Kelly. Where they rank among overpaid assistants in college football:
College football goes pro: Behind the ‘mad scramble’ to hire NFL-style GMs, front offices
The latest movement in the professionalization of collegiate sports is the addition of a football general manager to oversee growing budgets.
How skyrocketing salaries help draw sitting head coaches to Power Four
Shifting dynamics have changed the calculus for college football coaches as they attempt to climb the ranks.
Why Georgia badly needs Kirby Smart to be wrong on Gunner Stockton, Carson Beck
Georgia coach Kirby Smart insisted Carson Beck was his best quarterback. With Beck injured, the Bulldogs need Gunner Stockton to prove Smart wrong.
Connor making his mark at international level
Ben Connor’s career continues to flourish after being given the honour of refereeing the HSBC SVNS title decider in Cape Town in the second round of the global series on Sunday. In just his second event following his debut in Dubai a week earlier, the young Welsh referee impressed the adjudicators to earn his spot […]
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No Cross wires as Dewi rips it up in SRC
There is a familair ring to the try scoring charts in Super Rygbi Cymru with Cardiff winger Dewi Cross now installed at the top of the pile. The former Bridgend flier has been a regular contender near the top of the charts in recent years. It’s true, it has taken him longer to reach the […]
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Searches continue for Tom Voyce as tributes paid to former England player
Rescuers gathered at first light to scour banks of river from ford between Bolton and Abberwick to sea at Alnmouth
Searches are continuing for the missing former England wing Tom Voyce, who is believed to have died while driving across a flood-swollen river during Storm Darragh. The 43-year-old’s car has been recovered from the River Aln, near Alnwick, Northumberland, which he had been trying to cross using a ford.
Searchers gathered from first light on Wednesday and will scour the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.
Continue reading...Both of Australia’s recent Gabba Test losses have come in January with a move back to December key
The pros and cons of a pre-Christmas Test in Brisbane will be played out this week, with poor weather forcing Australia to train indoors but expectations of a “fresher” Gabba pitch set to hand Pat Cummins’ bowling crew the ideal setting to hit India hard from Saturday.
Oil gives you wings: PSG, Red Bull Salzburg and a bad advert for football
Luis Enrique’s side can be quietly hopeful of Champions League progress after deathly meeting of pop-up teams
It has often been said that the point of art is to ask the essential questions. Why does this thing exist? Why is this process happening? And is there any way of making it stop? In this context Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-0 defeat of Salzburg at the Red Bull Arena on Champions League match-day six was undeniably a work of art.
At the end of a fretful but still relentlessly soporific game, 90 minutes of Diazepam-ball dotted with moments of quality, PSG had upgraded their hopes of progressing to the next phase from dicey to quietly hopeful.
Continue reading...Deebo Samuel admits he’s “a little frustrated” after deleting social media post
Samuel took down a post about not getting the ball, but said he talked to Kyle Shanahan about his touches.