Southern Illinois Salukis (9-12, 4-6 MVC) at Valparaiso Beacons (10-11, 3-7 MVC) Valparaiso, Indiana; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Southern Illinois visits Valparaiso after Ali Abdou Dibba scored 26 points in Southern Illinois' 89-85 victory against the UIC Flames. The Beacons are 8-4 on their home court.
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Sandro Tonali sets the tone, Manchester City debutants have mixed fortunes and Brighton must find their edge
As a cure for the Sunday fear, the self-identifying worst Manchester United team in history’s trip to Craven Cottage was pot-boiling viewing. It will be some time until Ruben Amorim can stage high-end entertainment of a Wolf Hall standard but at least relegation is now unlikely to be the series conclusion. United fans were singing the manager’s name once Lisandro Martínez’s fortuitous winner span in. A fragile belief is growing. Such are the lenses on United any result is seen as a signifier, but beating Fulham is not a return of the glory days. The last United manager to lose at Craven Cottage was Sir Alex Ferguson himself. Amorim should take heart from a more solid defensive performance, Harry Maguire the organising heart of the trio, Martínez aggressive and provocative alongside him, looking closer to be the player he promised to be two seasons ago. Toby Collyer’s late clearance off the line completed a much more positive week than last. John Brewin
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Third time’s the charm.
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Could Brandon Graham actually return for Super Bowl LIX?
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There was Zack Baun on Sunday night, in the Eagles’ locker room, wearing his gray NFC Champions t-shirt and posing with the George Halas Trophy as he gets ready to lead the Eagles’ No. 1 defense to the Super Bowl after an All-Pro and Defensive Player of the Year-caliber season. When the Eagles signed Baun in the offseason to a one-year deal, most thought he’d be a situational pass rusher, a special teamer.
‘We’ve had this feeling before’ — Eagles even hungrier for a Super Bowl win
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Khawaja doubles down on ‘bare minimum’ retirement timeline — but acknowledges Test team reality
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Windies pull off ‘remarkable’ Test comeback to force Pakistan stalemate in 35-year first
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Championship reactions: How Bills can break the curse, early Super Bowl predictions | Inside Coverage
In this Championship Weekend edition of Inside Coverage, Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab dive into the intense battles between the NFL's final four.
How did Jalen Hurts and the Eagles pile up 55 points en route to a Super Bowl return? It all began with mental warfare.
It was impossible not to notice that even as the Hurts-Nick Sirianni tension from last season simmers more calmly, the two nonetheless continue to tell different stories about their partnership.
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Twenty-five years on from Italy’s big entrance, the Six Nations’ pizazz never fades
In February 2000, the newcomers surprised Scotland and a quarter-century of highlights remind us of the tournament’s enduring power
It is more than 140 years since England beat Wales in the very first match of the old Home Nations championship, 2-0 at St Helen’s in Swansea in 1883, and there is an old man in the back bar of the Kings Head who will tell you that the English winger’s foot was in touch when he scored the winner.
Even the modern-day championship’s getting on. The Six Nations is 25 this year. The tournament brought in Italy and they marked the occasion by beating Scotland 34-20 in their first game. Diego Domínguez, their little wizard of a fly-half, kicked three drop goals and 29 points in total, and Scotland have not had a relaxed flight out to Rome since.
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