Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER — It’s clear that Manchester City have established themselves within football’s elite since Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan began to transform the club in 2008, but Real Madrid occupy an even higher echelon in the game’s hierarchy, delivering a painful reminder by dethroning the European champions and ending Pep Guardiola’s
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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — As the countdown clock to the Paris Olympics passed the 100-day mark, the question of holding the opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large over the milestone celebrations on Wednesday. Organizers have planned a parade of about 10,500 athletes through the
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It shouldn’t matter what Bill Belichick’s interpersonal skills are (or aren’t). It shouldn’t matter that his New England team once got upset by Philadelphia in the Super Bowl. It shouldn’t matter how much the Patriots spiraled post Tom Brady. New England team owner Robert Kraft should spend the rest of his days expounding Belichick’s greatness.
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John Barr, ESPN.comApr 17, 2024, 03:19 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features The United States Justice Department has agreed to pay around 100 victims of disgraced former Team USA doctor Larry Nassar approximately
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USATSI The NCAA Division I Council has approved legislation to allow immediate eligibility for all multi-time transfers. The decision will go before the Division I Board to formally ratified on Monday.  The organization had previously approved a blanket waiver for one-time transfers but held firm in requiring second-time transfers to sit out a year in
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 16, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Transfer portal season has become the busiest two months of the college basketball calendar. Entire rosters fall apart and get rebuilt in mere weeks, with some teams needing to
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Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal between Manchester City and Real Madrid couldn’t be settled in regulation or two periods of extra time. So the past two Champions League victors settled things in a penalty shootout after playing to a 1-1 draw. There Real Madrid scored a 4-3 shootout victory to stun the reigning Champions League victors.
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Apr 17, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reported by Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler ON THE MORNING of Jan. 25, a few hours before the Atlanta Falcons named Raheem Morris to be their next head coach, Bill Belichick believed the job was his. The second-winningest head coach in NFL
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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will make his season debut Friday night at the Washington Nationals. Houston manager Joe Espada made the announcement Wednesday. “Getting him back is huge because it brings a level of confidence to our team, a boost of
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TORONTO — Bradley Hladik is almost reaching a goal that every kid who falls in love with football dreams of. The versatile UBC fullback/long snapper played the sport his entire life, competing with someone who is already living the dream in BC Lions linebacker Ben Hladik. Now the younger Hladik brother is trying to write
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