This week’s roundup also features an NFL match stopped because of crowd noise, Zinedine Zidane at Bordeaux and high school basketball brilliance1) Tarik Cohen sends the 49ers’ entire pack chasing after the wrong fire with this ridiculous punt return. Oh, and here he is catching a ball while doing a backflip. 2) Trailing 2-1 against Milan and having failed to win a point all season, up trots Benevento’s goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli in the 94th minute to score a stunning flying header to earn a 2-2 draw and join an exclusive club of five goalscoring Serie A keepers. Only 130 more to match Rogério Ceni, though, Alberto. Related: Football's most unlikely half-and-half scarves | The Knowledge Continue reading...
The former Denver quarterback helped mastermind his team’s Super Bowl 50 victory. But his inability to replace Peyton Manning has cost the team dearOn 20 March, Denver Broncos general manager John Elway wrote a letter on team stationery endorsing Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, for a seat on the highest court in the United States. “Neil is a big Denver Broncos fan, and I can tell you that I am a big fan of his,” the Hall of Fame quarterback wrote. That letter was released exactly two months to the the day that Elway attended Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC. But eight months after the inauguration and five months after endorsing Gorsuch, Elway released a statement that read: “Hopefully...
The grim carnage of Monday’s game puts a fine point on the NFL’s most inconvenient truth: that violence is an essential feature of the leagueThe body count included a pair of young men carted off on stretchers and still more knocked out with serious injuries. Some were a result of routine plays that embody football’s existential risks, others were the offspring of more sinister intentions. Who can say, as the medics rush the field before a hushed stadium or from the antiseptic fluorescent buzz of a hospital room, which brand of violence is more concerning? Does it even matter?One thing’s for certain: the grim tableau of carnage that was Monday night’s divisional grudge match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati...
A promising comeback at the Hero World Challenge has led to optimism but only after greater tests will we know if the former No1 is the real deal againPerhaps the smartest conclusion would be to avoid drawing any from the Hero World Challenge. A year ago, after equalling tournament winner Hideki Matsuyama for number of birdies over four rounds, Tiger Woods departed the tournament supposedly on the verge of a great renaissance.Woods spoke positively about the future, just as the wave of expectation surrounding him rose once more. By the start of February, Woods cut a stricken figure as he limped from the Dubai Desert Classic whilst unable to counteract back spasms beyond 18 holes. It would be easy to...
Seattle’s famous defense has been severely weakened but their victory over the Eagles showed they may be finding form at exactly the right timeLast week, with the Seattle Seahawks weakened by injuries and the NFL’s best team coming to town, Seahawks linebacker KJ Wright uttered the phrase that might ring through the final stages of this NFL season. “Don’t sleep on us, man,” he told The Seattle Times.Y’all still craving Pat Mahomes? pic.twitter.com/MpR2j3NAksMarcus Peters loses it. #chiefs pic.twitter.com/QOR7fCe11d Continue reading...