Fabian Hürzeler is expected to rotate for Brighton’s trip to Jablonec, with Pascal Struijk and Femi Azeez missing and Georginio Rutter in line to lead the attack. Brighton are third in the Premier League and beat Kauno Žalgiris 4-0 on matchday one, with Rutter scoring twice. This is the first of five successive away games…
Barcelona reportedly want UEFA to take action against Paris Saint-Germain over a huge banner displayed by their fans at of the Champions League match between the two teams. The Vanguardia paper and EFE news agency on Wednesday cited club officials as saying they plan to report the banner to the delegate from Europe’s governing body…
Exeter City manager Matt Taylor hailed his resurgent side after they inflicted a first league defeat of the season on Crewe Alexandra. The Grecians beat the third-placed Railwaymen 2-0 at St James Park to extend their unbeaten run to four League Two games. Advertisement Having won just one of their first eight games, Exeter were…
Entering Week 7, we’re about only one-third of the way through the regular season. So what good is a playoff lookahead this early, especially one where last season’s champs (Seahawks) and this season’s favorites (Rams) are not included? You might be surprised. Advertisement On the one hand, if we look at the Week 6 standings…
Duke fans were understandably dazzled by the precocious and highly athletic play of freshman Deron Rippey, as he led Duke to a dominant win over Tennessee. You have to be mindful of the hype this early, but it’s inevitable that he’s going to get a lot of comparisons. We talked about his game having elements…
It feels like a matter of time before the Cincinnati Bengals let rookie Colbie Young get his big chance. Young was due for just that earlier this season while other wideouts were injured, only to suffer an injury of his own that’s held him out. Advertisement After encouraging signs before the bye week, Young sounds…
The World Series kicks off in two days. And some number of days after that, we will have debutant champion in Major League Baseball. Yes, for the first time since 1980, the World Series is being contested by two teams that have never won it before. So who are you rooting for? Advertisement This is…
The Tampa Bay Rays — the top team in the American League — has held its own to achieve the third pennant in franchise history, and their second this decade. The Milwaukee Brewers are back in the World Series for the first time since 1982, and they’re doing it as the National League’s best team….
“We love how much this edition of Strands challenges sports fans to think about the games they love in new ways,” said Oskar Garcia, an editorial director at The Athletic. “Yes, it’s about searching for words, but it also combines elements of trivia and logic to figure out exactly the right combination of terms to…
While the big news from the Tennessee Titans facility on Tuesday was the release of veteran defensive tackle Jordan Elliott after an undisclosed incident last week, the team made a couple of other small moves on its practice squad. The Titans brought back defensive back Erick Hallett, who was waived Saturday to make room for…
