Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he needs to embark on a culture transformation at Manchester United because the club is not geared for success. The British billionaire’s 27.7% minority shareholding purchase was completed on Tuesday and he has set about making key appointments as part of a restructure.
Omar Berrada will join as chief executive in the summer from Manchester City and talks continue to bring the Newcastle sporting director, Dan Ashworth, and Southampton’s director of football, Jason Wilcox, into senior roles. A deputy chief executive is also wanted as Ratcliffe aims to make “world-class” appointments to help facilitate change on the pitch.
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Every NFL season, players emerge that few people forecasted during the summer.It's a physical game, and injuries create opportunities—hello, Brock Purdy—and players need to take advantage when their chance comes.Other times, a player getting a larger role breaks out. Or perhaps it's a player finally living up to previous billing.A number of players are certain to break out this season, and here are 10 to keep an eye on:QB Will Levis, TitansThere will be no waiting in the wings this time. After replacing Ryan Tannehill last season, Levis passed for 1,808 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions. While his completion percentage was low (58.4 percent), he displayed big-time competitiveness. The Titans astutely got him with the first pick of the second round last season.QB…
It’s the first week of September, you know what that means! It’s time for AEW’s biggest show, All Out. Not only is it the biggest show they’ve ever run, or their most important, but it has a real chance to shift the wrestling world in a way we haven’t seen in a couple decades. AEW could very well be on the same plane as WWE, or adjacent to it, come the end of this show. So let’s not waste any time, Bryan. Let’s kick this pig! Women’s Casino Battle Royale credits: AEW Fels: Well, for one, with the rumors buzzing that AEW is going to bump up some of its debuts due to worries that future shows could be altered thanks to COVID and unvaccinated dummards, there’s every chance that Ruby Soho (FKA Ruby Riott) makes her first appearance here. AEW unveiling perhaps their biggest…
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap Some people were too busy watching baseball to care about that lousty NCAA Championship. Did Chapel Hill residents even muster enough energy to celebrate or were they already finished that halfway through the first half? Buenos dias. Creado y reado. Juanas Adicion. …
You know a roast/fundraiser is going to rule when one of the roasters is relegated to video-conferencing in because of a broken hip, like Jud Heathcote did last night for a Bobby Knight roast in Hammond, Ind. He said most people don't like Knight when they meet him. "But after they get to know him, they hate him." Oh snap. The roast, held to benefit Chicago's St. Joseph High School, featured such noted jokemeisters as Digger Phelps, Isiah Thomas and Jay Bilas. For one night, no one was debating Indiana's decision to fire him 10 years ago. This was a night of unity involving one of the most polarizing figures in the state and the game, one dominated by laughter and praise, and Knight wasn't discussing his former employer. Asked afterward about recent ef…
On Thursday, Sammy Watkins asked for the ball. It’s now Sunday, and the Bills have the beginnings of the dumbest quarterback controversy in the league. Here’s Watkins on Thursday, saying a perfectly normal thing for a receiver to say: “I need the ball at least 10 times — I need 10 targets — and l’ll be fine with however many yards I get,” Watkins told the newspaper. “And that’s what I addressed in talking with my agent. We reached out to a couple people and tried to pull some string like, ‘Hey, I need my targets. You came up to draft me and I’m not getting targets — that’s a problem.’ “’You’re making me look bad, and you’re making yourself look bad. Why not make both of us look good?’” The reaction was… predictable: The next day, Rex Rya…
A few months ago, we compiled a Fantasy Football Almanac of results from 1970 to 2011. Now we're ready to update the almanac for the 2012 season, with awards for the best players and some new data as well. Take a look, then add your comments, analyses, quibbles, and rants in the discussion below. No fantasy scoring system is more valid than any other, but we used the following, from Pro Football Reference's fantasy stats page: 1 point per 25 yards passing, 1 point per 10 yards rushing/receiving, 6 points per touchdown, and -2 points per interception. The raw stats are also based on PFR's numbers. PFR and Chase Stuart of Football Perspective provided us with some extra stats for this edition, for which we're very grateful. For records from 1970 to 2002, check out …
We’ve illustrated Kirk Cousins’s legendary competitiveness a few times, but the Washington QB may have taken it a bit far today at a charity flag football game when he got very angry and shoved a volunteer official. A witness who was on the field at the time reports Cousins went apoplectic about the umpire not being able to quickly spot the ball for his team’s attempt at a game-winning touchdown. That umpire—who we’re told is a lawn service superintendent—wagged his finger at Cousins, who we’re told was “super pissed” about the delay in spotting the football. A witness who was on the field at the time insists Cousins was legitimately mad and not just playing it up for show. Here’s another angle: YOU LIKE THAT!? The game, hosted by a celebrity fitness website, rai…
data-mm-id=”_t0cwc5962″>Derrick Rose was changing quietly in the Pistons locker room after a game in which he did not play. The attention was on 23-year-old Luke Kennard, who scored 29 points during the 112-106 loss to the Pacers. At that specific moment, one would be hard-pressed to realize that Rose was once an NBA MVP, a perennial All-Star, and has a near $200 million endorsement deal with Adidas. However, that's just who Rose has always been even at his peak; humble, reserved, and real. After starting the season averaging an impressive 20.8 points and 6.3 assists per game, he has missed the last four games with a hamstring injury. Something that does not appear to be any cause for concern, according to Rose, who could be seen getting up shots up before the game."I feel go…
data-mm-id=”_lhu288wzi”>INDIANAPOLIS– At UCLA, Lonzo Ball played with a unique flair and swagger to his game that landed him the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-6 point guard averaged 14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game while playing in all 36 of the Bruins' games. However, since coming into the NBA, he has not been gifted the same bill of health.In his first two seasons in the NBA with the Lakers, he missed a combined 65 games. This season, he came into training camp fully healthy after a slow recovery period during the offseason. Now he has played in 45-of-53 games and looks to be on track to play a career-high in games. Even more recently, he's played 37 minutes or more minutes in three of the last four games and averaged 11.3 points, 8…