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Denmark's Christian Eriksen to be released after collapsing in friendly
Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen is improving and could be released from the hospital "soon" after collapsing on the field Sunday during a friendly against Ukraine.,In the 65th minute, Eriksen reached for his chest before falling to the ground in the latest on-field scare for the 34-year-old.,"I ...
Christian Eriksen collapses; Denmark-Ukraine friendly called
Denmark's friendly with Ukraine was called Sunday, when Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field.,In the 65th minute, Eriksen, 34, reached for his chest area before falling to the ground. The game was called a short time after that.,Eriksen was able to reach an ambulance on his fee...
US storms back, cruises to 6-3 win over Denmark
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist for the United State in a 6-3 victory against Denmark in their second preliminary-round game at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday.,The U.S. beat Latvia 5-1 in their tournament opener on Thursday.,Matt Boldy, Brady Tkachuk, Noah Hanifin, Jake Guentzel,...
Norway's Solveig Lovseth rallies for 1st Ironman World Championship title
Norway's Solveig Lovseth made the most of her first Ironman World Championship race, rallying from behind to win her first world title in Saturday's race in Kona, Hawaii.,Lovseth, 26, finished with a time of 8:28:27, coming from behind to beat Kat Matthews from the United Kingdom by 35 seconds. Matt...
Wimbledon board member: 'Zero appetite' to expand to 15 days
While three of the four Grand Slam tennis events are operating with the belief that bigger is better in terms of scheduling, Wimbledon won't be adding a 15th day.,All England Lawn Tennis Club board member Tim Henman, a four-time Wimbledon semifinalist, said the grass-court major has "zero appetite" ...
Pirates acquire IF/OF Enmanuel Valdez from Red Sox
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder/outfielder Enmanuel Valdez from the Boston Red Sox on Sunday for minor league pitching prospect Joe Vogatsky. ,Valdez, 25, batted .214 with six homers and 28 RBIs in 76 games last season with the Red Sox. ,He also showed his versatility with Boston by making...
BLAST Premier: Fall Final gets started in Copenhagen
Natus Vincere and Team Vitality recorded sweeps in their opening group-stage matches Wednesday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 competition in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Eight teams are battling in this week's $425,000 Counter-Strike 2 tournament, with the winner earning $200,000 and advancing to the...
Denmark's Mikkel Hansen retires a winner with handball gold
LILLE, France -- Denmark clinched its second men's Olympic handball gold medal, defeating Germany 39-26 in the final as one of the sport's greatest -- left back Mikkel Hansen -- retired on a high Sunday.,It was Denmark's second title in the event in the past three Games, having played in all three f...
G2, Spirit, Vitality and Liquid win grand finals at BLAST Fall Groups
G2 Esports, Team Spirit, Team Vitality and Team Liquid won their respective group finals on Saturday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,G2 was the only team to pull off a sweep, defeating Ninjas in Pajamas 2-0 to take the Group C final. In the Group A grand final, S...
Group grand finals set at BLAST Fall Groups
Complexity Gaming, Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Natus Vincere won the lower-bracket finals in their respective groups on Friday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Complexity swept HEROIC in Group A, winning 13-5 on Anubis and 13-11 on Ancient, and will face Team ...
F Andres Jasson departs NYCFC for Danish club
New York City FC announced Friday that homegrown forward Andres Jasson has departed to join Denmark's Aalborg BK.,Jasson, 22, tallied three goals and three assists in 59 MLS matches (21 starts) for NYCFC from 2020-24.,He appeared in only three matches (two starts) this season, most recently as a lat...
Should Broncos fans, or anyone, have faith in Denver’s front office anymore?
Nathaniel Hackett is who we thought he was, and the last time head coach Sean Payton won a ring the sports world was still a month away from being introduced to Brad Stevens and the Butler Bulldogs. Putting the Denver Broncos’ mistakes all on Russell Wilson’s shoulders is a cowardly move....
The Avalanche have gone full Freddie Four Fingers
The NHL trade deadline has gotten into high gear a couple days before Friday afternoon’s deadline, so let’s roll through the highlights of what’s already gone down....
Nick Saban retired, so why is he acting like he was forced out?
For those of us who hoped Nick Saban retiring would be the end of Nick Saban, this idle/jilted version of him might be even more insufferable. In an ESPN story about how Alabama pivoted from Saban to Kalen Deboer in 49 hours, the seven-time title winner revealed that “player attitudes” and the NIL e...
15 NBA players we wish competed in the Slam Dunk Contest
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is on life support. The G-League’s Mac McClung has won the contest for a second year in a row. Despite Boston’s Jaylen Brown attempting to bring stars back to the iconic event, his dunks were relatively unimpressive. ...
Which NFL players received the franchise tag from their teams?
With free agency around the corner, the NFL is currently engaged in its age-old tradition of taking some of the best names off the market. The franchise tag period allows teams to hold onto premier players just a bit longer, extending the negotiation window for a long-term deal while still maintaini...
The Penguins lasted longer than they were supposed to
In the salary-cap era of the NHL, no team gets to go out on their shield, really. The Datsyuk-and-Zetterberg era of the Wings fled to the Eastern Conference, took a couple first-round beatdowns, and then slipped into the playoff-less ooze that the organization only might just be emerging from. Ovech...
Dejounte Murray hurt an NBA ref's delicate feelings; wound up with a T
Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray found out the hard way Saturday night about getting on an official’s bad side. During Atlanta’s 114-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Murray was given a technical foul during a timeout while sitting on the sideline. Apparently, NBA referees have resorted to handing o...
We present to you February 2024's Idiots of the Month
Welcome to the first edition of Idiots of the Month for 2024 (we may have been overwhelmed with idiocy in January, and declined to choose five from the nominees — or we may have been distracted by the Super Bowl). Luckily for us, February brought us a fresh, new crop of idiots, and one idiot who is ...
LeBron James is 'on that new juice' according to Kevin Garnett
Could Bronny James score a bucket against his father, LeBron? Kevin Garnett certainly doesn’t think so....