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Wrexham FC's Ryan Reynolds, star investors buy new project: Colombian side La Equidad
Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Eva Longoria are the lead investors in a star-studded group buying Colombian side La Equidad in a purchase the mimics some elements of the celebrity ownership success story with English football club Wrexham. ,The Hollywood power figures are joined in the purchase a...
Yanic Konan Niederhauser fuels Penn State past Drexel
Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 18 points to guide visiting Penn State to a 75-64 win over Drexel in a Saturday matinee from Philadelphia. ,Konan Niederhauser also had six rebounds and three blocks, while Ace Baldwin Jr. chipped in 15 points and six assists for the Nittany Lions (10-2). ,Nick Kern a...
High-scoring Penn State rolls into Philly to face Drexel
Penn State takes its high-octane offense on the road Saturday when it visits Drexel in Philadelphia.,The Nittany Lions (9-2) rank in the top 10 nationally in points per game (89.6), field-goal percentage (51.6), steals (10.5) and assists (19.3). The program's best 11-game start since 2019-20 is led ...
Wrexham M George Evans expected to miss extended time
Wrexham midfielder George Evans is expected to miss an extended period after suffering ligament damage in his ankle during Tuesday's 1-0 loss to Stevenage.,Evans left the pitch shortly before halftime and did not return for the second half. He is now looking at being sidelined for a "lengthy spell,"...
Wrexham sign Tom O’Connor to 3-year deal
Wrexham AFC have signed Tom O'Connor to a new three-year contract that will keep the midfielder with the Red Dragons through the 2026-27 season.,O'Connor, 25, has made 80 appearances for Wrexham over the past two seasons, including 32 appearances last season as the Dragons earned their second consec...
Wrexham sign Steven Fletcher to new contract
Wrexham AFC announced that Steve Fletcher has signed a new contract that will keep the former Scotland international with the club for the 2024-25 season.,Fletcher, 37, joined Wrexham as a free agent in September and went on to score eight goals in 34 matches as the club earned promotion to League O...
You probably forgot these NFL players were on these teams
The NFL is pretty good at keeping home-grown stars at home, but even some of the most iconic players end up with teams other than the ones they made their careers with. Even players with two iconic runs have a weird bump in the road every now and then. We all know the Tom Brady stint with the Tampa ...
Rex Ryan to Dallas would be either the greatest or worst move of all time
Now that Dan Quinn is in Washington, the Dallas Cowboys have an important opening to fill at defensive coordinator. There are a few qualified candidates out there without an NFL gig, but one of the most intriguing (for many reasons) is current ESPN analyst, Rex Ryan. After several years on televisio...
The last year each NFL team reached the Super Bowl
The San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will once again square off in the Super Bowl. The Chiefs — who won the previous meeting, 31-20 — are in their third Super Bowl in four years. ...
Bill Belichick tried to eff around without a first-class Tom Brady clone and found out
From the beginning, Bill Belichick flaunted the egalitarian team culture he sought to establish in New England. Before they took the field for Super Bowl XXXVI, the St. Louis Rams’ Show on Turf offensive starters followed tradition by exiting the dimly lit tunnel one by one by one into the spotlight...
In honor of the Magic retiring Shaq's number, here is every NBA team's retired jersey numbers
With the announcement that the Orlando Magic will retire Shaquille O’Neal’s jersey, the NBA has finally done it! All 30 teams have officially retired a jersey number for a specific player (Yes, before Shaq, the Magic’s only jersey retired was No. 6 for “The Sixth Man,” a.k.a the fans)....
Aaron Rodgers, who played 4 snaps, somehow voted team's Most Inspirational Player
New York Jets players voted to give the team’s Most Inspirational Player Award — named after Dennis Byrd, the defensive end who was paralyzed during a 1992 game and had to relearn how to walk — to Aaron Rodgers, the guy who tore his Achilles four snaps into Gang Green’s opener and vowed to return bu...
Today’s NFL is mediocre, Tom Brady? How about the AFC East throughout your career?
Finally, someone out there has the guts to stand up to Tom Brady. Yes he has six championship rings and is the only player in NFL history to reach 600 career touchdown passes. However, that doesn’t make him infallible. After all, his 2007 New England Patriots did pull a 2015-16 Golden State Warriors...
Curses are real. Just ask these NFL teams
Superstition in sports has been around for ages and has only gotten worse....
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are still the heroes in <i>Welcome to Wrexham</i>, even when they’re the villains
The problem with Wrexham becoming such a story within the soccer world, thanks to the efforts of Ryan Reynolds, and Rob McElhenney making them so, is that the suspense is kind of removed from Season 2 of Welcome To Wrexham. We know how this one ends. Wrexham win the National League, and get promoted...
Enjoy Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney before reality comes for Wrexham
The main reason Ted Lasso should call it a series is because every run comes to an end; players age, rosters get turned over, and somebody ends up being the bad guy. The show was so averse to conflict that its most compelling heel turn was retconned almost immediately in order to avoid any ambiguity...
Is Sam Howell the next great Tank Commander or Kirk Cousins redux?
Renewed hope for the Washington Commanders is on the menu in 2023. New ownership will have an opportunity to leave their imprint on the organization eventually. But for now, the direction of the Commies 2023 season rests in the relatively small hands of its anointed Tank Commander Sam Howell. Tank c...
Adam Schefter basically says to avoid <i>Hard Knocks</i> this season
Breakout the B-roll of lawnmowers and field painters, it’s almost time for HBO’s Hard Knocks. One of HBO’s crown jewels since the turn of the millennium will feature the New York Jets for the second time. When Rex Ryan’s team was featured for a month on the small screen 13 years ago, it was some of ...
The Charlotte Hornets are where the 2023 NBA Draft begins
Many of the franchise-altering garden of forking path moments in NBA history began with contentious debates over the No.1 pick. In the rare situation where a phenom takes the reins, the second pick becomes the 2023 NBA Draft’s initial pivot point. A month ago, the Charlotte Hornets were left crestfa...
What does the NHL have to gain by readmitting Joel Quenneville to the league?
It wasn’t hard to imagine the NHL getting back to this point. There are a couple teams in big markets — i.e. New York and Toronto — that have fallen under the dreaded canopy of “need to learn how to win in the playoffs.” There’s a feeling out there that these teams’ stars lack some sort of killer in...