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The Denver Nuggets have owned the Los Angeles Lakers since the beginning of 2023. In that time, they have played eight regular-season games and the Nuggets have won all eight of them. They’ve played nine playoff games and the Nuggets have also won eight of those. Yet when discussing the second of those series, a first-round victory this spring, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made a somewhat startling admission on The Draymond Green Show. “We felt the Lakers should have beat us,” the now-former Nugget said.The series went only five games, but the Lakers led all five games at halftime. Two of them…
Gabriel’s north London derby winner for Arsenal caused Ian Wright to celebrate wildly in front of Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle.The centre-back headed in for the Gunners with 64 minutes on the clock to beat Spurs 1-0 away from home on Sunday.5Gabriel’s goal was enough for Arsenal to beat SpursCredit: GettyArsenal had the lesser share of the possession but took their chance against their bitter rivals and establish their rivalry dominance.Former Gunners striker Wright scored four north London derby goals against Spurs during his career, so certainly knows what it means to win their battles.And in their latest matchup, Gabriel’s goal…
Rasmus Højgaard holed out twice as he pipped local favourite Rory McIlroy to win the Irish Open at Royal County Down. McIlroy looked on course to claim his first professional win on home soil when he led by two shots with four holes to play at a venue just an hour from where he grew up. However Højgaard had other ideas, as he completed a superb closing 65 with four birdies in the last five holes. McIlroy had taken a one-shot lead into the final round and made the ideal start with birdies on the first and second. With playing…
Jadon Sancho could be handed a shock new role for Manchester United at the start of the Premier League season.Sancho started for the Red Devils in their 3-0 pre-season friendly defeat to Liverpool in their final match on their US tour.2Sancho could start the season as a false nineCredit: GettyThe winger held clear the air talks with Erik ten Hag this summer following a highly-publicised fallout.Sancho has not played a competitive match for United since last year after he accused Ten Hag of lying over the reason for his absence from the squad that faced Arsenal last September.He went out…
Bukayo Saka curled a corner over, Gabriel headed in, 1-0 to the Arsenal. One more reminder of Mikel Arteta’s clever game-plans and one more well-deserved bonus for Nicolas Jover, their set-piece coach.6The winner looked simple in its conception, but the move was constructed by one of the best in the businessCredit: GettyThis north London derby was decided in a three-second blur of movement. But it was so well planned, so well executed and shows why Arsenal have become such a savvy, successful force under Arteta. It’s the appliance of science. Missing Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard, Arteta adopted a more pragmatic approach.…
The Denver Broncos are paying Russell Wilson over $35 million to stay as far away from their football team as possible. It was a bold choice by Denver to part ways with Wilson given the money involved, but they did just that in hopes of a fresh start. Wilson has since signed in Pittsburgh, where he will be the Week 1 starter playing on what’s essentially the veteran minimum for his position.However, it’s not so simple for Wilson. He suffered a calf injury early in training camp and had to miss the team’s first preseason game as a result. Meanwhile,…
Jack Draper furiously smashed his racket before losing his Davis Cup clash against Felix Auger-Aliassime.The US Open semi-finalist was beaten 6-7 5-7 by the Canadian to deal even more misery to Great Britain in the competition.3Draper didn’t hide his anger after losing the first setCredit: GettyDraper first faced Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina in Group D on Friday but also fell to a 6-7 5-7 defeat on home soil.Sunday’s match against Auger-Aliassime presented him with a chance of redemption at the Manchester Arena.However, he lost in straight sets again and at the end of the first set, his frustrations were clear…
A’ja Wilson’s milestone week in Indianapolis continued Thursday with a casual outing with a rumored love interest. Shortly after making league history Wednesday by scoring the most points in a single WNBA season, the star Las Vegas Aces center stepped out with the Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo, whom she’s been linked to since the summer. The twosome was seen walking together in new photos published Sunday by TMZ, which reported Wilson, 28, and Adebayo, 27, “were among a group of people on a stroll down Market Street.” A’ja Wilson (22) handles the ball against the Fever on Sept. 11, 2024.…
Top Tipster and Broadcaster, Ed ‘Longshot Ted’ Quigley is back and serves up his best bets for the action this week..Ted’s picks for the week, August 6-8, 2024:Find the following picks for the races of the week, August 6-8. Play on the races with our best expert-rated horse racing betting sites:Tuesday – Ffos Las 4.15 – Spirit Of The Rose – bet with talkSPORT BETWednesday – Brighton 2.25 – Wrestling Revenue – bet with BetMGMThursday – Yarmouth 4.45 – Beat The Clock – bet with SpreadexTuesday – Ffos Las 4.15 – Spirit Of The RoseSPIRIT OF THE ROSE has been a bit of…
Mads Pedersen went on the attack several times with Mathieu van der Poel and other adventurers during the European Championships but could not break the grip of Italy and Belgium on the race and so stop the race ending in a sprint. Pedersen and his Danish teammates were named in the Cyclingnews race report numerous times. Even when a sprint seemed inevitable, Kapser Asgreen and Søren Kragh Andersen made late solo attacks. Pedersen even tried in the hectic sprint finish, finishing sixth behind winner and new European Champion Tim Merleir of Belgium “I think we can be proud of the way we…