Lane KiffinPhoto: Getty ImagesCue up the world’s tiniest violin — Lane Kiffin had the latest anti-NIL take yesterday. He was up in arms at Ole Miss’ signing day press conference earlier today about Jimbo Fisher having the top incoming recruiting class, saying “We don’t have the funding resources as some schools with the NIL deals … Somehow, they’re going to have to control NIL. You’ve got these salary caps, giving players millions to sign before they play and other places not able to do that.”It gets more annoying every time we hear it. Schools throughout the country have wildly differing…
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Cheltenham Festival legend Jamie Codd will be a special guest on Friday’s Get In show on Sky Sports Racing to preview a huge weekend of action at the Dublin Racing Festival.Codd, whose 10 victories at the famous Cheltenham meeting in March make him the leading amateur rider of all time and have earned him the nickname ‘the Coddfather’, will join hosts Luke Harvey and Jason Weaver on Get In, on Sky Sports Racing from 5pm on Friday, February 4. The Irish star also has a well-earned reputation for his ability to pick out a winner, including famously giving viewers his…
Andrew Wiggins is starting the NBA-All Star Game, and there are a lot of angry people who are blaming a K-pop tweet. Wiggins probably isn’t one of the five best players in the Western conference this season. His success was pushed largely by his 3.45 million fan votes, which represent half of the selection criteria. Controversially, some of that fan vote was influenced by Warriors global ambassador and K-pop star BamBam tweeting in support of Wiggins. Each tweet and retweet is counted as a vote, and BamBam was re-tweeted 38,000 times. Now BamBam and his army of K-pop fans are…
Photo: Getty ImagesStaying in Europe, Cristiano Ronaldo’s career is also outstanding, winning seven league championships with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Italian giant Juventus combined with five Champions League titles, four in Madrid, one with Man U. Ronaldo would be my pick for the best modern equivalent to Brady, albeit, still not an airtight comparison. Even playing with elite talent his entire career, Ronaldo has always been the focal point of every major European team he’s been on, something Messi needed a few years to develop, while Ronaldo did so in his native Portugal.What makes up the difference for me…
Watch the video as Max Verstappen enjoys a winter show run on ice in Red Bull’s 2012 car; Verstappen enters 2022 F1 season as reigning champion, and using Number 1 on his car and helmet; Red Bull to launch new car on Wednesday, February 9 Last Updated: 03/02/22 5:22pm Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch as Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen takes part in an epic alpine show run on ice in the Red Bull RB8 car, with the Dutchman racing alongside ice speedway star Franky Zorn. Watch as Formula 1 world champion Max…
March Madness is only one month away. With that in mind, Sporting News unveils its first Field of 68 for the upcoming NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which begins March 15. This year’s Final Four is at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans from April 2-4. Each week, SN will update our tournament projections leading up to the Big Dance. DECOURCY: UCLA, Providence on rise in SN’s latest NCAA basketball power rankings Our first installment features Auburn, Gonzaga and Big 12 rivals Kansas and Baylor on the No. 1 seed line. The Jayhawks and Bears both lost in the SEC-Big 12…
Matt Stafford plays in L.A. now, in case you hadn’t heard.Image: Getty ImagesTo: DetroitFrom: Rob ParkerRe: Matthew StaffordShame on you, Detroit.It’s bad enough that one of the greatest sports towns in America is going through it.We get it. The Pistons are bad. The Lions were stinky this season. The Red Wings are a shell of their past Stanley Cup-winning selves. And the Tigers aren’t really close to winning that elusive World Series anytime soon.Still, this city shouldn’t lose its pride or self respect to hero-worship a player that didn’t produce in Motown. And worse, wanted out and gave up on…
Sky Sports Racing’s Alex Hammond puts off picking up the wrench and instead looks forward to Saturday feature action on the channel.More to come from Al ZaraqaanI’ve just finished prepping Lingfield’s Winter Derby Trial and Kachy Stakes card for my trip to the Surrey track for Sky Sports Racing on Saturday and had two options for the rest of my Thursday afternoon. They were: To sit in front of my laptop for a little longer and chat to you about the weekend’s racing, or try to assemble a weights bench and dumbbell stand that arrived in flat pack form this…
In the winter of 2018, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s antics at Borussia Dortmund helped force a move to London, where he joined Arsenal. Four years later — to the day — the Gabon international has used those same tactics to land at Spanish giant Barcelona. For most of Transfer Deadline Day, it was not looking like there would be any takers for Aubameyang, who had fallen out of favor with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and whose performances in the 2021-22 season didn’t seem to justify his hefty contract (four goals in 14 Premier League appearances). But late on Jan. 31 photos appeared of…
DeMar DeRoan and Nicola Vucevic have brought the Bulls back.Image: Getty ImagesIt wasn’t supposed to last this long. When Michael Jordan slightly pushed off Bryon Russell to square up for a 17-foot jump shot with 5.2 seconds left in 1998, the future was a giant question mark. The moment the shot clock expired, the rebuild began. Bulls fans knew the band was broken up. This would be the sixth and final championship with Phil Jackson as the coach, and Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman as stars. It was impossible to predict what the rebuild would look like. Bulls owner Jerry…