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Houston Rockets – Carmelo Anthony Projected to Make Them Worse, Not Better
SportsLine, a partner of CBS Sports and 247 Sports and providing sports picks and fantasy advice from data scientists, have shows another glimpse of how low expectations people have of Carmelo Anthony at this point of his NBA career.
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Liverpool FC – The Unfamiliar Burden of Being Favorites
With just under £175 million spent on new players this summer by Liverpool comes the unusual, at least in the Premier League era, labeling of title favorites.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Michael Beasley’s Next Last Chance
With a one-year, $3.5 million, Michael Beasley joins the Los Angeles Lakers, re-teaming with LeBron James and making it his 7th stop in his NBA career, which began a decade ago and never lived up to the expectations created from his sensational fresham season in Manhattan playing for Kansas State.
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San Antonio Spurs: Welcome to Uncharted Territory
Tim Duncan? Retired. Tony Parker? Left and signed with the Charlotte Hornets. Kawhi Leonard, the Finals MVP and the should-have-been new franchise player? Gone along with Danny Green to the Toronto Raptors via trade. Who is left from the easy on the eyes 2014 San Antonio Spurs championship team?
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2018 World Cup: Final Result & Highlights (France vs Croatia)
After a testy first half which saw France take a somewhat undeserved lead, things ran a bit smoother in the second half of the World Cup final, setting up a 4-2 French victory over Croatia, giving Les Bleus their second World Cup title, with Didier Deschamps joining Mario Zagalo and Franz Beckenbauer as the only people to win the World Cup as players and head coaches.
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2018 World Cup: Semi Final Result & Highlights (Croatia vs England)
Once again Croatia found itself in extra time. This time, they didn’t need penalty kicks. Mario Mandzukic scored in extra time to send his side to its first World Cup ever, beating England 2-1, setting themselves with a historic meeting against France.
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2018 World Cup: Semi Final Result & Highlights (France vs Belgium)
After a 12-year break and two years after losing in the Euro final, France are one win away from winning the World Cup following their 1-0 win over Belgium in semi final, courtesy of a Samuel Umtiti header.
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2018 World Cup: Quarterfinals Results & Highlights (Sweden vs England, Russia vs Croatia)
The second semifinal of the 2018 World Cup is set. England beat Sweden 2-0 in a convincing performance to further fan the flames of the #itscominghome movements. Later on, their SF rivals revealed to be Croatia, once again winning a penalty shootout, eliminating the difficult hosts Russia, who went through into the quarter-finals on penalties themselves, only this time didn’t do as well.
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2018 World Cup: Quarterfinals Results & Highlights (Uruguay vs France, Brazil vs Belgium)
With France beating Uruguay and Belgium stunning Brazil, the 2018 World Cup is officially out of South American teams, and we’ll have the first all-European semi finals since 2006, and with that, a European World Cup champion for the fourth consecutive time.
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2018 World Cup: Round of 16 Results & Highlights (Sweden vs Switzerland, Colombia vs England)
Sweden beating Switzerland 1-0 with a fluke goal was just the set up for the drama between England and Colombia. 1-1 after 120 minutes leading to penalty kicks, which is something England feat the most. Despite falling behind in the count, Colombia mess up, Jordan Pickford makes an amazing save, and Eric Dier gets it done.