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The Almost Impossible Feat of Repeating as World Cup Champion
The German national football team, as always, is regarded as one of the favorites to win the upcoming World Cup in Russia. But as the defending champions, history isn’t on their side when it comes to repeating as title winners.
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NCAA Tournament: Sweet Sixteen Scores, Day 1
The Sweet Sixteen kicked off and carried on with the surprising occurences of the first weekend: Loyola-Chicago continues to stun everyone with close, dramatic wins, joined by Michigan, Florida State and Kansas State making it to the Elite Eight.
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NCAA Tournament: Teams of the Sweet Sixteen
As we prepare for the Sweet Sixteen stage of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, we remain with 4 ACC teams (Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Syracuse), 4 Big 12 (Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech, West Virginia), 2 SEC (Kentucky, Texas A&M), 2 Big Ten (Michigan, Purdue), and one from the Big East (Villanova), Mountain West (Nevada), Missouri […]
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NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 2
A bad day for brackets and for higher seeds, as a number 1 (Xavier) and two number 2’s (Cincinnati and North Carolina) lost, while Syracuse (number 11), Kansas State (number 9) and Florida State (number 9 too) made an impressive case for lower seeds heading into the Sweet Sixteen.
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Jose Mourinho Preparing His Potential Manchester United Exit
Always a divisive figure, Jose Mourinho in 2018, en route to complete his second season as the manager of Manchester United, is becoming more and more known as a sideline figure that can’t keep its mouth shut instead of a successful coach gobbling up every title in its path.
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All-Time Six Nations Table After the 2018 Tournament
Ireland winning the Six Nations? Completely reasonable. Italy finishing winless and with the wooden spoon? Happens almost every year? But England finishing behind Scotland in their worst tournament showing of the decade? That’s almost an earthquake.
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NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Scores, Day 1
The first day in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32 was filled with blowouts, but also some nail-biting drama, mostly coming in the form of clutch shots – One that propelled Michigan over Houston, and the other sending Cinderella Loyola-Chicago over Tennessee into the Sweet Sixteen. #9 Alabama 58 #1 Villanova 81: A dominant performance by the […]
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The Mohamed Salah Show (Liverpool vs Watford)
Originally, this was supposed to be an article about the best goal of the weekend. But Mohamed Salah kept scoring, finishing with 4 goals and 1 assist in the 5-0 thrashing of Watford by Liverpool on a snowy Anfield pitch. So it became an appreciation post to the man fans nickname and sing to ‘Egyptian King’.
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14 Best Memes of UMBC Humiliating Virginia in the NCAA Tournament
Sometimes, meme makers have it easy – something historic happens, like UMBC beating Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. What’s the big deal? One team was the ACC champion, AP #1 and #1 seed. The other a lowly #16 seed. It has never happened before.
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NCAA Tournament: First Round Scores, Day 2
In a day filled with lower seed wins, none ring as louder as UMBC stunning Virginia, the first ever win by a #16 seed against a #1 seed, in what probably is the biggest upset in college basketball history, and in all of North American sports over the years; certainly in postseason play. #16 UMBC […]