data-mm-id=”_a5pk61fby”>Let's be 100 percent fair here. There's a possibility that every other news outlet goes about the business of confirming that the Milwaukee Bucks are hiring Doc Rivers to be their head coach and an unusual scoop turns out to be completely correct. That would be the biggest win for CNN Sports in many, many years and perhaps some people will feel bad about their initial dubiousness. The other option is that one of the more bizarre bits of reportage in some time actually gets weirder.To sum it up: the Bucks fired Adrian Griffin yesterday and need someone capable of leading them to high aspirations. Doc Rivers, recently hired by ESPN to be at the forefront of their NBA coverage, fits the bill. Last night NBA TV aired a report read by Coy Wire saying CNN ha…
data-mm-id=”_m2thqyja9″>CBS Sports projects Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will win the 2024 NFL MVP award. The reigning Super Bowl MVP and two-time NFL MVP enters this season looking to lead the franchise to a third straight championship and take the dynasty to new heights. "Mahomes already has two MVPs under his belt, but it's clear no one expects him to slow down entering his seventh season as a starter," CBS Sports' Cody Benjamin wrote. "Interestingly enough, though, a whopping nine (9) different quarterbacks received votes for this year's top award. It speaks to the plethora of talent at the position." Mahomes and the Chiefs open the campaign against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday. Their AFC foe boasts a superstar quarterback …
data-mm-id=”_9nb8z9vqk”>The TCU Horned Frogs will head to Kansas City to face off against the Kansas Jayhawks in a Big 12 conference matchup at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday.WATCH: TCU vs. Kansas Live | Stream on ESPN+The TCU Horned Frogs come into this game with a 2-2 record after beating Stanford and Long Island, while losing to UCF and SMU. The Horned Frogs, led by quarterback Josh Hoover, will look to pull off the small upset and improve their record back to over .500 while also gaining their first conference win of the season.On the other sideline, the Kansas Jayhawks will enter the matchup with a disappointing 1-3 record after defeating Lindenwood in week 1, but then dropping three straight matchups to Illinois, UNLV, and West Virginia. The Jayhawks, guided by running back D…
However, La Liga and Serie A insider Matteo Moretto insists that despite Arsenal s strong relationship with Zirkzee s agent, Kia Joorabchian, Serie A giants AC Milan are currently leading the race for the former Netherlands Under-21 international, .
Moretto wrote in his Caught Offside column: In terms of Joshua Zirkzee, he remains the number one target for Milan, there are frequent contacts, and it is not something that started in February and has gone quiet, they are working on it. That is the one concrete interest that we have in terms of Zirkzee, and as it stands, they have to be leading the race.
Currently Milan are focused on sorting out the managerial situation, but Zirkzee is their top target, and the contacts are regular. In Italy, Inter and Juventus have been…
Man Utd have offered Bruno Fernandes in exchange for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong with the Portugal midfielder willing to go, according to reports.
and has been for the majority of the time since he swapped Sporting Lisbon for Old Trafford in 2020.
There has also been criticism of the Portugal international who has contributed 15 goals and nine assists in all competitions this season with pundits and former players annoyed by his finger-pointing .
Fernandes probably hasn t won enough trophies in his career for his ability and the Man Utd captain recently hinted that he could have to leave Old Trafford in the near future.
: Obviously, it doesn’t just depend on me, does it?
A player always has to want to be here, but at the same time, y…
Thomas Tuchel will become the frontrunner for the Manchester United job when Erik ten Hag is sacked, according to reports.
The former Chelsea head coach has left Bayern Munich and is expected to quickly find a new job in what will be a summer full of managerial movement.
Chelsea sacked Mauricio Pochettino this week and are targeting Ipswich Town s Kieran McKenna, Brentford s Thomas Frank and Leicester City s Enzo Maresca, with also looking at Frank and former assistant manager McKenna.
The Red Devils managerial situation is uncertain following their eighth-place finish in the Premier League under Ten Hag.
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A Premier League sporting director is baffled by Gareth Southgate s crazy Euro 2024 squad decision as one senior member of the England squad sought clarity from the Three Lions boss.
Harry Maguire, Jack Grealish, James Maddison, Jarrad Branthwaite, Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah and James Trafford in being for Euro 2024, though Liverpool centre-back Quansah remains with the squad ahead of their friendly against Iceland on Friday as a standby.
Maguire’s absence came as a surprise, but Southgate said him being cut was down to his “complicated” recovery from a calf injury, with Grealish’s omission the biggest shock of all.
Upset, angry, disappointed
The Manchester City star hasn’t played a huge amount of club football this season after his starring rol…
According to reports, Manchester United have bluntly responded to Everton demanding £70m for England international Jarrad Branthwaite.
The 21-year-old was one of the breakout stars in the Premier League during the 2023/24 campaign after he benefitted from a loan spell in the Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven.
Branthwaite to Man Utd?
The left-footed centre-back struck up a brilliant partnership with James Tarkowski for Everton and helped Sean Dyche s side surpass expectations to avoid relegation from the Premier League despite being docked points for breaching Profit and Sustainability rules.
was unfortunate to miss out on Gareth Southgate s final 26-man England squad for Euro 2024, but his omission means he can focus on securing a transfer as are pushing to sign …
Dan Ashworth will hope to make better transfer decisions than his predecessors at Manchester United, who have missed out on some great players thanks to their penny pinching.
Ashworth is set to have overall responsibility for football performance, recruitment and operations at Old Trafford after the Red Devils fought for his release from Newcastle, which was finally confirmed earlier this week. .
He will work with new CEO Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox, who joined as the new technical director, in the new dawn at United under co-owner and head of football operations Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who bought a 27.7 per cent stake in the club from the Glazer family in February.
Nominal training compensation for Pedro Neto
On the back of Ashworth becoming the club s new spor…
Jude Bellingham was set up by his more senior England teammates, who were happy for the Real Madrid star to bear the brunt of the media criticism at Euro 2024, according to Graeme Souness.
Bellingham scored the opening goal of the tournament for the Three Lions and the memorable overhead kick against Slovakia to keep them in it, but didn t quite reach the peak displays we have become accustomed to after his outstanding first season with Real Madrid.
Souness claims the 21-year-old was trying to do too much at times when England were chasing the game.
The pundit told Three Up Front, William Hill’s new podcast: “Jude Bellingham has the potential to be a fabulous player. I think what happened was that when England went behind and were chasing a game and things w…