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Thierry Henry quits £4 million a year Sky Sports punditry role
Henry has worked as assistant to Belgium boss Roberto Martinez since 2016, the intermittent nature of global football allowing the 40-year-old to juggle both commitments. It's a shame that with the corporate synergy between Sky and Fox at the Murdoch level that we never got to see Henry (or any number of Sky's deep bench of analysts) work for American television throughout World Cup coverage... [Full Article...]
Carmelo Anthony traded to Hawks, will be waived soon
It's actually a three-team deal involving the Hawks and 76ers, per Yahoo! ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Steven Adams' Thunder have shipped Anthony to the Hawks along with a protected 2022 first-round draft pick, in return for Dennis Schroder and Mike Muscala . [Full Article...]
Draftkings fantasy golf picks: British Open 2018
Halfway through play, the field will be narrowed. Jordan Spieth got off to a brilliant start on a calm day at Carnoustie as he tries to defend his Open Championship and add a fourth major championship to his total, but the 24-year-old fell down the leaderboard late in his round after giving back four strokes in the span of four holes. [Full Article...]
Lost clubs? Oh well, how about a pre-Open round with Tiger
I think it's going to pick up from now onwards. "Obviously you don't get as many people as that in amateur tournaments", he added. "We're not going to get the most ideal bounces". Fox has a long wait until his 3.32pm tee time (2.32am Friday NZT), 11 minutes after Woods lets fly alongside Knox and Hideki Matsuyama. It's that time of year when the PGA Tour heads overseas and plays a major cham... [Full Article...]
13 players suspended, national bodies fined as FIBA issues brawl bans
Basketball's governing body FIBA, The International Basketball Federation, handed a $135,000 fine to Basketball Australia and suspended Boomers trio Daniel Kickert , Thon Maker and Chris Goulding . Tensions boiled over with four minutes remaining in the third quarter of the game, with players and officials from both sides, plus a number of unruly fans, flooding the court in disgraceful ... [Full Article...]
UNC coach Fedora: "Our game is under attack", could bring down America
Fedora said rules related to player safety have put football "under attack", CBS Sports reported . Fedora's possibly inflated sense of the importance of football to the future of America might come from the (also possibly inflated) salaries that football coaches are paid. [Full Article...]
Trevor Noah in spat with diplomat over World Cup winners' identity
You don't get that tan in the South of France ", he'd said on his show. "What they are arguing here, is in order to be French, you have to erase everything that is African?" Nigeria , Egypt , Senegal , Tunisia and Morocco were the five teams that represented Africa at this edition, but none made it past the group stage, but Oliseh says the continent can now take consolation from France... [Full Article...]
Dustin Johnson to tee off as betting favourite on British Open odds
He'll be looking forward to hard and fast conditions similar to the last time he won The Open at Hoylake in 2006. Last five champions: 2017 Jordan Spieth (Royal Birkdale), 2016 Henrik Stenson (Royal Troon), 2015 Zach Johnson (St Andrews), 2014 Rory McIlroy (Royal Liverpool), 2013 Phil Mickelson (Muirfield). [Full Article...]