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Louisiana coach Billy Napier encouraging players to donate $50 to athletic fund
The former Alabama assistant coach wanted his scholarship players to become members of the Ragin' Cajuns Athletics Foundation, which requires a minimum donation of $50. Napier said walk-on T.J. Napier's heart appears to be in the right place as he had the scholarship fund make a presentation to the team this week. [Full Article...]
Team India`s security upped in West Indies after security threat
He recently scored two half-centuries in two unofficial "Tests" against India A. I think it's happening at the right time for Test cricket. Having won the the T20 and one-day worldwide series comfortably, India are looking to kick off their Test championship campaign with a series win in the Carribean and would have been hoping that their Test specialists struck early form. [Full Article...]
Tiger Woods jumps up leaderboard, shoots 5-under 67 — BMW Championship
Matsuyama, now 33rd in the FedEx Cup standings, needs to finish inside the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points in order to advance to next week's season-ending Tour Championship. He'll need another low round to move further up the leaderboard if he hopes to continue playing. For others, plenty is at stake. Matsuyama won four times on the Japan Golf Tour as a rookie after he graduated from college, ... [Full Article...]
Daniil Medvedev stuns Novak Djokovic to set up Cincinnati final with Goffin
After playing in his 17th match in 19 days, Medvedev is now only down 3-2 overall to Djokovic after also beating the 32-year-old Serbian player in the quarterfinals of the Monte-Carlo Masters in April. Open starting on Monday week, and he did not sound particularly concerned by his latest defeat, preferring instead to heap praise on his opponent. He won the set and the match when a Gasquet backh... [Full Article...]
James Harden is a better scorer than Michael Jordan — Rockets GM
As a result, Morey's point faces obvious criticism that if Jordan played now and shot more than his career average of 1.7 3-point attempts per game, he would have numbers similar to or better than Harden's . His effective field goal percentage, which accounts for the fact that 3-pointers are worth more than 2-pointers, stands at 52.5% for his career compared to Jordan's 50.9%. [Full Article...]
Panthers coach Ron Rivera helps Bears evaluate kicker
Head coach Matt Nagy has gone to unconventional lengths to try and drum up intensity and pressure in practices to test the kicking candidates mettle. Panthers coach Ron Rivera was trying to do the Bears a favor. Nagy has been obsessive in finding a reliable kicker. Two of them converted . "You could feel it", Nagy said of Fry lining up for a 43-yarder. As the Chicago Bears' kicker com... [Full Article...]
Labuschagne Replaces Smith to Become First Like-for-like Substitution in Cricket
It was the first time this series that England had dismissed Smith for under a hundred after his innings of 144 and 142 in Australia's 251-run win victory in the first Test at Edgbaston. The Australian batsman was on his way back to the dressing room after he was given lbw on 92 runs, having returned to the middle after being floored by a Jofra Archer fast ball earlier in the day. [Full Article...]
VAR controversy hides chasm between Man City and Spurs
Erik LAMELA scored his first goal of the Premier League season, a lovely strike from outside the area to draw Tottenham level. The drama - and the bitter feeling of celebrating victory only to end up seeing it taken away - was all too familiar for City who had exited the Champions League in April to Spurs when they had a late "winner" from Raheem Sterling ruled out by VAR. [Full Article...]