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The second round of matches kicked off with a bang on Thursday, as hosts Mexico and Canada both won. Mexico became the first team to officially clinch a spot in the Knockout Stages, while Canada got a wild, contentious win over Qatar that featured six goals for the home team as well as a gruesome […] The post World Cup 2026 Daily Guide 6/19/26: USA back at it vs. Australia appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Newcastle United will face AFC Bournemouth at St James’ Park in the FA Cup third round after Monday’s draw. Joe Cole and Peter Crouch conducted the draw, which placed Newcastle as ball number 26 against Bournemouth, who were ball number one. The tie will be played across the weekend of Jan. 10, with the exact […]
Last week, we asked for your help in deciding where to give away our winnings from this season’s edition of Fade Clay Travis. As a reminder, the purpose of Fade Clay Travis is simple. Every week, we take all of Clay’s college football gambling picks and mechanically place $10 on the other side of the […]
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It's been a tough week for the Utah Mammoth's leading goalscorer Logan Cooley. First, he suffered a scary-looking injury in a knee-on-knee collision back on November 29th, but somehow escaped relatively unscathed. He returned to the lineup for their next game on December 1st. This past Friday night, however, he was involved in another collision, this time with Vancouver Canucks' goaltender Kevin Lankinen—and his goalpost. And now, the diagnosis is much worse, and Cooley will be out "inde...
The Mets have reportedly made their first move of the Winter Meetings, signing reliever Carl Edwards Jr. to a minor league deal Tuesday morning, according to The Athletic’s Will Sammon. A lanky right-hander with an over-the-top delivery, Edwards Jr. began his big league career with the Cubs, winning a World Series ring as a 24-year-old […]
Ahead of Leafs vs. Lightning, Tampa head coach Jon Cooper discussed his team’s injury situation, former Leaf Pontus Holmberg, and Team Canada’s preparation for the 2026 Olympics. How has your team handled the avalanche of injuries it has faced? Cooper: If you take away a little bit of a disastrous start — we won one […] The post Jon Cooper on entering ‘crunch time’ for picking Team Canada’s Olympic roster: “I can’t stress enough the work that’s going into picking this team… The decisions are...
Barcelona are set to discover their first opponents in the 2025-26 Copa del Rey when the draw for the last 32 is made on Tuesday 9 December at 1pm local time. Hansi Flick’s side enter the tournament as defending champions and will be hoping to lift the trophy for the 33rd time in their history […]
The New England Patriots were back from their bye week on Monday and got right to work on the practice field inside the WIN Waste Management Field House. The time off led to a handful of regulars returning to action, which included starting left guard Jared Wilson and special teams captain Brenden Schooler. Both Wilson […]
39:03 to 20:57. In a 60-minute football game, the first number is how long the Denver Broncos offense possessed the ball. The latter, the Las Vegas Raiders time of possession. Denver strolled into Allegiant Stadium on Sunday and played a classic game of keep away as the Broncos had little trouble in dropping the Raiders […]
The NFL is the ultimate week-to-week league. Things change in an instant. For the San Francisco 49ers, the bye week was kind as the team moved into the sixth seed with the Bears’ loss to the Packers. Possible reinforcements are on the way for the 49ers (no, not Brandon Aiyuk), and the team is in […]
It’s not often that when you attend an Edmonton Oilers game, the organization does a cross-promotion with a video game. In the past, the Oilers have had advertising for the latest Call of Duty or NHL title. On Saturday night, however, it was World of Warcraft that was centre stage, with the game’s next expansion,…
A year ago we were able to experience a level of catharsis built up over more than a decade of not knowing the feeling of beating our most hated rival. And for about 16 minutes it looked like Mizzou was up for a repeat, just this time in front of a partisan crown in Kansas […]
The Royals have made it clear they are looking to upgrade their outfield, but the options are limited in a thin free agent market. That market received an unexpected addition when the Rangers non-tendered two-time All-Star outfielder Adolis García earlier this offseason. Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic reports the Royals may be priced out on […]
The 2026 Draft Class is filled with talented players, giving plenty of NFL franchises the opportunity to add to their rosters. Defense has the edge over Offense in the Round 1 and Round 1-2 Graded players, with 23/39 players lining up on that side of the line. They are led by 3 fantastic prospects, the […]
We’re two years plus two days removed from the Juan Soto trade. The Yankees landed one of the very best hitters in the sport, got a top 3 MVP season out of him, went to the World Series. We all knew it was borrowed time — Soto was going to play out his final year […]
The Mets took the first step (unless you count bringing back Richard Lovelady) to rebuilding their bullpen this offseason, signing Devin Williams to a 3-year, $51M deal. The deal includes $5M deferred in each year, which knocks the effective AAV on the deal to just above $15M per Jon Becker. Williams, a 30-year-old right hander, […]
The Seattle Mariners recently announced their 2026 coaching staff. The staff experienced relatively little turnover from 2025 to 2026, with only the notable departures of Kristopher Negrón to join the Pittsburgh Pirates staff, Tony Arnerich to the Guardians, and the return of Louis Boyd to player development as assistant director. 2026 Staff Overview Departures Negrón […]
On Spanish radio program Radio Estadio Noche (Onda Cero), Vicente Ortega focused on the deteriorating relationship between Xabi Alonso’s tactical demands and the players’ execution on the pitch. For him, the disconnect is obvious and growing. “What is clear is that the players are not comfortable on the pitch. The players do not understand, do […]
(This article is sponsored by FanDuel – please CLICK HERE for current NCAA football odds, both Bowl Games and the College Football Playoff.) The opening spreads and lines have been released and, while probably not shocking to anyone, the Huskers have been given odds similar to Belgium and France vs. Germany just prior to the […]
Manchester City visits Real Madrid on Wednesday night in an absolute headliner of a match. This is one of those hands-down, no doubt about it, lead fixture on the docket kind of matches. And yet, it’s also ironically, a 5th place versus 9th place match-up. Given that it is the club who has won this […] The post Real Madrid vs Manchester City Predicted Starting XIs (Champions League) appeared first on The Sports Bank .
A 2-0 week was not enough for UConn men’s basketball to move up even an inch in this week’s AP poll, as the 8-1 Huskies stayed at No. 5 for the second week in a row. UConn clawed past a tough No. 21 Kansas squad at Allen Fieldhouse, then rolled to an easy home win […]
Offense After Emery Jones Jr. played 16 snaps at left guard last week, the rookie did not see the field against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Andrew Vorhees resumed his role as the every-down starter there, along with the other four offensive linemen who also played 100% of snaps. The Ravens’ offense was on the field for […]
Speaking on Radio Estadio Noche, Fernando Burgos questioned the preparation and direction of the team under Xabi Alonso following Madrid’s continued failure to win in La Liga. Burgos criticized the team’s training load heading into the match: “Giving two days off after the match at San Mamés and preparing this game with only one training […]
—The Louisville men’s basketball team is down to No. 11 in both human top 25 polls this week. An important note: Every men’s basketball national champion has been ranked in the top 12 of of the week 6 AP poll. —The women’s basketball team is holding steady at No. 22. —After a thrilling 5-set win […]
Texas A&M’s current focus is on continuing their 2025 season, as the Aggies gear up to face Miami in the first round of the College Football Playoff on Dec. 20. But A&M fans still got some good news with regard to 2026, as QB Marcel Reed confirmed in an interview with Robert Griffin that he […]