Month: February 2017

NBA 2K17’s Sacramento Kings wouldn’t make that DeMarcus Cousins trade

The Sacramento Kings and the New Orleans Pelicans just pulled off a blockbuster trade, with the Kings shipping out one of the league’s best players in DeMarcus Cousins a year before he’s set to become a free agent. The deal, which our friends at SB Nation called “one of the worst trades in NBA history,” is so imbalanced in the Pelicans’ favor that even the video game version of the Kings wouldn’t agree to it.

Monday’s Dump & Chase: Cannons Away

Four Predators score in win against Blue Jackets I love this headline for some reason. It screams, “We couldn’t distinguish this game in an interesting way, so here is a technical fact about the result of the contest.”

Leverkusen proud and protective of 17-year-old jewel Havertz

In this Nov. 26, 2016 file picture Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz, foreground, and Bayern’s Thiago challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen 04 in Munich, Germany. The 17-year-old Havertz has emerged as one of the Bundesliga’s brightest prospects.

Burton Albion’s Nigel Clough: we left more assets at “different club” Derby County than we inherited

Nigel Clough in his final game in charge of Derby County , and with Burton Albion, with whom he will return to Pride Park Stadium tomorrow Nigel Clough in his final game in charge of Derby County , and with Burton Albion, with whom he will return to… Derby County is a “completely different” club to the one Nigel Clough joined in 2009 as the Burton Albion boss prepares for a first return to Pride Park since leaving the club tomorrow night. The Brewers boss was sacked by the Rams in September 2013 after more than four years at the club, in which his team slashed the club’s wage bill by more than half while building a competitive Championship side.

Team of the Week: Arkansas Razorbacks

The Razorbacks capped a stretch where they lost three of four games by getting smacked at home by Vanderbilt and losing to Missouri. They looked like a longshot to get into the tournament, not necessarily because they didn’t have the profile to earn an at-large bid at the time, but because any team that can lose at Missouri can lose to anyone, anywhere, any time.

Daily Bucs Links: Cook slide

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Image: ‘Clicking on all cylinders’

After his last general manager didn’t get along with coach Chuck Pagano, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay wants everyone to know everything is hunky-dory to start this offseason. Irsay tweeted Sunday that GM Chris Ballard and Pagano are ” clicking on all cylinders .”

Elliott nips Earnhardt to win 2nd straight Daytona 500 pole

As the series shifts into a new era, those distinguished names are out front again and will give the start of the Daytona 500 a throwback feel. Chase Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. – teammates and sons of Hall of Fame drivers – will start 1-2 and should give a sagging series a sorely needed boost this week headed into its marquee event.

Marchand’s OT goal helps Bruins beat Sharks 2-1

Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway with 2:24 left in overtime and the Bruins picked up where they left off before their break by winning their fourth straight game, 2-1 over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night. “This is a really hard building to win in and they’ve been playing well lately,” Marchand said.

Logano takes advantage of late crash, wins Clash at Daytona

Logano stole a win in the Clash at Daytona on Sunday, driving around the crashing leaders to land NASCAR’s first trophy of Speedweeks. It was Ford’s fourth consecutive win at a restrictor-plate track, and with four additional cars in the fold thanks to Stewart-Haas Racing’s move from Chevrolet, the manufacturer known for its blue-oval logo might just be the one to beat heading into the season-opening Daytona 500.

Afridi retires from international cricket

Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he has quit international cricket and will focus on playing Pakistan Super League for the next two years. “I have said goodbye to international cricket,” Afridi told reporters in Sharjah on Sunday night soon after his 28-ball 54 nearly pulled off victory for his team Peshawar Zalmi against Karachi Kings in the PSL.

Omri Casspi to be traded to New Orleans Pelicans

Omri Casspi #18 of the Sacramento Kings dunks the ball over Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena on December 28, 2015 in Oakland, California Omri Casspi, who in 2009 became the first Israeli basketball player to play in the NBA, is due to be traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans as part of a bigger deal centered on all-star DeMarcus Cousins. The Kings dealt Cousins and Casspi to New Orleans in exchange for Tyreke Evans, 2016 first-round draft pick Buddy Hield, Langston Galloway and first- and second-round draft picks this summer, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.

South Korea wins 2 golds in short track speed skating

Park Se-yeong, left, of South Korea celebrates his victory during the men’s 1500 meters final of short track speed skating competition at the Asian Winter Games at Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink in Sapporo, northern Japan, Mon… . Park Se-yeong, right, of South Korea celebrates his victory during the men’s 1500 meters final of short track speed skating competition at the Asian Winter Games at Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink in Sapporo, northern Japan, Mo… .

The mind games started early for Jose Mourinho

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has told Chelsea they have the Premier League title in the bag and can already begin focusing on an FA Cup quarter-final against his side. United booked their place in the last eight by edging Championship strugglers Blackburn 2-1 on Sunday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic stepping off the bench to settle matters after goals from Danny Graham and Marcus Rashford.

Your daily briefing on China

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks during a meeting with his South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Sunday in Beijing. China’s central bank made a net cash injection via open market operations for the third consecutive day Monday in an effort to ease a cash strain.

Barcelona players back Enrique, insists Andres Iniesta

‘If they haven’t trained on a surface like this, then they are mad’: Sutton and Keown tell Arsenal how to be fantastic on plastic ‘Chelsea can only think about the FA Cup because I think they are champions’: Mourinho starts mind games after being drawn against old club in quarter-finals Giant-killers Lincoln to face Sutton or Arsenal in FA Cup quarter-finals as Chelsea get ready to host former boss Mourinho and Manchester United ‘The first time I lost I threw up and I hate losing even more now!’: Wenger hoping to avoid shock defeat at Sutton Conte insists there will be no room for sentiment when it comes to skipper Terry as Chelsea look to do the Double Davis sets NBA All-Star Game best with 52 points as West beat East 192-182 and records tumble in game of all-out attack Super sub Ibrahimovic sends United into FA Cup quarter-finals as Mourinho’s men come from behind to beat struggling … (more)