Everton make smart investment in Pickford In teaming up with Ronald Koeman at Everton, he has made a good step to a Premier League team with big ambitions. The €27 million fee is an exceptional return for the Amsterdam side and expectation will be huge for someone who attracted interest from Napoli and Roma. But Ronald Koeman was a key influence in his signing and noted his progress in a recent interview....
Tuesday was one of those nights. Golden State led the Eastern Conference’s second-best team, Indiana, by double digits on the road for a majority of the game. The Pacers used a hot fourth quarter to make it close, but the Dubs remained perfect, winning 131-123. MORE: Five bold predictions for Warriors | Steph Curry credits his toilet The Splash Brothers helped keep the Pacers at arm’s length the whole way through....
Except for the Lakers, apparently. MORE: Who can stop the Warriors? | Kobe hints at retirement | Durant to the Warriors? While the Lakers have one of the worst records in the NBA, Mychal Thompson, a two-time champion with the franchise and father of Warriors star Klay Thompson, believes that’ll work in their favor when they travel to Golden State on Nov. 24. Sort of like how it did in one of their four matchups last season....
Bradley: EPL is what every coach wants The 33-year-old Seattle Sounders attacker will miss the remainder of the MLS season and playoffs after having a setback in his recovery from an irregular heartbeat. He also will miss World Cup qualifiers against Mexico and Costa Rica in November. But the Sounders are hopeful Dempsey will be ready for the 2017 MLS season and Klinsmann believes it may be possible for the attacker to return to the national team fold even sooner....
Klinsmann was a hero during his time at White Hart Lane hitting 29 goals in the 1994-95 season that he spent in north London. The retired German forward, who scored 40 goals for his national team, spoke about Kane’s talent on the club’s official website. “I’m a big admirer of Harry,” he said. “He’s very complete in his game.” “He can score with his left foot, right foot, his head and he’s a great passer of the ball....
The U.S. national team head coach hasn’t led the Americans in a World Cup yet — let alone led them to World Cup success — but Klinsmann still managed to score a four-year contract extension and added the title of technical director before a Brazuca was ever kicked in Brazil at the World Cup. The move seemed forced and needless when first announced, but U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati was quick to defend it as a necessary maneuver to lock up a coach who has done such great work for the U....
On the same day U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann was laying out the details of Donovan’s farewell, the LA Galaxy midfielder was on the other side of the country making it clear just who was really behind the gesture. To the surprise of nobody, it wasn’t Klinsmann. “I give (U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati) a lot of credit for making the effort to make this happen,” Donovan told the Galaxy Insider on Tuesday....
As Fenway Sports Group met with Jurgen Klopp in the autumn of 2015 to discuss how Liverpool would take shape if the German was appointed manager, both parties agreed the surest passage to success would be through establishing a recognisable football identity. Liverpool 12/1 to win Premier League Setting out objectives would be meaningless if there was no concrete method to achieve them, and with the club having swung between contrasting approaches in recent history - sometimes even haphazardly fusing them - a clarity in vision was determined most critical....
The Reds were heavily linked with the Southampton centre-back throughout the summer transfer window, but saw the deadline pass without a deal being done. Liverpool 14/1 to win Premier League On the back of their inability to strengthen at the heart of their back four, the Anfield outfit have opened the 2017-18 campaign with more disjointed performances to further highlight their major weakness. Sevilla exposed those frailties once again in Champions League competition on Wednesday, but Klopp is adamant that he would have made a market move if he considered one player to have been the answer to his problems....
Germany international Can hobbled out in the 27th minute at Anfield as the Reds romped to a comprehensive 5-0 victory, inspired by Mohamed Salah’s four-goal haul. The energetic midfielder, who has started 26 of his side’s 31 Premier League matches, is due to meet up with Germany for their friendlies against Spain and Brazil this month. Klopp believes Can could still be fit to feature in those matches. “[It is a] back [injury]....
Premier League Team of the Week Liverpool suffered an unexpected 2-1 defeat to Sam Allardyce’s Eagles at Anfield, where the home team’s backline proved unable to cope with the return of striker Christian Benteke, who moved to Selhurst Park from the Merseyside giants in August. Speaking ahead of a trip to face Watford in the Premier League on Monday, Klopp claimed he was unconcerned at the site of the powerful Belgian bullying Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren....
Liverpool team news & likely line-up Sturridge has again battled a series of injuries this season, scoring just two Premier League goals in 18 appearances — although just five have been starts. Wins over West Ham and Middlesbrough to finish the campaign will be enough for Liverpool — who sit third — to qualify for next season’s Champions League. Ahead of a trip to the London Stadium on Sunday, Klopp said Sturridge was fit and available should he be needed....
What FAST Means Each one of the first three letters in FAST stands for a word that you can use to recognize a symptom of stroke. The last letter…well, read on. Here is what each letter stands for, and how it can help you get someone with a stroke the appropriate treatment, FAST: F = Face: Ask the person to smile. If one side of the face appears crooked or drooping, the person may be having a stroke....
Today, at 77, the panache remains. In double-breasted elegance, he sports a permanent tan and a silver mane; on his left hand is a Super Bowl ring from 1981 (his Eagles lost). But Tose can no longer play the part of the well-heeled fellow who has merely had a few setbacks. He’s just about broke. Creditors have set their sights on his house in the stabled suburbs of Philadelphia. For the last month he has been in a federal courtroom in Camden, N....
The Lakers legend and future Hall of Famer spent many of his formative years in Italy as his father, “Jelly Bean” Joe Bryant, finished his basketball career. Kobe, who’s set to begin his 19th season in the NBA later this month, learned to play the beautiful game at a young age, and has expressed his interest in owning a club once his playing days are over. MORE: Classic photos of Kobe Bryant | ‘FIFA ‘16’ review...
ESPNLA is reporting that Kobe will take his training up a notch this week, but likely won't see action in the next week. MORE: Lakers season preview | Kobe’s free agency future | Who’s the most beloved Laker? As such, he's listed as inactive for Tuesday's season opener against the Clippers.
The Black Mamba has nine games left this season, four at home, and his days of giving an interview at his locker room at Staples Center are likely over as Lakers vice-president of public relations John Black said Sunday night to reporters. Instead of speaking at his locker, Bryant will talk at the podium to accommodate the incoming horde of reporters. PHOTOS: Kobe’s retirement tour highlights | MORE: Kobe, future renaissance man?...
During an interview for the BET Awards Saturday, the Black Mamba kept it straight 100 with his answers and didn’t hold anything back. MORE: Classic photos of Kobe | Kobe forgives Larry Nance | D’Angelo Russell ready to lead Lakers He reigns king for a reason in the City of Angels — like a legend. You can watch the full interview with Kobe right here.
The Lakers are 12-27 and seem to be stuck in that middle ground between wanting to contend (I’m using that loosely) and completely tanking. The more they win, the less likely they are to obtain a high draft pick. Being the competitor that he is, Bryant doesn’t know how to simply lose. It’s a double-edged sword. Bleacher Report released an animated version of Bryant doing a parody of the song “Let It Go” from the Disney’s Frozen....
Take this play from Sunday’s Lakers-Jazz preseason game in Honolulu: MORE: Kobe and 8 others facing immense pressure | Lakers’ youth draws some skepticism Now, preseason is preseason, and it doesn’t mean anything. Also, it was the end of the first quarter, and Bryant probably knew that it also was the end of his night. He played all 12 minutes of the first quarter, then sat the rest of the game with five points on 1-for-5 shooting in his first game since Jan....
