The Cincinnati Bengals were among the elite for a very short time last season. From Week 5 to Week 10, the Bengals scared the crap out of the rest of the NFL.
They ranked Top 5 in many advanced metrics and went 4-1 SU and ATS in that span, including wins over Buffalo and San Francisco. That hot stretch came on the heels of a 1-3 SU start due to Joe Burrow’s calf strain in camp and ended with Burrow suffering a season-ending wrist injury in Week 11. Cincinnati finished the year 4-4 SU and 3-4-1 ATS.
The NFL odds haven’t forgotten Cincy’s sizzle in that small window, installing the Burrow-led Bengals as favorites in 14 of their 17 games. They have a season win total of 10.5 (Over -140) and sit among the frontrunners in the futures markets…
The Manchester City fans high in the north-east stand of the Bernabéu who belted out Blue Moon weren’t the only ones who had enjoyed watching Real Madrid lose on Wednesday night. For Barcelona supporters, any defeat for their rivals is to be celebrated and all the more so if it is inflicted by Pep Guardiola, but this carried still greater significance, bringing a surge of hope. As City fans sang in the stadium, 370 miles away Sport prepared its front page. The picture showed the manager pointing, by the headline: “Pep, you show us the way.”
Four days later Barcelona follow City into the same arena seeking the same outcome. From Guardiola to Lionel Messi, it is the stuff of nightmares for Madrid. Their vulnerability suddenly exposed, t…
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A Dwight Schrute cosplayer named Colin Cowherd said some really dumb things about Dominicans on ESPN Radio Thursday. Besides being wrong in several particulars, Cowherd’s musings were insulting and racist. On Friday, Cowherd addressed the rant during his show. Rather than apologizing or satisfyingly explaining his point, he blamed Deadspin for taking his words out of context. (They didn’t sound any better with additional context.) Later on Friday, ESPN announced that Cowherd had effectively been fired: At first this looks like a brave stand by ESPN, sending a strong message that the four-letter-network won’t pay for and promote ignorant, hateful speech. The problem here is that according to Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, Cowherd’s final day with the network was actu…
The plan
A wholesale changing of the guard in the West Midlands has seen Birmingham spend the summer acquiring a new manager, a new coaching staff, a new home and, virtually, a new team.
If any WSL club needed to “rip it up and start again”, it was this one. After all, as recently as April Birmingham’s entire playing staff sent a letter to the board emphasising that inadequate infrastructure and substandard training conditions were preventing them from doing their jobs to the best of their abilities. As Harriet Scott, a key defender who combines playing with studying for a degree in medicine, put it at the time: “The players deserve support. The women’s game deserves better.”
Women’s …
Manchester City v Liverpool
Saturday 12.30pm BT Sport 1 Venue Etihad Stadium Last season Manchester City 2 Liverpool 3
Referee Simon Hooper This season G20 Y64 R0 3.2 cards/game
Odds H 4-6 A 23-5 D 100-30
View image in fullscreenProbable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: Guardian
Manchester City
Subs from Carson, Palmer, Wilson-Esbrand, Ortega, Gomez, Gündogan, Phillips, Álvarez, Lewis, Stones, Laporte
Doubtful Haaland (match fitness)
Injured Foden (appendicitis, 15 Apr)
Suspended None
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One of Thomas Tuchel’s old bosses calls him a “footballaholic”. The image is of a man who spends every minute of every day poring over the game’s tactical intricacies. No wonder Tuchel quickly made good on his promise to turn Chelsea into a team that nobody would relish playing after inheriting a broken unit from Frank Lampard in January 2021.
They were champions of Europe four months later, stunning Pep Guardiola and Manchester City in a tense final in Porto after perfectly carrying out Tuchel’s plan. It was a remarkable achievement. Chelsea were flailing in mid-table when the German who has agreed to be England’s next manager took over. They were shipping goals at an alarming rate. Undeterred, Tuchel immediately ironed out …
Broadcasters in the 2023 WNBA season are mostly pronouncing players’ names right. Considering the frequency with which on-air talent mispronounced players’ names (or misnamed players) in recent years, this is a triumph. It shouldn’t be. Saying players’ names correctly is a requirement of the job. Teams before each game distribute pre-game materials that include pronunciation guides to assist with this requirement. “Taking the time to learn the players’ names and proper pronunciation is so important to demonstrating that you respect the players as professionals and as people, and also shows your dedication to perfecting your craft,” Terrika Foster-Brasby, a sideline reporter for the Connecticut Sun, shared by email. This matter is of no small consequence, given the media�…
We would have had you vote on Tommy Craggs getting into the Deadspin Hall of Fame, but he goes straight in via the Veterans Committee, because you people, the audience he built, would have fucked it all up: Plaque by Jim Cooke …