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A ball rolled into the box. It skipped up and jumped like tumbleweed in a frontier town. For more than six hours on Saturday, the ball bounced around the Bentegodi, Sinigaglia and Allianz Stadium. Not once did it hit the net.It was like Serie A decided to run 28 Days Later instead of a round of football, a post-apocalyptic scenario in which a deadly virus wiped out all goals. There have been 17 0-0s in 11 Serie A gameweeks this season. Three back-to-back made Saturday feel like the 1960s.In the 63rd minute of Como-Cagliari, Alvaro Morata asked to be substituted. His coach Cesc Fabregas claimed it was planned. Sideline reporters instead got the impression Morata could no longer take being pushed around and trash-talked by the intimidating Colombian, Yerry Mina. An alternative theory, posite...

Michael Ray Robinson, known to many as "Sugar Ray" as sadly passed away at the age of 70. Robinson was a legendary player of his time. With a short career, playing only eight seasons, he managed to make the most of it and became a tremendous two-way guard. Sugar Ray finished his career as a four-time all-star, 1979-1980 assist leader, three-time steals leader and a member of the All-NBA defensive team twice.Robinson played four seasons with the New York Knicks, four with the New Jersey Nets and half of a season with the Golden State Warriors. It was in New York where Robinson made a name for himself.The Knicks selected Robinson with the fourth pick in the 1978 NBA Draft out of Montana. In his collegiate career, Robinson averaged an impressive 17 points per game on 49% from the field. After...

The Red Devils remain a work in progress, having made more efforts during the last transfer window to remove those that are considered problematic - such as Garnacho, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Antony - while bringing in players that have a “love for football”. Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha are considered to tick that box, while also boasting useful Premier League experience from their spells at Brentford and Wolves respectively.They are said to have “lifted the mood and the quality of sessions significantly”. Amorim has also appointed a six-man leadership group in his dressing room - with club captain Bruno Fernandes being supported by Harry Maguire, Tom Heaton, Lisandro Martinez, Noussair Mazraoui and Diogo Dalot. They are trusted with building discipline and keeping everybody in...

SEATTLE (AP) — Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88.The family said Wilkens was surrounded by loved ones when he died and did not immediately release a cause of death.Wilkens was one of the finest point guards of his era who later brought his calm and savvy style to the sideline, first as a player-coach and then evolving into one of the game's great coaches.He coached 2,487 games in the NBA, which is still a record. He became a Hall of Famer as a player, as a coach and again as part of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team — on which he was an assistant. Wilkens coached the Americans to gold at the Atlanta Games as well in 1996."Lenny Wilkens represented the very best of the NB...

Amorim pulls no punches in Man Utd team meetingsUnited suffered a 1-0 defeat to domestic rivals that day, denying them major silverware and qualification for continental competition in 2025-26. Uruguay international Ugarte was an unused substitute against Spurs, but still attracted unwelcome attention from his manager ahead of a Premier League season closer at home to Aston Villa.AdvertisementAmorim called a meeting, attended by the entire Red Devils squad, a day prior to facing the Villans at Old Trafford. It was during that discussion that he informed Argentina international winger Alejandro Garnacho that he would need a “good agent” during the summer transfer window, with the 21-year-old winger eventually being offloaded to Chelsea.What Amorim said to Man Utd midfielder UgarteWhat Amori...

Now what?It’s not like the Dallas Mavericks can undo the Luka Dončić trade. Yes, firing general manager Nico Harrison for making one of the most fireable-offense trades in NBA history was a necessary first step, not to mention a dive in front of the freight train of Harrison inevitably extending Anthony Davis’s contract next summer.But now comes the hard part: Dallas has to dig its way out of this mess, one that has left the team with a 3-8 record through 11 games.Part of that is because the Mavericks are missing Kyrie Irving, who is still sidelined with a torn ACL, and lack a real on-ball shot creator. Part of that is because the Mavericks are built on a leftover fiction from the Dončić trade, the idea that Davis is A) a power forward and not a center, and B) a guy who can create with the...

Three Premiership wins in a row shows Danny Rohl is slowly but surely improving things.It's not perfect, but he's winning in the league and that is all that matters. The 3-0 victory at Dundee was really pleasing, especially how we managed to kill the game within 15 minutes.Mikey Moore is becoming a good player to watch, and it was nice to see him grab a goal too.The 18-year-old Spurs loanee has really improved since the early days of Russell Martin, but I suppose everyone has and the general mood of the fanbase has too.The three subs at half-time killed the momentum yet we could have scored another couple. But when the players get the job done early you can let them off with the drop in performance as long as they keep the back door shut.Rangers' Dens Park performance was the ideal tonic f...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four-time NBA All-Star Michael Ray Richardson died Tuesday at the age of 70.Richardson spent time with the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors and New Jersey Nets before bouncing around overseas after receiving a lifetime suspension from the NBA."We are saddened to hear about the passing of former Knick Michael Ray Richardson. One of the fiercest defensive players of his era, the four-time NBA All-Star made an incredible impact on the Knicks during his four seasons with the franchise. Our deepest condolences go to his family, friends and teammates," the Knicks said in a statement. Michael Ray Richardson of the New York Knicks drives on Don Collins of the Washington Bullets during an NBA basketball game circa 1981 at the Capital Centre in La...

The loan of Endrick to Lyon is reportedly well underway.According to ge, the French club is already handling the bureaucratic matters with Real Madrid to have the 19-year-old Brazilian forward starting from January 1st.AdvertisementHe will be loaned for only six months - until the end of the current European season. And without a purchase option.According to the publication, the parties consider the agreement sealed. Endrick's staff is even looking for a residence for the athlete in the city.The move to a club that competes in a European tournament (the Europa League), has a Portuguese coach (Paulo Fonseca), and a history of Brazilian players is seen as ideal.With only 11 minutes on the field for Real this season since recovering from injury, Endrick seeks prominence to get back on Ancelot...