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Luiz reveals he took pay cut to join Chelsea
Meanwhile, Brighton boss Chris Houghton was named Championship Manager of the Year after guiding Brighton to the Premier League . "It was the right decision". Conte thinks that his critics have gone quiet and that Luiz has been important to his side's success. The switch to a 3-4-3 formation, which Conte has highlighted as a pivotal point in Chelsea's season, came during the second half of Se... [Full Article...]
Proud Wenger hails Arsenal's "spectacular" FA Cup victory
Arsenal have now won the FA Cup a record 13 times while Wenger is now the most successful manager in the competition's history having secured the trophy seven times . But the other big decision Anthony Taylor had to make he got absolutely correct. Ramsey was left unmarked to meet Olivier Giroud's dinked pass by N'Golo Kante, who uncharacteristically failed to track the midfielder. [Full Article...]
LeBron James Says Thinking About Playing Warriors in Final Is 'Too Stressful'
And once again, LeBron James' team will be the underdog. "First of all, I wear the number because of Mike", James said, referring of course to his No. There is a new postseason scoring king. He's now third with 1,439. "That was my mindset when I started playing the game ". All of this is to say that even though James admitted shooting fadeaways as a kid like Mike, and wearing wristbands a... [Full Article...]
Kerr not ready to rejoin Warriors
A heel turn in sports is nothing new, but how fair is it to flip-flop on a player like Durant, especially considering his supposed motivations? It's tough for me to say that is the case. They were as dominant during the regular season as the Cavs have been during the playoffs - and the Warriors have found their own playoff switch as well. [Full Article...]
Wenger To Decide Arsenal Future Next Week, Conte Defends Moses
Diego Costa equalised for Chelsea late in the second half, after Chelsea had lost Victor Moses to a second yellow card for diving, but Wenger's men had the ideal response as Aaron Ramsey bagged the winner three minutes later. "We have a board meeting on Tuesday". "Wednesday or Thursday will be clearer". Although Conte conceded there is a need to strengthen his title-winning squad, he urge... [Full Article...]
Golden State NBA's first 'threematch'
Golden State will host Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Wed, June 1. We'll go from there. The on-court matchups, the two-way dominance, the bad blood, the storylines, the mounting and palpable excitement from both fan bases in anticipation of two stellar teams meeting in a tiebreaking NBA Finals series. [Full Article...]
Cavaliers, Warriors to meet for third consecutive year
This year should offer a rubber match with both teams operating at full strength and, if Cleveland wins Thursday night, entering the Finals with a staggering combined record in these playoffs of 24-1, showing just how far ahead of the rest of the league both teams remain. [Full Article...]
It's Cavs-Warriors In The Nba Finals, Again — No Surprise
Two years ago, the Cavs entered the final without Kevin Love because of a shoulder injury, and lost Kyrie Irving after Game 1. I think we will use it as fuel. "Mike, I owe him $100 from when I was a rookie". They'll collide again, starting next week. Of course, Durant's decision to leave the Thunder did weaken the Warriors' closest rival in the West but he certainly can't be blamed for exe... [Full Article...]
Ducks won't have Rickard Rakell (lower body) in Game 6
It wasn't a flawless win for the Predators by any means, but the work by Aberg and Wilson has Nashville one victory away from its first-ever Stanley Cup Final appearance. Rinne and the Predators had been unbeaten at home until then, and his shaky effort in the last game there proves he is not invincible. The Predators made just one trip to Chicago (397 miles by air) in the opening round of... [Full Article...]
Isaiah Thomas won't make surgery decision until swelling goes down
Still, they beat the Cavaliers in Cleveland the next game before falling easily in Games 4 and 5. Game 1 is next Thursday in Oakland. "The start of the game was so bad, I felt like it was hard for us to come back", said Bradley (a team-high 23 points ) after watching the Cavs shoot 64% in the opening quarter while building a 21-point lead. [Full Article...]
Arsenal and Wenger set new FA Cup records
Wenger has continued undeterred and, ahead of talks about his future next week, oversaw a record seventh FA Cup triumph on Saturday, with Aaron Ramsey securing a memorable 2-1 win moments after Chelsea's Diego Costa had cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's controversial strike. [Full Article...]
Karn, Bumrah seal final spot for MI
The Mumbai captain praised the bowlers, especially, Karn Sharma, who bowled brilliantly and picked up 4/16 from his four overs . For Mumbai Krunal Pandya top-scored with an unbeaten 45 off 30 balls while Rohit scored 26 and carried Mumbai Indians to 111-4 with more than five overs to spare. [Full Article...]
Isaiah Thomas hopes to avoid surgery
Avery Bradley one game. The Boston Celtics showed this postseason that they have players who could fill in for Isaiah Thomas when the star point guard was injured. Both teams dominated throughout the playoffs - the Warriors making history by going an unprecedented 12-0 through three rounds in the Western Conference with the Cavs losing just a single game to the Celtics. [Full Article...]
Only one Spurs player shows up in Game 2 beatdown by Warriors
Golden State's 23 first-half assists were its most ever in a playoff half, topping 22 against Phoenix on May 4, 1994. "Lead with your foot close-out is not appropriate". The lawsuit argues that, as a season ticket holder, Vazquez doesn't deserve to have his team's players targeted for injury because the team becomes less likely to win the National Basketball Association title. [Full Article...]
Chelsea Cancel Premier League Title Parade After Manchester Arena Bombing
Chelsea have cancelled this weekend's planned victory parade, created to celebrate their Premier League title success, after taking security advice in the wake of Monday's terror attack in Manchester. "They always criticise me a lot even with the Champions League, Europa League, and playing all the games". "It is between [Conte] and me [what he said]", Fabregas told reporters after the final. [Full Article...]
Cavs-Warriors Part III joins past NBA championship trilogies
The series between the two powerhouse squads is knotted at 1-1. "I think the challenge we're about to face, one way or the other, is going to take us to another level". There hasn't been a Game 7 overtime since in the Final. In the team's one day off between the first and second round, Thomas flew from Chicago to Washington for Chyna's funeral, gave a heartfelt eulogy and then made the long trek... [Full Article...]
'Threematch' at hand for Cavaliers and Warriors
SportsCenter can't get enough of the memories and stories those two franchises produced during their rivalry. "I've been surprised at how the team has become a team", Myers said. However, the Warriors are coming off of three consecutive series sweeps and appear unstoppable. This is the kind of success Durant hoped for when he agreed to come to the Warriors. [Full Article...]
LeBron James breaks Michael Jordan's National Basketball Association playoff scoring record
The first "threematch" - rematch of a rematch - in league history. In fact, despite leading ESPN's Basketball Power Index by a wide margin at the end of the regular season, the Warriors' BPI has increased by about one point during the playoffs, roughly the same increase as the Cavs. [Full Article...]
The Show Is Set - Cavaliers Are In The Finals
How will Golden State guard Kyrie Irving? "We're trying to repeat, which is so hard to do. So I didn't ever believe I could be Mike". We will use it as motivation, but the idea of playing into it? Brock Osweiler made the news this week when he said, "it's all in the film", on why he should start for the Cleveland Browns this season. [Full Article...]
Kevin Love says it's amusing to consider Cavaliers underdogs
The 33-point rout was the worst loss when facing elimination in Celtics history. During the 2015 NBA Finals of the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. "I just think physically we weren't as physical as we needed to be defensively", Lue said. [Full Article...]