"High-and-tight fastball," when you're Justin Verlander, is the baseball equivalent of possibly having to get one's face surgically repaired. Strong feelings from JV. It's worth noting that Sherman's interview also turned Mets ace Matt Harvey against the Seahawks. [via Hardball Talk]
Pogba has been heavily linked with a return to his former club, though Real Madrid are also reportedly interested in signing the Manchester United midfielder. Rabiot, meanwhile, is out of contract at Paris Saint-Germain, though he has not played a senior match in 2019 following his refusal to sign a new deal with the Ligue 1 champions. And Paratici spoke of Juve’s admiration for both players, confirming Juve had already opened talks with Rabiot....
The 21-year-old winger travelled to Turin last month to complete a medical after the clubs agreed a fee reported to be in the region of €25million. A subsequent delay led to speculation Juventus had uncovered something untoward during medical tests on Schick – something strenuously denied by Sampdoria owner Massimo Ferrero this week, when he labelled the impasse to be “a farce”. Ferrero retained the belief that Schick would ultimately become a Juventus player but a brief statement on Sampdoria’s website on Tuesday confirmed the deal was off....
Paulo Dybala broke the deadlock in the 65th minute at Empoli’s Stadio Carlo Castellani before his Argentine striking partner Gonzalo Higuain fired a brace within the next five minutes to give Juventus a comfortable 3-0 victory. Meanwhile at Atalanta, Andrea Petagna’s first-half strike shocked Napoli, who failed to find the equaliser. After the defeat – Napoli’s first of the season, left Juventus at 18 points from seven matches. In other matches, Cagliari beat Crotone 2-1, while Bologna lost to Genoa 0-1....
Juventus manager Andrea Pirlo wants to bring reinforcements to his side over the course of the next few weeks as the club chases a tenth consecutive Scudetto. The Bianconeri are thus braced for a busy month of January. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the top stories involving Juventus from 8 January 2021. Arsenal legend tips Aaron Ramsey to return to Emirates Arsenal legend Ray Parlour claims that he is certain that former Gunner Aaron Ramsey will return to the club before hanging up his boots....
#5 Sarri announced as the new Juventus boss After days of speculation, Maurizio Sarri has been finally announced as the new Juventus manager. The Italian had informed Chelsea that he wanted to return to his homeland so that he could be closer to his family. An offer from Juventus, as such, suited him the best. It is understood that a compensation fee of around £5m was agreed between the two parties for his departure....
Real Madrid proved to be too strong for their city rivals on both occasions, denying Diego Simeone’s men the chance to claim their maiden title in the competition. Atletico have made a poor start to this season’s edition, drawing away to Roma and losing at home to Premier League champions Chelsea, leaving them third in Group C ahead of a double-header with bottom side Qarabag. Although Atletico have a lot of work to do if they are to make it into the knockout rounds of the tournament, right-back Juanfran is sure Atletico will win Europe’s premier club competition one day....
In early February, a grand jury in Cook County, Illinois indicted Smollett, an actor and singer who once played Jamal Lyon in the Fox hip-hop drama series Empire, on six felony charges of disorderly conduct connected allegations that Smollett made four false reports to Chicago Police about a January 29, 2019 hate crime that prosecutors suspect he carried out against himself. Smollett claimed that two men attacked him, poured bleach on him and placed a noose around his neck while saying, “This is MAGA country!...
That’s what Rodney Harrison said Friday about his former teammate. MORE: NFL’s Top 25 QBs | Fantasy QB rankings | Freeman talks Favre Julian Edelman, one of Brady’s current favorite targets, agrees. “He’s fired up. You don’t want a mad Tom Brady, and he’s a little ticked off,” Edelman told WEEI. A favorable appeal ruling from commissioner Roger Goodell could improve Brady’s mood. Or not. A decision is expected any day....
He was asleep. And while that sounds like a subpar excuse to miss your former team playing in a title game, Jones at least backed it up with one doozy of a diss, which he aimed at Georgia. MORE: Nick Saban’s message never failed Tide this season “It’s kind of hard to stay up and watch,” Jones said on Tuesday (via AL.com). “I’ve got to get my proper sleep to go out and perform the way I need to perform....
But Julio Jones is not your typical wide receiver. In the first half of the Falcons’ home game against the Buccaneers, Matt Ryan was picked off in the end zone by Kwon Alexander, who proceeded to sprint down the field en route for the touchdown. MORE: Best photos from Week 8 | Week 8 NFL scoreboard | 10 awful NFL decisions But Jones wasn’t having any of it, despite a penalty flag already on the field....
Julius Randle paid a visit to the folks at ESPN’s “SportsNation” on Friday and was asked that very question. Seeing as he is a Wildcat turned Laker after being the No. 7 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, he of all people should know how ridiculous the question is. MORE: Lowest moments of Lakers’ season | What’s next for the Lakers? | Blue’s off-centered jersey Wait, does he? Randle said the Wildcats could “absolutely” beat this season’s Lakers, who were amongst the NBA’s bottom feeders with a dismal 21-61 record....
Jump Force is a fighting game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco. It features a roster of characters from Shonen Jump, a weekly manga magazine that has been running since 1968 in Japan. The characters often go on to be some of the most beloved in manga, anime, and beyond, like Goku, Naruto, and Luffy. Yu Yu Hakusho is a classic that was published in 1990, and Hiei is one of the manga’s main characters....
India’s junior boxers are set to start their season and partake in their first major tournament at the continental championships. A 10-member team, including nine boxers and a coach, left from here Saturday for the week long ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championships at Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The event will also serve as a preparatory platform for the AIBA Junior World Championships scheduled to be held at Kiev, Ukraine in August....
According to reliable insider source in the PHF, the decision of the government granting the NOC was conveyed by the ministry of inter-provincial coordination to the federation. “The PHF officials were anxious about getting the NOC to send its team to India next month as the FIH event is scheduled from 8 to 18th December and it is an important event for the future of Pakistan hockey. But now the ministry has informed the PHF that the government has given the clearance,” the source was quoted as saying to the Press Trust of India....
“I saw a man right before my eyes changing,” Seau’s son, Tyler, said. “He wasn’t that happy go-lucky guy anymore.” MORE: Seau through the years | Notable sports deaths | CTE discovered in living players Showtime’s “60 Minutes Sports” sat down with the Seau family about who Seau was after his playing days were over. The former linebacker was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after he committed suicide in 2012....
In the first Jurassic World Evolution, there were two ways to unlock new dinosaurs and new features. It was either that players completed missions and contracts, or researched it themselves for a sum of money. Some features were locked behind one method while not being available in the other, but most unlockables came through research. This is where JWE2 changes things up a bit. RELATED: Why The Jurassic Sequels Could Never Live Up To The Original...
Klinsmann’s options for replacing Geoff Cameron Bastian Schweinsteiger, a longtime German international who has fallen out of favor at Manchester United since Jose Mourinho took over, could look for a move away from the club during the January transfer window, and Klinsmann hopes MLS catches his eye. “A lot is moving in the United States,” Klinsmann said via ESPN FC. “It (Schweinsteiger moving to MLS) would be great, because it would help us when the young players have such a player at their side....
The UK government froze Abramovich’s assets on March 10 in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, with the Blues owner cited as having a close relationship to Russia president Vladimir Putin. Ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Brighton on March 11, Klopp gave his thoughts on the matter and stressed that the buck stops with Putin and his actions rather than Chelsea themselves. “There is one man who is really responsible and that’s Vladimir Putin,” Klopp said in his pre-match press conference....
