Friday, December 9, 2016

Mahrez: Foxes not thinking about relegation and other top stories.

  • Mahrez: Foxes not thinking about relegation

    Mahrez: Foxes not thinking about relegation
    Claudio Ranieri is confident in Leicester City's Champions League form despite recent struggles in the Premier league. Riyad Mahrez says Leicester City's impressive form in the Champions League is easing any fears of relegation from the Premier League. Leicester currently sit top of Group G in the Champions League and host Club Brugge on Tuesday needing just a point to qualify for the round of 16. In the Premier League, however, the reigning champions are just two points above the relegation z..
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  • Rashad Evans Rebukes Athletic Commission Health Concerns

    Rashad Evans Rebukes Athletic Commission Health Concerns
    Rashad Evans was recently denied a license to fight Tim Kennedy at UFC 206 in Toronto. It marked the second time in two weeks that Evans had the fight fall apart.Evans was originally slated to make his middleweight debut against Kennedy at UFC 205 on Nov. 12 in New York. The New York State Athletic Commission denied him a license due to concerns about irregularities on his MRI. When the UFC 205 fight fell through, the UFC attempted to rebook the bout for Dec. 10 in Toronto. The Office of the Ath..
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  • Phelps, Ledecky win Golden Goggle Awards for Rio performance (Nov 21, 2016)

    NEW YORK (AP) Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky have both earned Athlete of the Year honors for the third consecutive year at the USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards. Phelps won six medals this summer, including five gold, and took the male Athlete of the Year award for the seventh time overall. Phelps also won Race of the Year on Monday for his 200-meter butterfly win at the Rio Olympics and Relay Performance of the Year for the 4x100 freestyle in Rio. He was also the f..
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  • Redskins' Gruden thinks turnaround for Dallas trip unfair

    Redskins' Gruden thinks turnaround for Dallas trip unfair
    AP 4:20 p.m. EST November 21, 2016Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) celebrates running back Rob Kelley's touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Landover, Md., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)(Photo: The Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) รข€” As his Washington Redskins enter a critical stretch in their pursuit of a playoff berth, coach Jay Gruden made clear how he feels about a schedule that takes his team ..
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  • 1st-Place Clippers Continue Passing Tests and Monday NBA Takeaways

    1st-Place Clippers Continue Passing Tests and Monday NBA Takeaways
    There is no defined set of steps in an NBA team’s progress toward true, asterisk-free title contention, but if there were, the Los Angeles Clippers might have ascended to a new one Monday. In matter-of-factly dispatching a Toronto Raptors team 123-115 that needed the victory more than they did, the Clips added a new and impressive achievement to an early season already riddled with them. Toronto, gutted by a controversial last-second loss to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, came in having droppe..
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  • The Miami Heat will retire Shaquille O'Neal's number

    The Miami Heat will retire Shaquille O'Neal's number
    Nearly nine years after dealing him to Phoenix in a trade you’ve already forgotten, the Miami Heat will honor former center Shaquille O’Neal with the fourth retired jersey in the franchise’s history in December. The ceremony, in a game pitched against O’Neal’s former Los Angeles Lakers team, will take place on Dec. 22.[Sign up for Yahoo Fantasy Basketball | Mock Draft | The Vertical | Latest news][Follow Dunks Don’t Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball]A member of the Heat from 2..
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  • Texans lost to the Raiders after referees blew two critical calls

    Texans lost to the Raiders after referees blew two critical calls
    The Oakland Raiders (8-2) defeated the Houston Texans (6-4) 27-20 in a Monday Night Football showdown at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico. The game had everything from laser pointers to a 75-yard fullback touchdown, but despite that, this one will be most remembered for its terrible officiating. Officials robbed the Texans On Houston’s opening drive of the game, receiver DeAndre Hopkins ran in a 60-yard touchdown, but the officials whistled him out of bounds after picking up 24 yard..
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  • Popovich rips team's 'awful, pathetic' performance vs. Mavericks

    Popovich rips team's 'awful, pathetic' performance vs. Mavericks
    San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich ripped his team after Monday's game against the Dallas Mavericks, saying the team's performance was "pathetic" and the Mavericks deserved to win. The Spurs won the game 96–91 behind a 24-point, nine rebound performance from forward Kawhi Leonard. The victory was the Spurs sixth straight and Popovich's 1,100th career win. Dallas played without forward Dirk Nowitzki (strained right Achille..
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  • Baylor official accused of assaulting reporter

    Baylor official accused of assaulting reporter
    Baylor associate athletic director Heath Nielsen was arrested and charged with assaulting a reporter on the field following the Bears' 62-22 loss to TCU at home on Nov. 5.According to KWTX-TV of Waco, Texas, Nielsen was arrested three days later and charged with misdemeanor assault with bodily injury.He was freed on bond and hasn't attended the Bears' past two football games against Oklahoma and Kansas State.Baylor officials declined to comment on Monday night, saying they don't talk about perso..
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  • Armchair Analyst: Jurgen Klinsmann's USMNT era comes to a close

    Armchair Analyst: Jurgen Klinsmann's USMNT era comes to a close
    Jurgen Klinsmann was fired today by US soccer, ousted after just more than five mostly rocky years at the USMNT helm, and just under three years as technical director. His end came gradually, then all at once: The on-the-field results that got Jurgen Klinsmann fired: pic.twitter.com/I1eY0xdaU4 — Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) November 21, 2016 The butcher's bill for his tenure is an almost incomprehensible list of firsts: • First four-game home winless streak against CONCACAF opponents since 1965 • Fi..
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Alcohol suspected in Fort Wayne head-on crash that leaves 2 'critical' .'Vote Trump' painted on wall of burned-out black church in Mississippi .
Bicyclist killed in Fort Wayne hit-and-run; police search for 2 vehicles .Fort Wayne forward is unique on, off the floor .

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