Author: Mikesportz
Next up for the Boys in Brown is a trip to VfB Stuttgart on Friday evening (20.30 CET). Head coach Alexander Blessin took time out in the run-up to speak to the media. Alexander Blessin… …the injury situation: “Jackson Irvine has muscle trouble and won’t be fit in time for Stuttgart. Karol Mets has trained without any problems and is making good progress but won’t be ready for this weekend. Abdoulie Ceesay resumed full training today and if nothing happens before the Leverkusen game will return to the squad. Andréas Hountondji looked a bit tired after the two international matches…
Ex-Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has reportedly rejected a return to one of his old clubs in a bid to protect his finances following his sudden departure from Bayer Leverkusen. Ten Hag returned to management in the summer after being sacked by the Red Devils last October, but only lasted two leagues games in the BayArena hot seat. Ex-Man Utd boss Erik Ten Hag REJECTS return to former club in bid to protect finances after being ruthlessly axed by Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen will be without Nathan Tella for their opening Champions League game against Copenhagen on Thursday night – the Nigerian attacker suffered a blow to the knee and also missed the club’s final training session. It’s not yet known how long Tella will be sidelined. That means we could see one/or both of Eliesse Ben Seghir and Claudio Echeverri make their first starts for their new club, alongside Malik Tillman. Because Leverkusen then play again in the Bundesliga on Sunday night, Kasper Hjulmand is expected to make several changes for their Champions League game, per kicker. In midfield, Robert…
It’s a good, a really, really good football team, and I’m impressed with the film of week one,” – these were the words of the Gators’ head coach after their 34-7 win over Boise State in Week 1. Junior WR Eugene Wilson III said they are ‘foaming out the mouth’ to be facing off against the USF Bulls in Week 2. Florida even paid $500,000 to play against USF. And look how the tables turned. Poor Gators! The Bulls got the fat check and went home with a 16-18 win, cashing on the penalty after Florida’s Brendan Bett’s spitgate controversy.…
Mel Raines, the top executive for Pacers Sports & Entertainment, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang in early October for a timely conversation as part of the Presidential Lecture Series. Titled “Leading Teams on and off the Court: Business, Community and the Power of Sports,” the Raines PLS event is at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall. The event is free and open to the public but a ticket is required. For tickets and more information, go here. As CEO of Pacers Sports & Entertainment, Raines oversees all business operations for the Indiana Pacers of…
Ahead of the training camp starting, the Indiana Pacers signed forward Jalen Slawson to an Exhibit 10 training camp deal. Slawson was selected in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft and ultimately signed a two-way contract, spending a significant amount of time in the G League. In other news, Tyrese Haliburton was not wearing a boot at the Iowa State/Iowa football game. He still needs to wear it for the most part, but he can start picking and choosing when to take a break from it. Finally, Pascal Siakam appears primed to take over as the Pacers’ best…
Alabama Crimson Tide fans can thank Greg Byrne for the program settling on Kalen DeBoer as Nick Saban’s successor in Tuscaloosa after his January 2024 retirement and not thinking outside the box with an alum with two College Football Playoff National Championships on his resume. According to college football insider Chris Low, Byrne shut down the idea of Dabo Swinney replacing Saban even after the two head coaches had a phone call about where the Clemson Tigers coach was in his career. Low admitted he didn’t know if Swinney would’ve taken the job, though the former ESPN reporter conceded that…
The one thing everybody is overlooking with Alabama may play to Wisconsin’s advantage The national media might not believe in Danny O’Neil, but why it is giving Ty Simpson a pass here? ESPN may be giving Wisconsin only an 11.1-percent chance to beat the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, but the national media may be getting ahead of its skis here just a bit with the No. 19 team in the nation. This is not an Alabama team from yesteryear, far from it in fact. While Kalen DeBoer was an excellent head coach coming in, he has quickly proven to…
A little more than a month from now, the ballots will be counted and an SEC men’s basketball preseason player of the year will be named. There’s a good chance that player will be Kentucky’s Otega Oweh. The leading scorer from Mark Pope’s first UK team is back for his senior year, and an exodus of recent stars from the league should make for a wide-open race for top player honors during the 2025-26 season. That’ll get sorted out once the games begin. When selecting the players most deserving of preseason honors, however, past success is paramount. Oweh doesn’t…
Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt issued a warning to the Georgia Bulldogs ahead of a key early season showdown against the Tennessee Vols. Georgia opens up SEC play on the road against the Vols on Saturday. Klatt said on his show this week that Georgia could be walking into a “buzz saw” in Knoxville. Joel Klatt questions the Georgia Bulldogs’ motivation Klatt praised the Volunteers for their big 72-17 win against East Tennessee State this past weekend while questioning Georgia’s motivation after a 28-6 win against Austin Peay. “This (Tennessee) team looks like a very motivated team,” said…