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How Tom Brady could buy into the Raiders and why he wants a piece of the NFL pie

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How Tom Brady could buy into the Raiders and why he wants a piece of the NFL pie

Tom Brady, a surefire future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and arguably the greatest player in NFL history, could be on the precipice of NFL ownership. Brady and businessman Tom Wagner, the co-founder of Knighthead Capital Management, came to an agreement with Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis to buy into the franchise last […]

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Jurgen Klopp’s move to Red Bull seems surprising but it shouldn’t be

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Jurgen Klopp’s move to Red Bull seems surprising but it shouldn’t be

As Liverpool’s manager, Jurgen Klopp did not like long meetings. Rather than sitting around, poring over the latest big decision, he would regularly have important conversations in the canteen of the training ground while eating his lunch.  Klopp was anything but formal, yet Mike Gordon — the president of Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, a

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Inside Utah Hockey Club’s unprecedented five-month scramble to NHL opening night

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Inside Utah Hockey Club’s unprecedented five-month scramble to NHL opening night

The NBA’s Utah Jazz opened their preseason slate on Friday night against a barnstorming New Zealand team called the Breakers. The night before, Jazz owner Ryan Smith was on the other side of the world, in a hotel room in Scotland, to play in a pro-am golf tournament. That might seem like a poorly timed

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How the Mets and McDonald’s are capitalizing on the ‘Grimace effect’

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How the Mets and McDonald’s are capitalizing on the ‘Grimace effect’

New York Mets fans taking the 7 train to Citi Field Tuesday for Game 3 of the National League Division Series might run into a beloved mascot, while riding on trains draped in its image. Yet the character in question won’t be the big-headed Mr. Met, the stalwart of the baseball mascot circle who was

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Analysing Manchester United manager alternatives to Erik ten Hag: Hoeness, Van Nistelrooy, Tuchel and more

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Analysing Manchester United manager alternatives to Erik ten Hag: Hoeness, Van Nistelrooy, Tuchel and more

Manchester United fans must feel like they are trapped in a recurring nightmare. A goalless draw against Aston Villa was underpinned by an improved defensive performance on Sunday, but three consecutive Premier League games without scoring, just eight points from their opening seven matches, and a goal difference of minus three makes for their club’s

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Manchester City, Premier League both claim victories after APT ruling delivered

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Manchester City, Premier League both claim victories after APT ruling delivered

Manchester City and the Premier League are both claiming victories after a ruling regarding the league’s Associated Party Transaction (APT) regulations was published. The ruling states that the Premier League’s APT rules and amendments, which were introduced in December 2021 and February of this year respectively, are “unlawful” and in breach of UK competition law

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Is this the end for football’s entire transfer system or not? (Or something else entirely?)

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Is this the end for football’s entire transfer system or not? (Or something else entirely?)

Something happened in Luxembourg on Friday that will either bring an end to football’s transfer system as we know it, make the stars even richer, jeopardise player development and ruin hundreds of clubs across Europe, or it will make FIFA rewrite a couple of sentences in its rulebook. As Sliding Doors moments go, that’s a

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Grading Tom Brady’s and Bill Belichick’s broadcasting starts: NFL media mailbag

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Grading Tom Brady’s and Bill Belichick’s broadcasting starts: NFL media mailbag

With the NFL entering Week 5 — can you believe we are coming up on 30 percent of the regular season completed? — I thought it was a good time to answer NFL-specific media questions. Questions have been lightly edited for clarity and length. Let’s go. If you would have told me we’d be raving

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