As the 2007-08 season came to a close, the air around Signal Iduna Park was glum. Dortmund had finished runners-up in the DFB Cup, losing to Bayern Munich in the final. It wasn’t the lack of silverware that concerned the fans – the team ended one of their worst Bundesliga campaign in over 2 decades in 13th place. They had not mounted a serious title challenge since their league victory in 2001-02....
The 18-time grand-slam champion continued his incredible start to the year by clinching the Miami Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over Rafael Nadal in the final on Sunday. Federer, 35, later announced the only clay-court event he was likely to play in 2017 was the French Open in May-June. The Swiss star missed a large part of last year due to knee surgery and said that was part of the decision to stay off clay....
So at No. 4 on the board, could Wisconsin big man Frank Kaminsky be the guy for the Knicks? He reportedly is meeting with New York next week. MORE: Okafor wants to join Lakers, incur Kobe’s wrath | Analyzing the Draft’s foreign prospects Kaminsky won the Naismith College Player of the Year award last season and led Wisconsin to the NCAA title game, but at 22 years old in a draft full of prospects under the age of 20, his accolades seem to be diminished....
Neither team has a winning record with the Knicks standing at 10-33 and the Wizards at 18-26. The Knicks are coming off a loss to the 76ers, while the Wizards are coming off an overtime loss to the Raptors. Knicks center Enes Kanter announced he would not make the overseas trip due to tensions with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish government is reportedly seeking an international arrest warrant for the player, who has often spoken out against the regime....
Season 2 of Knockout City is picking up a fun new theme, titled Fight at the Movies. Accompanying the announcement is a fun trailer cut as if it was a teaser for an upcoming summer movie, with various in-game moments captured as if they were scenes from different genres of film. The trailer also confirmed a variety of new content that will be added in Season 2, as well as Season 2’s release date of July 27....
Fox Sports Detroit made the announcement Tuesday. Gibson had been hired to join FSD’s Tigers broadcast team this season but has not appeared on-air since opening day. Gibson, 57, released a statement that read: “I have faced many different obstacles in my life, and have always maintained a strong belief that no matter the circumstances, I could overcome those obstacles. While this diagnosis poses a new kind of challenge for me, I intend to stay true to my beliefs....
Kirk Herbstreit, who has long been a staple of ESPN’s “College GameDay” and ABC’s “Saturday Night Football” broadcasts, will take the booth alongside play-by-play legend Al Michaels for every “Thursday Night Football” game of the 2022 season. “The hiring of an experienced duo in Michaels and Herbstreit aims to show Prime Video’s commitment to providing the same kind of viewing experience NFL fans have been accustomed to on network television,” as written in the NFL’s official press release of the announcement....
Mulapadu (AP), Feb 24 (PTI) Skipper Ishan Kishan smashed his second straight century, a breezy unbeaten 113 to power Jharkhand to a 121-run win against Manipur in a Group ‘A’ match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament here Sunday. In other matches in the Group, Delhi beat Jammu and Kashmir by four wickets and Kerala edged out Andhra Pradesh by eight runs. Kishan (113-62 balls, 12X4, 5X6) and Virat Singh (73 not out, 46b, 7X4, 3X6) were in a devastating form as the duo piled up 165 runs for the unfinished second wicket partnership that set the stage for Jharkhand’s third consecutive win in the tournament....
The Indiana Mutual Aid Coalition said its April 3 event outside the DeKalb County Courthouse in Auburn would not be a protest but an “assembly of people networking against racial injustice and hate.” The Church of the Ku Klux Klan plans to hold an “Indiana White Unity Meet & Greet” on the same day. The meeting is believed to be taking place on private property in Auburn. DeKalb County Sheriff David Cserep II told the KPC News Service in February that the department was aware of the planned KKK event and “giving it the thought process it requires....
Young guns Shubman Gill, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and others were seen fine-tuning their skills ahead of the first ODI on August 18. Sharing the post on the micro-blogging site, BCCI wrote: India will play three ODIs between August 18 and 22 against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. The head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) VVS Laxman will assume the role of head coach in the ODI series....
The dismissal occurred in the second ball of the day, one delivery after he took a couple to move to 129. But Rahul could not tee off in the morning session as he expected to, holing out a half-volley to Dom Sibley at cover. But the right-handed batsman top-scored as the visitors finished with a stiff total of 364. England still trail by 245 runs. Speaking at a press conference, KL Rahul revealed he felt frustrated as they expected to add 70-80 runs in the crucial morning session for a big total....
His older brother, Klay, recently helped the Warriors win the 2015 NBA Championship, and now Trayce will have the chance to star on his own with the White Sox. MORE: Father-son sluggers | 11 moments that made the Warriors’ magic season Thompson, a 24-year-old outfielder, was drafted by Chicago right out of high school in 2009. He has a career slash line of .241/.319/.429 across all levels of minor league baseball....
“As a coach, you want to see a player that drives for his 100 percent,” Klinsmann said Thursday during the press conference the day before the U.S. faces Ecuador in Donovan’s final U.S. national team appearance. “I’m looking at Landon always and I wish in a certain way, ‘He could have done a bit more here and a bit more there,’ but he had a tremendous career, so he deserves that farewell tomorrow night....
UPDATE: Fury wins unanimous decision | Celebrates with song | Heavyweight resurgence MORE: Spongy ring crisis | Greatest upsets in past 25 years | Boxers to watch Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury (Getty Images) Klitschko, from Ukraine, is 64-3, with 54 knockouts, including six of his past 10 fights. He won 21 consecutive fights. Fury, from England, is 24-0, with 18 knockouts and stopping eight of his last 10 opponents....
The Reds have seen their ranks depleted during the January window by the departure of a key creative influence to Barcelona. They had, however, already spent big on bolstering their defensive options prior to that deal going through, with a record-breaking £75 million package acquiring Virgil van Dijk from Southampton. Klopp claims that he is happy with the players now on his books, and has confidence in those already at his disposal to cover the loss of Coutinho and allow him to delay drawing up a transfer strategy until the summer....
Georginio Wijnaldum and Roberto Firmino scored either side of half-time to hand the Reds a deserved lead before Erik Lamela set up a grandstand finish with a stoppage-time goal. The visitors ultimately held on - despite a good shout for a Spurs penalty after Sadio Mane clipped the heels of Son Heung-min - to make it five wins out of five and Klopp was quick to hail his players after the match....
Mane is heading back to Anfield after Senegal were knocked out of the tournament following his missed penalty in a shootout against Cameroon in the quarter-finals on Saturday. Liverpool are desperate to revive their season after three successive home defeats in all competitions and Klopp is anxious to get Mane, scorer of nine Premier League goals this season, back as soon as possible. The 24-year-old has missed Liverpool’s last seven matches while on national duty and they have won only once in that time....
The Germany legend, the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup history and for his country, will take over the Bavarian giants’ youth team for the 2018-19 season. Klose represented Bayern between 2007 and 2011, winning two domestic doubles before moving on to Lazio, where he ended his career. “I’m really looking forward to this role at Bayern’s academy,” 2014 World Cup winner Klose said. “I’ll give everything I can to justify the faith placed in to me to lead the development of these young players....
Patellofemoral stress syndrome can be caused by many different factors. Weakness in your hips may place increased stress on your knee or knees. Pronated feet may cause your legs to rotate inward abnormally and place stress on your knee. Weakness in your quadriceps muscles may also be a cause of PFSS. If your physical therapist determines that quadriceps weakness may be a factor in your PFSS, he or she will likely prescribe strengthening exercises to help improve the way your knee functions....
There is no need for second-guessing as to what the overriding subplot of this draft in this city has been. What will the Knicks do at No. 4, and how will team president Jackson’s first true executorial litmus test unfold? From mystery men to those closer to home, the slew of possible picks couldn’t quell the curiosity. MORE: Final NBA Mock Draft | Draft buzz: Hornets have many trade options...
