Lots of green and gold activities around town this weekend as faithful fans celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Sonic’s championship season.
I plan on making my way out to see Gary Payton at 1pm this afternoon at Simply Seattle . As always I’m tremendously appreciative and supportive of new supporters of the cause like Simply Seattle and the Bring Em Back movement and especially love seeing them partner with OG Sonics supporters like KJR and Sonicsgate. In addition to having the Glove out ...
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This offseason Gary Patterson has quietly been assembling the staff and players to infuse his program with the one offensive tactic that has always given him fits. The greatest rivalry of the early 2010s in the Big 12 was the one between Gary Patterson’s TCU and Art Briles’ Baylor. It was an annual showdown between the state’s brightest offensive and defensive minds, played out through a pair of private schools largely considered as afterthoughts in th...
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Kevin Steele broke against type and tried to utilize a few different tricks, including one borrowed from Bill Belichik, to bust up Joe Moorhead’s option offense at Mississippi State. Instead Nick Fitzgerald ran wild and the option guru came out ahead. When Joe Moorhead first arrived at Penn State in 2016 after a nice four-year run at Fordham at the FCS level, the big breakthrough he brought to the Lions was in the vertical passing game. Penn State loved going de...
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The Washington Huskies have had their rival’s number over the last few years in the Apple Cup. In 2018 they had a showdown against Mike Leach and Gardner Minshew in the snow and came out ahead once more. The 2018 Apple Cup was often treated as a sort of “that’s what you get for trying to throw all the time, Leach,” game by many commentators. Washington’s DB coach and co-defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake played that angle up with some of his quotes after the gam...
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A season of Up and Down progress ends today It ends in a few hours, the 2018-19 season
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LSU proved to be one of Florida’s biggest wins for Dan Mullen in year one and made two in a row that he’s put over on defensive guru Dave Aranda. The uniting of Dave Aranda’s defensive mind with LSU back in 2016 was always an intriguing and potentially devastating combo. He’d built a wildly effective defense up in Wisconsin that leaned on man coverage, which figured to translate nicely with LSU’s superior DBs, and then a versatile front built out of sturdy DL ...
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Is Russell Westbrook really that good? Russell Westbrook isn’t very good:
No, I don’t watch every Oklahoma City Thunder game, but it’s beginning to feel like Russell Westbrook is detrimental to his teammates and perhaps even a choke artist. He whines to refs way too much, starts a beef with almost every other superstar when his play doesn’t back up his mouth, and most of all, he doesn’t understand the fact that he isn’t a good shooter. No player in the NBA frustrates me more than Russell Wes...
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Will we finally have a good start for a change? It’s time again for Manuel Pellegrini to get it right. United will feel the pressure, in the middle of their Champions League quarterfinal tie with Barcelona, to keep up in the Top 4 race. But they will also be desperate for the victory despite any squad fatigue.
No matter what the result is, the Hammers need to start well for a change and give a good account for the full 90.
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Pellegrini has to step up with his tactics The main point to take away from the 2-0 loss to Chelsea is the fact that Manuel Pellegrini has had his worst tactical period of the season.
The Chilean manager is indeed one of the brightest and benevolent minds in the sport, but his team have been useless to begin games for over a month now and that negative falls squarely on Pellegrini.
Desperate to see his side show a consistent offensive pulse from the o...
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A good performance is required after the mess of the last month Well, West Ham’s energy level is never questioned when it faces one of the Big 6. So, we’ll see, with this aggressive attacking lineup vs Chelsea, if they can actually get off to a good start for the first time in a month, and actually produce a quality performance.
The Everton performance was so terrible that five changes were needed.
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He has every reason to express the words he felt A disgusted Manuel Pellegrini lashed out at his West Ham United team following their forgettable 2-0 home defeat at Everton on Saturday, labeling it as the “worst performance of the season.”
“I think, if you review the performance, the first half and the second half were exactly the same, so it doesn’t matter the names or if we changed two players because they were all making mistakes, especially in defending in the first 15 minutes,” Pellegri...
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Just a terrible performance throughout It was not the start to the final stretch of the season that West Ham United should have ever produced, as they were clearly beaten at home by Everton 2-0 Saturday afternoon at the London Stadium.
From the opening kickoff, Marco Silva’s visiting side dominated the Hammers, as Manuel Pellegrini will have to ask why his team have started so terribly for a third straight match.
Everton took the lead in the 5th m...
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A big late season game to close off March The drama will be in store for this one between two talented teams.
Our lineups when they come.
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Napoli have a 3-0 lead but are without their two starting center backs Kickoff time: 1:55 ET
Venue: Red Bull Arena (Wals-Siezenheim, Austria)
Lineup:
⚽️ #SalisburgoNapoli XI @EuropaLeague #UEL #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/K2l8LomCl0 — Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) March 14, 2019
Europa League last 16:
RESULTS Great goals Big shocks ✅ Plenty of drama Performance of the night was from ________ #UEL pic.twitter.com/VIl...
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Plus international call-ups and Icardi rumors Insigne responds criticism
In an interview with Sky Sport Italia after Napoli’s 1-1 draw with Sassuolo, Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne responded to critics saying “I always get criticized. I don’t want to stir up controversy, but I am the only one who always gets targeted when I don’t score or don’t perform up to my usual standards.”
After a red-hot start to the season, Insigne has struggled to rega...
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Sassuolo 1, Napoli 1 Carlo Ancelotti made eight changes to the starting 11 from Thursday's 3-0 Europa League win against RB Salzburg and it showed. Napoli looked disjointed throughout the match and were fortunate to escape with a point in Sassuolo thanks to a late Lorenzo Insigne goal. The changes made to the lineup clearly show that Ancelotti is prioritizing the Europa League, but it was a disappointing performance especially given how much the dept...
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Ancelotti decides to shake things up Kickoff time: 1:00 ET
Venue: Mapei Stadium (Sassuolo, Italy)
Lineup:
⚽️ #SassuoloNapoli XI @SerieA #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/y4am4gVQWG — Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) March 10, 2019
Serie A table:
Ecco la classifica aggiornata alla 26ª giornata di #SerieATIM ! pic.twitter.com/Qa3fxuxGyh — Lega Serie A (@SerieA) March 4, 2019
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Lazaro celebrates after scoring a goal for Austria in the UEFA Nations Lague | Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Plus Hamsik reveals his favorite manager Lazaro to Napoli?
According to Sport Mediaset, Napoli are in advanced talks with 22 year-old Hertha Berlin winger, Valentino Lazaro. Reports claim that Napoli are willing to bid roughly 20 million euros on the Austrian who is seen by many as the possible heir to Jose Callejon (who turned 32 earlier this year). Lazaro spent the fi...
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Napoli 3, RB Salzburg 0 Napoli capitalized on early chances to take a 3-0 win in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 tie with RB Salzburg. Napoli got on the scoresheet in under 10 minutes when Arkadiusz Milik calmly faked and ran past the Salzburg keeper after receiving a clinical cutting pass from Dries Mertens. Although Milik has had a great season in Serie A, this marked his first European goal of the campaign. Fellow Polish internati...
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Napoli’s captain looks to regain his early season form After a red-hot start to the season, Lorenzo Insigne has struggled to regain his scoring form. Since converting a penalty in Napoli’s 1-1 draw with PSG back in early November, Insigne has only scored twice in a span of 4 months and 18 games. His scoring woes continued on Sunday against Juventus when his penalty kick struck the post leaving Napoli without a point to show for their performance. S...
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Napoli 1, Juventus 2 Two red cards and a missed penalty was just some of the drama in a chaotic, action-packed match at the San Paolo between Napoli and Juventus on Sunday night. Despite going down to ten men early in the match, Napoli were the better team throughout most of the night and were unlucky to not get at least a point. The Partenopei showed great determination and character through adversity and should have their heads held up high despi...
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Andres Gimenez | Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Early results from the Mets prospect list I have completed my first run through the New York Mets farm system and the preliminary grades are listed below.
Grade A: Zero Grade A-: Zero Grade B+: Two Grade B: Three Grade B-: Five Grade C+: 30 Grade C: Everyone else
There’s some play in the C+/B- range but the final results should be close to this. The names:
Ross Adolph, OF Peter Alonso, 1B Francisco Alvarez, C Gerson Bautista , RHP Rau...
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Open to trading Russell Martin, Blue Jays open the door for rookie catcher. The Toronto Blue Jays have one of the most talked-about farm systems, and baseball bloodlines , in major league baseball. In fact, you can’t hold a conversation, read a story, post a tweet, or listen to a podcast about Blue Jays prospects without hearing the names Vladimir Guerrero Jr , Bo Bichette , and Cavan Biggio . However, the prospect that could have the biggest impact on the 201...
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Mickey Callaway | David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports
63 names under study I am working on the New York Mets Top 20 Prospects for 2019 list. My first run through the system turned up 63 names worth looking at, listed below. Mention it in the comments if you think anyone important is missing.
Ross Adolph, OF Peter Alonso, 1B Francisco Alvarez, C Gerson Bautista , RHP Raul Beracierta, OF Quinn Brodey, OF Luis Carpio, INF Joe Cavallaro, RHP Gavin Cecchini , INF Stanley Consuegra, OF Carlos Cortes,...
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