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No matter which numbers you cite, it all adds up to lots of drab and dull football for Manchester United.
The third goal less draw this week came today as Man United managed only a 0-0 result at Crystal Palace today. Across all competitions that’s 270 minutes of regulation play without scoring. Add in all the extra time sessions and it’s now 325 minutes without a goal.
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Chelsea striker Diego Costa took the proverbial “kick ’em when they’re down” to the literal level today, and he may face Football Association sanctions because of it. Costa kicked Martin Skrtel, Liverpool’s best Defender in the chest while Skrtel lay down on the pitch.
Costa could face sanctions by the FA over this. Take a look at the photo, and link to The Independent story below:
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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal gave his weekly press conference today, and he was his usual, entertaining self. We say “usual” loosely, as the last few press sessions were relatively dull, especially by Van Gaal standards. Today however, was a lot of fun to watch.
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It’s not exactly news that Angel Di Maria didn’t adjust well to life at Manchester United, or living in England in general.
We’ve also known for awhile that Di Maria didn’t gel with United Manager Louis van Gaal. On transfer deadline day, Di Maria publicly blasted Van Gaal, and blamed his philosophy for why he didn’t flourish at Old Trafford.
Di Maria was sold to Paris Saint Germain in August, and now that he’s with PSG, he’s letting out everything that he had to keep bottled in while he was with the Red Devils.
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This weekend’s biggest Premier League fixture is Liverpool versus Chelsea, where the story lines are in abundance. Although the two English giants are nowhere near the top of the table, you still have plenty of intrigue in this one.
On one side, you have a man who his managing just his second league game with his new club in Jurgen Klopp.
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With game three of the 2015 World Series tonight, we previewed the Fall Classic with ESPN Baseball Tonight‘s ground-breaking reporter Jessica Mendoza. During this year’s AL Wild Card game Mendoza became the first female analyst to ever call a nationally televised MLB postseason game.
Monday, in part two of this exclusive interview we’ll cover Mendoza’s trail blazing and the social significance of her achievements. For now we focus on the Series as it now shifts to New York. The Kansas City Royals took game one 5-4, and then dominated game two by a score of 7-1.
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Notre Dame football is featured in the ESPN College Gameday host contest for the second time this season. Again, it’s on the road, as the Fighting Irish head to Philadelphia. Gameday will originate from the Independence Mall. This marks the 27th time that GameDay has originated from a Notre Dame game site, including the once studio-based show’s road debut at the Joyce Center before the 1993 Florida State game.
Since this event game is in Philly, maybe the Fresh Prince will be in attendance? Or Boyz II Men?
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A man named Suh, Nebraska Cornhuskers legend Ndamukong Suh, is one of 21 athletes who stars in a new advertisement that’s breaking the internet right now. Look up “Snow Day” on Twitter right now; it’s super duper trending. The ad kicks off Nike’s #GetOutHere winter training campaign. A 60-second version will air during tonight’s game between the Patriots vs. Dolphins. The full, two-minute version will air following the game.
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The absence of Tim Beckman this year means that Penn St. football fans will have to find some new machine to rage against when they host Illinois this week. Don’t worry, there’s always grist for the mill (but not Zack Mills) somewhere, even though college football’s answer to Elder Cunningham in “The Book of Mormon” is no longer around to incite incendiary rage within PSU supporters.
This series has seen an exciting back and forth between the two teams in the past half decade or so. We’ll see on Halloween if the trend continues.
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After Sunday’s exceedingly dull Manchester Derby, frustration with Wayne Rooney reached an all time high. United supporters wonder what can be done about him. No one believes however that he deserves to have a laser pointer directed at his face while he’s attempting a penalty kick.
That’s what actually occurred last night in the League Cup elimination loss. Today, the Football Association is beginning an investigation into the incident.
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As the saying goes “when one door closes, a window opens.” Man United’s loss last night could mean future gain.
With both Arsenal and Chelsea crashing out of the League Cup on Tuesday, Manchester United saw their chances of winning the tournament ramp up. Having already advanced to the round of 16, top flight teams remaining in the tourney were dropping like flies.
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Happy NBA tip-off everybody! Welcome to another season of “the Chicago Bulls will challenge Lebron James for Eastern Conference supremacy.” I’ve heard that line more than “I really don’t do this with guys when I first meet them,” and I’m way too cynical a Generation Xer to believe either one.
Keep telling yourself these things, maybe they will one day become true! Perhaps you don’t usually you those things with a man on a first date, but we do know exactly what happens when Joakim Noah and the Chicago Bulls have a date with Lebron James in the NBA Playoffs.
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