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Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. will certainly no longer be remembered by football fans for what he did on the football field during his nine year professional career.
Instead the former member of the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (who also had brief stops with the Jets, Seahawks and Patriots) is more likely to be remembered as a “compulsive masturbator and pornography enthusiast.”
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All the hype that entered this summer transfer window at Manchester United has essentially fizzled. MUFC have been linked with approximately 45,329 players this silly season, but only one, Daniel James, has actually been signed.
Hopefully, there will be more signings to talk about between now and when camp opens up on July 1, but until then, here are some of the top trending news items and transfer narratives in the Manchester United online community on this Saturday. (Go here for today’s first edition of Manchester United news and transfer talk)
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All the hype that entered this summer transfer window at Manchester United has essentially fizzled. MUFC have been linked with approximately 45,329 players this silly season, but only one, Daniel James, has actually been signed.
Hopefully, there will be more signings to talk about between now and when camp opens up on July 1, but until then, here are some of the top trending news items and transfer narratives in the Manchester United online community on this Saturday. (For part two of MUFC news, notes and transfer talk go here)
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If you are a college football fan who hates/has grown extremely fatgued of Alabama, then the 2018 college football season ended in a manner that you no doubt approved of. Dabo Swinney, Trevor Lawrence, Travis Etienne and the rest of the Clemson crew demolished the Crimson Tide so badly that even the Tigers’ route of Notre Dame in Texas the previous weekend was actually less lopsided than the blowout in Santa Clara, California.
Dabo Swinney and Clemson steamrolled through the College Football Playoff in a manner that was so dominant it sent a message to the rest of the nation- look at us! We are the ones who are completely in charge now.
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Last summer, Liverpool had a transfer window that was not just the best that they have ever had, but among the most fruitful that any club anywhere has ever had. The Merseyside club spent north of £170 million on goalkeeper Alisson, and midfielders Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri.
It resulted in a Champions League title and a runner-up finish in the Premier League that accumulated the third most total points in the history of the competition.
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This Friday seems to be a very busy news day at Chelsea FC with the west London club 1.) announcing the hire of former goalkeeper Petr Cech as Technical and Performance Advisor and 2.) widespread reports that progress is being made on Frank Lampard front.
Yesterday saw Juventus hold their product rollout for their new manager, ex-Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri ,with the Italian throwing in a dig or two at Chelsea.
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There’s a lot of pressure on winger Christian Pulisic, who commences his first season at Chelsea FC in August. Very high expectations surround Pulisic, the face of the United States Men’s National Team and status holder of “most expensive American footballer in history” when he moved from Borussia Dortmund to Stamford Bridge for a deal worth $73 million.
BVB club legend Patrick Owomoyela, who featured 76 times with the club over a five year span, says Pulisic might be up to the monumental task that is in front of him- replacing the Blues’ departed to Real Madrid superstar Eden Hazard.
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Maurizio Sarri has finally beaten Manchester United in 2019. Unveiled as the new manager of Juventus earlier today, reports have now surfaced about who his first addition to his new club will be.
Adrien Rabiot, who made it clear that he was going to make a decision between Juve and United, has elected to take his talents to Turin. According to a Football Italia report corroborating the claims made earlier by Sky Italia, the ex Paris Saint-Germain midfielder will sign a five-year deal with the Serie A champions eight years running.
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Liverpool FC legend Ian Rush is in town and he apparently brought stereotypical English weather along with him. The 57-year-old Welshman, Liverpool’s all-time leading scorer, threw out the first pitch of last night’s Chicago crosstown series game, where the Cubs beat the White Sox 7-3, in gray, rainy and unseasonably cold conditions.
Rush likened the atmosphere of last night’s game to a local derby, did a public appearance at a local pizza chain, and made the media rounds in advance of Liverpool’s pre-season friendly versus Notre Dame on July 19. He also discussed Liverpool’s summer transfer window, off-season, expectations for next season and much more in a two part exclusive interview with The Sports Bank.
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Chelsea FC fans may not want to hear this, but Maurizio Sarri is completely correct when he labeled his move from Stamford Bridge to Juventus a step up. Juve does indeed have a superior tradition and history of winning. (I mean, after all, the Chelsea SB Nation community is named “We Ain’t Got No History,” albeit in a sardonic manner)
Today was the Sarri product rollout at Juventus, and during the media session the Italian called his new gig the “crowning achievement of a long and difficult career.”
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A very large contingent of the Manchester United fan base is currently in revolt as #GlazersOut has been a top trending term on Twitter today. For a decent amount of time, it was even the #1 trending term on the micro-blogging platform; worldwide.
So what’s the story behind the United supporter base backlashing against the Glazer family that owns the club?
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(Editor’s note: this Carsen Edwards NBA Draft stock article from the end of the regular season is now being re-posted with the NBA Draft tomorrow night)
It won’t be official until tomorrow, but Purdue junior combo guard Carsen Edwards (23.4 points per game entering the regular season finale) will win the Big Ten scoring title. It will make him the third Boilermaker in the last nine years to lead the Big Ten in scoring (JaJuan Johnson in 2011 (20.7) and Caleb Swanigan in 2017 (18.9).
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