It's international break, and hence a slower period of news, but there's still a ton of Manchester United storylines circulating on the internet today. The headline narrative is of course the uncertain long term future of manager Jose Mourinho at the club. Here's a link to more on that. Now let's transition to what else is going on. … [Read more...] about Man United News: Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba
Brad Underwood Era of Illini Basketball Begins as It Should
Harry Doyle, the fictional Cleveland Indians play by play announcer portrayed by the immortal Bob Uecker in the 1988 cinema paradisio known as "Major League" delivered this famous line- "they say you can tell how the season will go from the first at bat." If you believe in that rule, and transfer it over to hoops, then you would look at the very first shot attempt of the … [Read more...] about Brad Underwood Era of Illini Basketball Begins as It Should
Man United News: Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard, Ander Herrera
It's international break, and hence a slower period of news, but there's still a ton of Manchester United storylines circulating on the internet today. The headline narrative is of course the uncertain long term future of manager Jose Mourinho at the club. Here's a link to more on that. Now let's transition to what else is going on. For part two of the news collection go to … [Read more...] about Man United News: Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard, Ander Herrera
More Doubt Cast on Jose Mourinho’s Long Term Future at Man United
Reports continue to swirl this international break that cast doubt over the long term future of Jose Mourinho at Manchester United. Sure, some of it could just be posturing by his camp in an effort to gain leverage over Old Trafford, and thus negotiate a more favorable contract extension for the current United manager. Perhaps it's agent-driven noise that perfectly … [Read more...] about More Doubt Cast on Jose Mourinho’s Long Term Future at Man United
Alvaro Morata Reaffirms How Happy He is at Chelsea FC
Spanish striker Alvaro Morata moved from Real Madrid to Chelsea in the summer, breaking the transfer fee record for the west London club. His move to Stamford Bridge was extremely publicized and much ballyhooed. There was of course the added layer of Morata being ever so close to joining Manchester United instead. Old Trafford eventually opted for Romelu Lukaku, a Chelsea … [Read more...] about Alvaro Morata Reaffirms How Happy He is at Chelsea FC
Purdue Basketball: 2017-18 Season Preview and Predictions
"One more chance....Biggie, give me one more chance" once said the late great American poet Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace. Caleb "Biggie" Swanigan decided against giving college basketball one more chance and instead opted out early for the NBA. He made the right call and he's now living all those edgy hipsters in Portland as a member of the Trail Blazers. Swanigan … [Read more...] about Purdue Basketball: 2017-18 Season Preview and Predictions
Man United Twitter Makes David de Gea Joke in Reference to 280 Characters
This week saw Twitter rollout the expansion to 280 allotted characters per Tweet (but still no edit button for some reason), doubling the previous total of 140. With this substantial change, Twitter users all across the world voiced their opinions about the switch on the micro-blogging platform. The football world was very much a part of the social media banter as well. The … [Read more...] about Man United Twitter Makes David de Gea Joke in Reference to 280 Characters
Eden Hazard Says He Would Play for Jose Mourinho Again
Given what transpired this past Sunday, one might think that relations between Chelsea forward Eden Hazard and his former manager Jose Mourinho, now with Manchester United, are sour. Prior to Chelsea's 1-0 home victory over United, Mourinho extended his hand shake to every one of the Blues players except one- Eden Hazard. The Belgian returned the favor by snubbing his former … [Read more...] about Eden Hazard Says He Would Play for Jose Mourinho Again
Illini Basketball: 2017-18 Season Preview and Predictions
Maybe this won't be the greatest Illini basketball team in school history, but they will certainly be fun to watch nonetheless. With position-less basketball (almost every guy on the floor having a guard skill set much of the time) and the seven-seconds-and-shoot approach, Illinois will at least provide lots of entertainment, if not a ton of wins. Expectations are not high … [Read more...] about Illini Basketball: 2017-18 Season Preview and Predictions
Northwestern Basketball: 2017-18 Season Preview and Predictions
Jay-Z rapped in "Do you Believe (Hova Interlude)": "When you're expected to win, they ain't surprised no more." That's Northwestern basketball in 2017-18, an unprecedented role for the program. Given all the talent, experience, production and potential that Wildcats have coming back this season, plus everything that they accomplished last season, dream big. … [Read more...] about Northwestern Basketball: 2017-18 Season Preview and Predictions