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Haniger drives in 2, Crawford delivers tiebreaking single as Giants edge Cardinals 4-3
Haniger drives in 2, Crawford delivers tiebreaking single as Giants edge Cardinals 4-3
Mitch Haniger drove in two runs and Brandon Crawford hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals
2023-06-13 10:52
NFL expanding The Smart Heart Sports Coalition
NFL expanding The Smart Heart Sports Coalition
The NFL has expanded The Smart Heart Sports Coalition to 26 member organizations as it continues to advocate for all 50 states to adopt policies that will prevent high school students from fatal outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest
2023-06-01 21:21
What the Phoenix Suns starting lineup looks like after keeping DeAndre Ayton
What the Phoenix Suns starting lineup looks like after keeping DeAndre Ayton
Despite trade rumors suggesting the opposite, the Suns will keep center DeAndre Ayton.According to Chris Haynes, the Suns are keeping Deandre Ayton. This comes after a Suns insider said that the team is unlikely to trade for Ayton due to the offers being extremely low.The Suns'...
2023-06-26 00:59
USMNT news: Adams to Man United, Musah supports Vinicius, champion Reyna
USMNT news: Adams to Man United, Musah supports Vinicius, champion Reyna
Today's USMNT news includes Tyler Adams being linked with Manchester United. Yunus Musah has supported Vinicius Junior after the Brazilian suffered terrible racist abuse in La Liga. Also, Gio Reyna could become a Bundesliga champion this weekend if his Borussia Dortmund side defeats Mainz.USM...
2023-05-26 20:49
Hamilton and Russell extend contracts at Mercedes
Hamilton and Russell extend contracts at Mercedes
Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has extended his contract at Mercedes until the end of the 2025 season
2023-08-31 20:46
Borrowed shoes to World Cup stardom for fisherman's son Madushanka
Borrowed shoes to World Cup stardom for fisherman's son Madushanka
Dilshan Madushanka's World Cup ends on Thursday with the Sri Lanka fast bowler on top of the wicket-taking charts, the latest highlight in a career...
2023-11-08 23:51
Gordon McQueen: The tough defender who starred for both Leeds and Man United
Gordon McQueen: The tough defender who starred for both Leeds and Man United
Not many players can boast successful spells at both Leeds and Manchester United, but Gordon McQueen was one of them. The former Scotland defender, who has died at the age of 70 following a battle with dementia, broke the British transfer record in 1978 after making a controversial £495,000 move across the Pennines to Manchester, but it came at a cost as he attracted the ire of the West Yorkshire club’s fans. The move was met with such a backlash from the Leeds faithful that McQueen, a tough and uncompromising centre-back, felt responsible for creating such a bitter rivalry between the two clubs and admitted the move could well have been a catalyst for decades of enmity between the sets of supporters. But it was one he could not turn down, saying famously at the time: “Ninety-nine per cent of players want to play for Manchester United and the rest are liars.” Despite the furore surrounding the deal, the Scot went on to enjoy a seven-year career in Manchester before retirement and, after flirting briefly with management, he enjoyed a successful television career as a pundit on Sky Sports. He disappeared from screens after being diagnosed with cancer of the larynx in 2011, but his legacy at the broadcaster lives on in the shape of daughter Hayley McQueen, a regular presenter on the channel. While McQueen’s time in West Yorkshire may be overshadowed by the move to Old Trafford, he will go down as one of the great Scottish contingent that featured so heavily for Don Revie’s dominant Leeds side of the 1970s. Born in the North Ayrshire town of Kilbirnie on June 26, 1952 to mother Millie and former Hibernian and Accrington goalkeeper Tom McQueen, it was no surprise that McQueen embarked on a career in professional football, and it all started out at St Mirren. Ninety-nine per cent of players want to play for Manchester United and the rest are liars Gordon McQueen It did not take long for the big clubs to come calling, though, and after rejecting the likes of Liverpool’s Bill Shankly and Jock Stein at Celtic, McQueen plumped for a move to Elland Road where he would join up with future international team-mates Billy Bremner, Eddie Gray and Joe Jordan, whom he also played alongside at Old Trafford. Having moved south in 1972 at the age of 20, McQueen missed the FA Cup final defeat to Sunderland in his first season, but it was not long before he had established himself in the side as they went on to win the First Division title in 1973-74 before having a tilt at the European Cup the following season. Leeds made it all the way to the final, but McQueen was suspended for the 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich after he was sent off in the semi-final against Barcelona. “We played Barcelona in the semi-final and we were 2-1 up going into the second leg in Spain,” he recalled in an interview with the BBC in 2016. “A few of their players said they were going to do me, and Jimmy Armfield, our manager, told me to count to 10 if anything happened. “The boy (Manuel) Clares spat in my face, I counted to 10 and then knocked him out. I was sent off. Missed the final.” After six years at Leeds, the offer came in from Old Trafford to make McQueen the most expensive ever signing by a British club, a year after Hamburg splashed out £500,000 to sign Kevin Keegan from Liverpool. He helped his new club reach the 1978-79 FA Cup final in his first full season and played his part in one of the most dramatic matches the competition has witnessed, his 86th-minute goal sparking a late United comeback from 2-0 down to 2-2 against Arsenal, only for Alan Sunderland’s 89th-minute goal to win it for the Gunners. He did claim an FA Cup winners’ medal in 1982-83 following a replay win over Brighton, but suffered defeat in the League Cup final that same year against Liverpool. On the international front, McQueen made his debut for Scotland in 1974, with his most memorable moment in dark blue coming against England at Wembley in 1977. He powered a header past Ray Clemence – one of five international goals he scored – to set Scotland on their way to a famous 2-1 win in front of almost 100,000 fans, 70,000 of them travelling Scots. The wild celebrations that followed have gone down in football folklore, with hoards of jubilant Scotland fans invading the pitch. Supporters clambered on to the goal frames, even breaking a crossbar, while bits of the Wembley turf were ripped up and claimed as souvenirs. McQueen was included in Scotland’s squad for the 1978 World Cup, but could not play in the tournament due to injury. He won the last of his 30 caps in 1981. Following seven years at Old Trafford, he left the club in 1985 after losing his place to Paul McGrath and, after a brief spell in Hong Kong, he retired and took the managerial reins at Airdrie before moving on to backroom roles at St Mirren and Middlesbrough, where he settled down with his family. McQueen was a smoker and drinker throughout his career in an era when it was rife among footballers. After his cancer diagnosis in 2011, he had a further health scare in 2015 when he suffered a stroke in the same month his father died. It affected his movement, despite sessions of physiotherapy, and meant he had to scale back the scouting work he did for Boro. In February 2021 it was announced he had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, with his family saying that he wondered whether the amount of heading of the ball he did throughout his career was a factor in him getting the disease. McQueen is survived by wife Yvonne, daughters Hayley and Anna, son Edward and grandchildren Rudi, Etta and Ayla.
2023-06-15 22:19
Joe Rogan: Is Kevin James a martial artist? Podcaster calls comedian 'good dude'
Joe Rogan: Is Kevin James a martial artist? Podcaster calls comedian 'good dude'
Joe Rogan addressed whether comedian Kevin James is a martial artist during his podcast episode
2023-06-13 19:18
Has the US Women's National Team Ever Beaten England in the Women's World Cup?
Has the US Women's National Team Ever Beaten England in the Women's World Cup?
An important query with satisfying answers. For the US, at least.
2023-07-20 03:54
LeBron James Knew Exactly What Play the Warriors Were Running at the End of Game 4
LeBron James Knew Exactly What Play the Warriors Were Running at the End of Game 4
Much has been made and much should be made of LeBron James' encyclopedic basketball acumen and we certainly aren't going to go overboard here and suggest he's the only player who could have sniffed out the Golden State Warriors' set play to attempt a potential game-tying three-pointer at the end of Game 4, but it is still really cool to see the gears in his head grinding.
2023-05-11 00:29
Euroleague transfer rumors: Nikola Mirotic, John Wall, Jabari Parker and more
Euroleague transfer rumors: Nikola Mirotic, John Wall, Jabari Parker and more
The 2023-24 Euroleague offseason is well underway but is still full of plenty of drama. Here's a breakdown of this week's top stories.Every offseason, Euroleague has it's highs and lows. The lows usually consist of the league's stars crossing the Atlantic to begin their NBA j...
2023-08-05 06:22
Kevin De Bruyne reveals personal impact of serious hamstring injury
Kevin De Bruyne reveals personal impact of serious hamstring injury
Kevin De Bruyne has admitted that his latest hamstring injury is a "big blow" after requiring surgery on the ailment.
2023-08-19 21:27