Share this: Goals from Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho and Divock Origi earned Liverpool a 3-1 Merseyside Derby victory over Everton at Anfield on Saturday afternoon. Brilliant individual efforts from Mane and Coutinho in the first half, along with Origi’s powerful strike on the hour mark, saw the Reds move up to third in the Premier League by completing the double over their neighbors this season. Everton had briefly drawn level through Matthew Pennington following Mane’s early opener, but Coutinho responded immediately to make sure the hosts went in ahead at the interval. Mane was forced off with an apparent ankle injury soon after halftime, however, Origi, the No. 19’s replacement, sealed all three points for Liverpool with a fine finish just minutes after coming
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Geno Auriemma Gets Ripped By Daughter For His Take On Women In Coaching
Share this: Geno Auriemma arguably is the greatest coach in women’s basketball history, but he ruffled some feathers with a controversial take Thursday. The UConn women’s basketball coach is taking heat for his thoughts on why the number of female coaches is declining. “There’s a reason why there’s not as many opportunities for women,” Auriemma told USA Today. “Not as many women want to coach. It’s quite simple.” Not only was Auriemma’s comment not well received by the sports world, it didn’t even go over well with his family. His daughter, Ally, took to Twitter to gave her two cents on her father’s words. I'm pretty sure what dad was trying to say, in a limited, male perspective, is that a lot of avenues are
Celtics Wrap: Boston Overcomes Slow Start To Top Magic, Stay In First
Share this: The Boston Celtics still are the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference, although they certainly had to fight for it Friday night. The Avery Bradley-less Celtics overcame a 13-point deficit to beat the lowly Orlando Magic 117-116 at TD Garden. That, coupled with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ blowout win over the Philadelphia 76ers, means the C’s still have a half-game lead atop the Eastern Conference. Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas led all scorers with his 35 points and seven assists. Jae Crowder (18 points, five rebounds), Jaylen Brown (12 points) and Al Horford (12 points, nine rebounds, six assists). Aaron Gordon led the Magic with 32 points and 16 rebounds. With the win, Boston improved to 49-27, while Orlando dropped to 27-49. Here’s
Bruins Will Start Tuukka Rask In Net Against Florida Panthers Saturday
Share this: The Boston Bruins will play their in last back-to-back this weekend and Tuukka Rask will get the start in net for the Bruins on Saturday against the Florida Panthers. In Rask’s career against the Panthers, he is 19-3-1 with a 1.46 GAA and a .951 save percentage and four shutouts. It is likely that the Bruins will rest Rask on Sunday and start backup goalie Anton Khudobin against the Chicago Blackhawks. To hear Billy Jaffe break down why Rask should play on Saturday, check out the video above from “NESN Sports Today” presented by People’s United Bank. More Stories Source link
MLB 2017 Awards Predictions: Picking The Winner For Baseball’s Major Awards
Share this: Predictions are never easy, but trying to forecast award winners entering the 2017 Major League Baseball season is nearly impossible. Now, that’s not just a way for us to hedge our bets when we go 0-for-this entire prediction piece, but it seems there’s more starpower in baseball than there has been in a long time. If you look across both leagues, it seems just about every team has at least one candidate for the major awards. So (please) keep that in mind when dissecting our picks for baseball’s 2017 awards. AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP: Mike TroutReally going out on a limb here considering Trout has finished either second or first in MVP voting in each of the last five seasons and has won the
That Wrestling Show: Wrestlemania 33 Match-By-Match Preview, Predictions
Share this: [embedded content] Everyone’s talking about Goldberg versus Brock Lesnar, but there’s so much more to WrestleMania 33. Mike Wendt and Liam Stryker visit NESN’s Studio D for the pilot episode of “That Wrestling Show,” breaking down every match on Sunday’s card, as well as reliving their favorite Wrestlemanias from years past. Watch the entire show in the video player above. Click to read our ranking of the WrestleMania 33 matches >> Thumbnail photo via Twitter/@WWE More Stories Source link
Deaspin’s Diana Moskovitz Discusses Going Down The Baylor Football Scandal Rabbi…
Share this: [embedded content] Lack of transparency. Legal obstacles. No comment. These are all obstacles reporters have faced while covering Baylor football’s recent — and serious — troubles. Deadspin senior editor Diana Moskovitz has been covering the story since the beginning, and joined NESN.com’s Michaela Vernava to discuss the scandal as well as her own experiences reporting on Baylor. Watch the video above the video above for the full interview. Thumbnail photo via Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports More Stories Source link