North, South Korea To Unity In Sports At Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

North, South Korea To Unity In Sports At Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

The 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will include unprecedented displays of unity. North Korea and South Korea announced Wednesday in a statement they’ll march together under a unified flag next month at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, according to Bloomberg’s Kanga Kong. The countries also will field a joint women’s ice-hockey team in an apparent sign of thawing relations between them. The unified flag might be similar to the one the Koreas displayed at numerous sporting events in recent years, including the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. Tensions over North Korea’s nuclear p... NESN.com

Real Madrid target third Club World Cup win

Real Madrid target third Club World Cup win

Real Madrid begin their FIFA Club World Cup defence in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday as they set out to join Barcelona as the competition's record three-time winners.The holders added to their 2014 triumph last year and will be looking to equal their arch-rivals as they kick off with a semi-final against United Arab Emirates champions Al-Jazira. The winners of that tie will face Brazilian side Grêmio in Saturday's final. Coach Zinédine Zidane has called on a squad of 24 players for the tournament, with Cristiano Ronaldo making the trip shortly after winning a joint record fifth Ballon d'Or. The Portugal forward scored

Patriots Head To West Virginia For Joint Practices With Texans Before Preseason Game

Patriots Head To West Virginia For Joint Practices With Texans Before Preseason Game

The New England Patriots welcomed the Jacksonville Jaguars to Gillette Stadium for joint practices last week as the teams prepared for their NFL Week 1 preseason game last Thursday. Now, the Pats are headed on the road for joint practices. They will go down to West Virginia to practice with the Houston Texans. These teams met in the AFC Divisional Round of the playoffs last season, a game the Patriots won. They’ll play at NRG Stadium on Saturday night in Week 2 of the preseason. For more on Monday’s Patriots practice, check out the NESN Sports Today” video above, presented by People’s United Bank. ... NESN.com

What Impact Will Rob Gronkowski’s Injury Have On Patriots’ Entire Offense?

Share this: Most of the worry surrounding the New England Patriots has been on the defensive end, but that shifted to the offense this week with the devastating Rob Gronkowski news. The Pats tight end had back surgery Friday, and the team and the Gronkowski family released a joint statement saying Gronk’s not expected to return this season. So what does this mean for the Patriots? Will Martellus Bennett’s role change? Hear what NESN’s Jermaine Wiggins told Emerson Lotzia about all that and more in the video from “NESN Live,” presented by Cross Insurance, above. Thumbnail photo via Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports Images Click to read what Bill Belichick said about Gronk’s injury >> Click to read Tom Brady’s reaction to the tight end’s injury >> More Stories Source link

Bryan Stork Ejected From Patriots Joint Practice For Fighting With Bears

Bryan Stork Ejected From Patriots Joint Practice For Fighting With Bears

by Zack Cox on Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:43AM 2,174 FOXBORO, Mass. — New England Patriots center Bryan Stork was told to hit the showers Tuesday after fighting with multiple Chicago Bears players during the teams’ joint practice outside Gillette Stadium. Bears linebacker John Timu shoved Stork after the whistle during 11-on-11 drills, and Stork responded by head-buttting Timu and taking swings at a few other members of the Chicago defense. After being pulled away from the fracas by 5-foo... NESN.com

Football Medicine Strategies for Joint & Ligament Injuries

© FIFA.comIsokinetic Medical Group, in partnership with FIFA, is proud to announce that the 23rd International Conference on Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology will be held in Milan from 22-24 of March 2014.After two editions in London, the International Football Medicine Community will meet again in Italy in 2014 to share experiences about “Joint and Ligament injuries”. To be aware of the main topics, take a look at the conference trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBMWHWLYiiU) and at the scientific programme. (http://www.footballmedicinestrategies.com/en/programme/500/482/#day_491)The venue of the conference will be Milan, which will host the World Exposition-EXPO 2015 and whose football teams have won ten of the last 50 editions of the UEFA Champions League.In anticipation of the event in March 2014, this short video summarizes the Isokinetic Conference 2013.  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zswxvON3_c)For more information,