Caleb Fitch

[Caleb Fitch @CalebFitch10]

the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph

[The xG Philosophy @xGPhilosophy]

Cape Verde created 0.28(xG) against Spain at WC26 - the same as France and Argentina combined.

[City Chief @City_Chief]

Real Madrid paid up to £130M for 29-year-old Hazard in 2019, with one year left on his Chelsea deal.

If they want Ballon d’Or winner, World Cup Golden Ball winner and World Champion Rodri, £150m should be the minimum.

City shouldn’t accept less.

[City Chief @City_Chief]

Rodri won 11 duels by himself.

France’s entire midfield won 9.

That’s not dominance… that’s complete control. 🎯🇪🇸👑

[Manchester City @ManCity]

Rodri.

[City Xtra @City_Xtra]

Marc Guehi is expected to win his fitness battle and start vs Norway, with John Stones in line to play alongside him at centre-back.

[via @SamiMokbel_BBC]

[Caleb Fitch @CalebFitch10]

@ttaldridge @MaxBretosSports Paramount+ should get you all champions league games. I’m not sure about 2. Bundesliga, but believe last season was ESPN+.

[Carli Lloyd @CarliLloyd]

I don’t owe anyone an apology. My comment wasn’t about his post game interview. He skipped Gold Cup last summer because he wanted to rest and be ready for WC. He ended up resting the whole year. That’s the facts. Nothing personal against him.

[Kyle Huesmann @HuesmannKyle]

Pulling a guys scholarship a month before he arrives on campus after he’s been committed for four years out of fear that he might have to leave for cancer treatment seems like an almost inconceivable thing to do.

Not inconceivable enough for Mike Bianco.

[SEANDURGIN @SEANDURGIN]

🚨 WARNING about StubHub 🚨 We purchased 4 FIFA World Cup tickets (France vs Senegal, MetLife Stadium June 16) for $2,189 back in December. Three days before the game, the seller "couldn't deliver." StubHub's so-called FanProtect Guarantee? When we clicked the link — ZERO replacement tickets available. The same seats are now listed at DOUBLE the price. Oh, and our $300 non-refundable parking pass? Gone. This is a deliberate bait-and-switch scheme and we're filing complaints with both the NJ and MD Attorney General. Do better @StubHub. #StubHub #FIFA #WorldCup #BaitAndSwitch #ConsumerFraud

[Mark Schipper - 5th Down CFB @5thDownCFB]

Fact: Iowa DL Noah Shannon placed ONE $10 bet on an Iowa women's BB game, admitted it, and was suspended for the season by the NCAA. Iowa accepted the penalty

Fact: ISU QB Hunter Dekkers placed 366 bets for a grand total of $2,800; one on an ISU FB game. He was suspended for the season, criminally charged, & ISU accepted the penalty

Fact: Texas Tech is going above and beyond to reinstate a player who should be sitting out this season

[Tom Bogert @tombogert]

All it took was literally the second hydration break for FOX to run too many commercials and miss some live action.

Absolutely ridiculous conceit.

[Scott Dochterman @ScottDochterman]

Brendan Sorsby saga opens old wound for Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz

“I still see Noah every day, and believe me, you think he’s not watching this and trying to figure out ‘what the hell happened to me?’”

https://t.co/c1RduzVueB

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

There really aren’t any rules. You just go to court. If it fails, go to court again until a judge says you’re all set.

Want a 7th year?

Sure

Broke rules?

Ahhhh, it’s fine.

There AREN’T any rules.

[Christopher Kratovil @chris_kratovil]

As a veteran Texas litigator who has fought my fair share of TRO/TI battles, several things to be aware of regarding the temporary injunction order issued to allow Brendan Sorsby to play for Texas Tech this season:

(1) The temporary injunction obtained by Sorsby is valid through the date of trial. So by setting the trial date for after the college football season ends the Lubbock County state district court effectively awards Sorsby ultimate relief; he can play the full season under the TI, excluding only the first two games carved out in the text of the TI order.

(2) In Texas a TI is subject to immediate (“interlocutory”) appeal. The appeal will go to the 7th Court of Appeals in Amarillo, Texas.

(3) The problem with the appeal is that even an accelerated appeal of the TI order is likely to take at least 9 to 12 months, meaning the college football season will be long over before the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirms or vacates the TI.

(4) The only way the interlocutory appeal of the TI order gets resolved before the college football season ends is if the Amarillo Court of Appeals orders expedited briefings and decides the appeal “on the papers” without oral argument. But even such an expedited appeal is likely to run well into the college football season.

(5) At bottom, as Diego Pavia and now Brendan Sorsby illustrate, these sort of emergency injunctive proceedings are a huge problem for the NCAA: hometown judges (in Texas elected at the county level) err on the side of granting the TI to allow the key player to play for Hometown U, and the college football season is much shorter than the appellate process. So the preliminary ruling on the emergency injunction effectively decides the entire case and, if granted, allows the player to play a full season.

[Nelson Brands @nelson_brands]

And three $5 bets on Iowa Football got me BANNED???

[Dylan Watson @dylan_watson02]

The way FIFA has handled the World Cup in the US is a disaster but it will get blamed on Americans

[Sam Lee @SamLee]

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[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Gabriel should have been sent off for violent conduct during Arsenal’s loss to Manchester City in April, the Premier League’s key match incidents panel has found.

In the 82nd minute, with the league leaders chasing the game, the defender was pushed by Erling Haaland and the pair had a head-to-head altercation. As they parted, Gabriel appeared to push the striker with his head.

Referee Anthony Taylor gave each player a yellow card following the incident, and video assistant referee (VAR) John Brooks did not intervene.

The Premier League’s KMI panel is an independent body introduced in the 2022-23 season that reviews critical match incidents in the referee’s jurisdiction.

The panel ruled by a majority of 3:2 that Gabriel’s actions warranted a red card for violent conduct, due to his extra head movement, according to sources with knowledge of the outcome.

🔗 https://t.co/2Plp0XmElO

[Kaevon Merriweather @Kaevon02]

I wish the NCAA would investigate every school the way they investigate Iowa. First it was the gambling investigation a couple years ago and now we are the only school being brought sanctions for tampering😂 every school in America should be getting in trouble if that’s the case