Coming off their 11-point win over the Brooklyn Nets, the Miami Heat enter Friday's second night of a back-to-back against the Boston Celtics down multiple rotation players, including guards Tyler Herro and Pelle Larsson. Well, they will be down two more key starters - guard Davion Mitchell and wing Andrew Wiggins - the team announced less than one hour ahead of tip-off.
Just as Spurs seemed to be finding their rhythm under Thomas Frank-following a spirited comeback draw against Newcastle United and convincing home victories over Brentford and Slavia Prague-disaster struck at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest pair Ibrahim Sangare and Callum Hudson-Odoi ran riot, combining for three goals and three assists in a 3-0 demolition of the Europa League holders, who have now suffered three defeats in their last five Premier League outings.
The U.S. men's national team will face numerous challenges in the run-up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The club situations of potential players will be looked at with a microscope in terms of who is playing and who isn't, but perhaps the biggest challenge of all will be just staying healthy. The sad reality is that injury will strike a subset of players and prevent them from taking part in the biggest soccer party on the planet.
Yet after Sunday's timid and passive display in the Wear-Tyne derby against Sunderland, that sense was even more profound. Results like that are tough to move on from for any coach at any time, but the manner of the performance and fact it was a continuation of the same frustrating narrative, meant even taking a step closer to a successful cup defence wouldn't ease the scrutiny on Eddie Howe and his players.
The Buffalo Bills started things off by falling behind their AFC East rival New England Patriots by three touchdowns, yet they came back to win the game 35-31. Then QB Philip Rivers, who retired five years ago and is 44 years old, started for the Indianapolis Colts mere days after signing a contract -- and he nearly led his team to a stunning road win against the mighty Seattle Seahawks defense. Alas, the Seahawks won in the closing seconds.
Starting with the hosts, suffering major heartbreak over the weekend as they fell to a 1-0 loss away at arch-rivals Sunderland, it appears that the pressure on Eddie Howe's shoulders is once again starting to intensify. Still scrapping it out in the bottom-half of the Premier League table, Newcastle have continued to show some rather glaring inconsistencies this season. Mustering just a single win from any of their previous four appearances across all competitions,
Coaches: The Dolphins' Mike McDaniel is 34-32, including the playoffs, in his fourth season as a head coach; the Steelers' Mike Tomlin is 198-124-2 in his 19 th season. The Steelers lead the all-time series, 15-14, including 2-2 in the postseason. Series:The Dolphins have won four of the past five regular-season meetings. These teams last met in the regular season in 2022, a 16-10 Miami victory at Hard Rock Stadium.
"If you go over here. You can see there is a line right here. This used to be all painted shut, and now it's open. Then, right here is a two-foot crack," said Cathy Rodriguez.
I knew I'd be asked more about our opponents than about Alaves... it's not my place to comment on that, but Real Madrid are very prestigious opponents and they have a manager who's earned his position for a reason. It will be very difficult because they have a lot of resources, but we will try to maintain our style and take the initiative.
Sunderland's Reinildo Mandava has been back in training following a groin injury and is in contention to return, while fellow left-back Dennis Cirkin could be available for a first appearance of the season. "Dennis is ready," said Le Bris. "He has trained properly now for two or three weeks and he's connected in the group. It's good news. Right now, we don't have many injuries."
Harry Byrne's goal-kicking proved the difference as error-strewn Leinster held off a determined Leicester to claim a 23-15 Investec Champions Cup victory at Mattioli Woods Welford Road. Each team scored two tries but three penalties and a conversion from Byrne were decisive as the bottom side Leicester's European campaign continued to falter and they remain pointless after their opening two fixtures.
At any rate, we got into full analysis and breakdown of their 3-2 OT loss against San Jose. Firstly, they got a point, so that means the point streak is now up to six games (4-0-2). That said, there's no question that they let that game slip away. John Klingberg tied it with 1:25 left in regulation, then Alex Wennberg potted the OT winner. And yes, we did discuss the carelessness with the puck from William Nylander and Auston Matthews late in the game.
Paris Saint-Germain will look to, at least temporarily, move back to the top of the Ligue 1 table by piling more misery on bottom club Metz. The defending champions are a point behind surprise leaders Lens, but will expected to put the pressure on Pierre Sage's men by moving back to their familiar position at the summit of French football with an emphatic win at the Stade Saint-Symphorien.
