Bayless and co-host Shannon Sharpe were discussing the first episode of Hard Knocks: The Dallas Cowboys, which premiered on Tuesday, and said they were unimpressed with McCarthy’s attempts to motivate his players. Now in its 20th year, the HBO documentary has long made its behind-the-scenes approach a calling card and this year the series is no different. In Episode 1, McCarthy looked to rally his team during training camp with a motivational speech, encouraging his players to look forward to the upcoming season and leave last year’s troubled campaign behind them....

Already having to leave many key players at home, France have had three players drop out of the squad in the space of just a few days, including star striker and Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema. The Real Madrid man was forced out of the finals on November 19 after limping out of training. They are not alone, Australia also have many key players under injury clouds, meaning coach Graham Arnold will have tough choices to make ahead of this match....

The Chelsea striker came on as a substitute in the opening game against Australia and has been elevated to the starting XI at the expense of Ousmane Dembele for the game against Los Incas, where he will be partnered in attack by Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe. Didier Deschamps has also opted for a change in midfield, with Blaise Matuidi replacing Bayern Munich’s Corentin Tolisso in the middle. The 31-year-old Juventus central midfielder will be joined by Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante, who each started the win over the Socceroos....

A pretty good job, but there remains plenty of room for discussion. We thought we’d take a look at what we’ll call the Franchise Fifth, the guy who either should have made the top four (Hi, Dave Stieb) or slots in at a legitimate fifth place (Hi, Derek Jeter). MORE: Must-see photos from the 2015 All-Star Game | Pete Rose won’t “make any odds” on reinstatement chances Angels Franchise Four: Vladimir Guerrero, Nolan Ryan, Tim Salmon, Mike Trout...

“I’m feeling good,” Beamer said. “Getting back to normal. You get my age and you’re always going to have something nagging at you, but, I really feel fine. The frustrating thing is that my speech is still impaired. The doctors told me that this would happen, and that eventually my speech would return to normal. Of course, right after the surgery, I couldn’t speak at all. Too much swelling and your throat is really a sensitive area and because of the nature of the tissue, it just takes so long to heal....

The new tracks were released unexpectedly on Blonded Radio, Ocean’s Apple Music 1 show, on Sunday, July 10. The date marked ten years since the release of Ocean’s seminal debut album Channel Orange. While every release by Ocean is always hotly anticipated by his fans, this one has been met with disappointment online. The releases play more like conversations with a backing track than songs. The first, “Blonded Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” a reference to The Beatles famous song about LSD, features a conversation with psychologist Dr....

And a lucky group of Arsenal fans were joined by a special guest on Wednesday night as the Gunners travelled to Munich to take on Bayern. The former England captain’s debut on the Champions Sofa buoyed the lads as Arsenal set off to avoid a seventh consecutive last 16 defeat in the UEFA Champions League, but things didn’t start well as Bayern took an early lead. Arsenal appeared to be heading down a familiar road, but then came a lifeline as Laurent Koscielny was floored in the box and the referee pointed to the spot....

The Braves first baseman no longer is the most underrated player in baseball, the label he’s unofficially carried for a few years now, at least from a national perspective. Freeman’s new title: 2020 National League MVP. And, folks, it’s about damn time. MORE: MLB awards 2020: Full list of winners, finalists Not about time that he won the NL MVP award, to be clear. Freeman had four top-eight MVP finishes heading into 2020, but here’s the truth: It’s not like he was robbed of winning the award any of those seasons....

The Eagles released Williams last week, and the 30-year-old defensive back has since talked with several teams. MORE: Gore’s second thoughts | Eagles to re-sign Sanchez | Graham, too Williams lives in Nashville, home of the Titans, and met with the team on Monday, but ultimately decided on Seattle. The Jets and Ravens were also in play, according to league sources. Williams started his career in Baltimore, and won a Super Bowl with the team....

This article looks at how the FreeStyle Libre system works, the benefits and limitations of the device, and when traditional fingerprick testing may be needed. How the FreeStyle Libre Works The FreeStyle Libre system provides real-time glucose readings every minute, 24 hours a day. There are two systems to choose from: Freestyle Libre 14-day system (approved for adults 18 and older)Freestyle Libre 2 system (approved for adults and children 4 and older)...

After arriving with the support of the Belarusian government, they are now stranded at the border, barred from entering Poland, going back into Belarus or safely returning home. The migrants are caught between two countries with opposing loyalties: Belarus, a former member state of the USSR, which has a formal alliance with neighboring Russia on its eastern border; and Poland, its neighbor to the west, a former Warsaw Pact satellite nation of the USSR, now a member of EU and NATO....

Not only does setting the time back an hour mess with your body clock, this year it also caused chaos on social media, with confusion surrounding the Sunshine Protection Act. The possibility of no longer having to move the clock forward or back had some Americans in a muddle. But it turns out humans aren’t the only species perplexed by the change. A French bulldog unimpressed with it has TikTok users in hysterics, after throwing a tantrum over his morning walk being delayed by an hour....

As defending champion and No. 1 player in world rankings, Williams is the favorite and Roland Garros. A title will match Steffi Graf’s Open-era tally of major titles. However, Williams was in danger of a shocking exit before winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. MORE: Images from French Open | Shelby Rogers’ ascent Putintseva, playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, was a break up in the second set after winning the first before Williams found her rhythm....

title: “Fresh Face” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-03” author: “Benjamin Broadnax”

Eleven games will be carried in the Mountain West's new agreement with CBS and ESPN or their affilates, conference officials announced Thursday. It's part of a broad expansion of TV coverage in which 48 games will be shown in the coming season. MORE: Top teams of the BCS era from non-power conferences In addition to the 11 Friday night games, the conference will continue its normal Saturday schedule. Coverage also will be provided by Root Sports and the Mountain West Network....

General Schwarzkopf, his voice as flat as Kansas, his language spare, said,, “The Iraqis had no concept of what they were getting involved in.” Indeed, how could they have known what had begun when the first Tomahawk missile detonated in Baghdad? By making the cradle of ancient civilization a theater of war involving the most modern nation, Saddam was slapped in the face by this fact: Today’s weaponry evolves rapidly, sophistication increases exponentially....

Actually, fantasy baseball is a hobby practiced by 2 million to 4 million obsessive Americans (including this reporter and several others at NEWSWEEK). Each year around this time, fantasy-baseball zealots gather to pretend they are baseball owners and “draft” their own teams composed of major-league players. For the rest of the season, these teams compete, based on how the real ballplayers perform. Participants put up cash at the beginning-$60 in the OTS league-and at the end of the year the teams with the best records win some money: $308 for first place in the OTS league....

To understand why Greenspan seems to have changed from investors’ guardian angel into a financial devil of sorts, you’ve got to understand what he’s saying–and what he’s not saying. He says his problem with soaring stock prices is that they’ve generated a “wealth effect” that has increased consumer spending at a faster clip than production has risen, threatening to set off an inflationary spiral. His unspoken intent, I think, is to prick what he considers a stock-price bubble caused by excessive speculation....

And yet it is not what he did that will be remembered, but the way he did it. Many football fans likely won’t recall exactly how many La Liga crowns Ronaldinho claimed, but they’ll never forget the passes he played with the small of his back, the elasticos, the chapeus, and the overhead kicks. The back-heels, the stepovers, the nutmegs and the no-look passes are what will echo in eternity, fossilised for generations to come in neat, flashy YouTube compilations....

However, unlike Juve’s affectionate nickname, one would only have been calling Milan a club of old men in a derisory way. The Serie A giants have long been seen as a retirement home for players looking to wind down their careers at a successful and competitive club. Donnarumma crowned NxGn winner When they won the Champions League 10 years ago, they did so with an 18-man squad whose average age was 31....