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😳 Extra-time effect? Nürnberg are tearing KSC apart right now

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😳 Extra-time effect? Nürnberg are tearing KSC apart right now After much back and forth, 1. FC Nürnberg and Miroslav Klose officially agreed yesterday to extend his contract until June 2028. This is clearly giving a boost, especially to the 47-year-old's team. After 65 minutes, the Club is leading the completely overwhelmed Karlsruher 5-1. The Franconians were already ahead 3-0 at halftime. After the break, the goal scoring has continued cheerfully so far. So is this the so-called extension effect that everyone always talks about? This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. from https://ift.tt/wkd80BJ

2025-26 Mountain West Bracketology: Feb. 13

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 15: A Mountain West Conference logo is seen center court before the championship game between the Colorado State Rams and the Boise State Broncos during the Mountain West Conference men’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center on March 15, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Rams defeated the Broncos 69-56. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) | Getty Images Happy Friday, everyone! We are nearing the one-month mark until Selection Sunday. Where does each potential at-large bid stand as we enter the second full weekend of February? Let’s examine! At Large Candidates: Utah State: NET:  23 KenPom: 25 Lunardi : 7-seed Bracket Matrix  (out of 113 simulations; Feb. 12): 113 Average Bracket Matrix Seed: 7.8 Skinny: Similarly to how it’s been all season, Utah State is currently in no danger of missing the cut as an at-large. Yes, it’s loss to Quad 3 UNLV — which came on the heels of a loss to Grand Canyon — likely made many hold it...

50 Most Notable Yankees Free Agent Signings in 50 Years: Gerrit Cole

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New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, second from right, holds the sign he was photographed holding at the 2001 World Series as a kid as he poses for photos with, from left, Scott Boras, Hal Steinbrenner, and his wife Amy during a press conference at Legends Club at Yankee Stadium in New York on Dec. 18, 2019. | Danielle Parhizkaran, Danielle Parhizkaran / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images I have my complaints about the Hal Steinbrenner-Brian Cashman administration, with one of the big ones being that it’s not always clear where Cashman’s decision authority stops and Hal’s starts. The one thing you can never take away from the duo though is that when they want a guy, really want him, they pull out all the stops to get him. Following a devastating loss in the 2019 ALCS, the Yankees needed a true ace to compete with the Red Sox and Astros, the two teams that had bounced them from the postseason in the previous three years. Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole was putting up numbers that made him ...

Match Preview: Macclesfield v Brentford

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Match Preview: Macclesfield v Brentford Brentford host National League North side Macclesfield at Leasing.com Stadium in the FA Cup fourth round on Monday (7.30pm kick-off), live on TNT Sports. In the previous round, the sixth-tier side knocked out current holders Crystal Palace to deliver one of the biggest upsets in the competition’s history. The Bees beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at Hillsborough Stadium. Analysis, team news, match officials and more. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the game. Pre-match Analysis Stephen Gillett, Playmaker Stats: What Brentford can learn from Macclesfield's previous giantkilling Brentford travel to Macclesfield this Monday with one clear aim: to avoid becoming the latest scalp claimed by the FA Cup’s greatest giantkillers. The National League North outfit knocked out current holders Crystal Palace in January to deliver the biggest upset in the competition’s history in terms of league position, with the Silkmen starting that...

England to face Spain and Croatia in Nations League

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England to face Spain and Croatia in Nations League England will face Spain and Croatia and the Czech Republic in the 2026/27 Nations League group stage. The fifth edition of the Uefa Nations League will take place between September 2026 and June 2027. Portugal are the holders of the competition after they beat Spain on penalties in June last year. THey have been drawn against Wales, Denmark and Norway. Each team will face every other team in their group twice, once at home and once away, between September and November 2026. The top two teams from each group in League A progress to the quarter-finals, held in March 2027, before the semi-finals and final take place in June to determine the overall Nations League winner. Each group winner in Leagues B, C and D will be promoted one league, while the teams finishing bottom of their groups in Leagues A, B and C will be relegated to the next level. The teams that finish second in the other three leagues will enter play-offs against...

Rank the division

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There is, I suspect, very little doubt about the top and bottom of the division. The Dodgers are prohibitive favorites – around 7-1 on at the sports books – to win the NL West for the thirteenth time in the past fourteen years, as well as the fifth season in a row. At the other end, the Rockies finished 2025 a whopping thirty-seven games behind the fourth-place D-backs. They will probably be better this year – if only because it’d be very difficult for them to be worse – but they ain’t making up that deficit. In the middle, though? Things get a lot more murky. What do you think? Rank the division, honestly. Who’s real, who’s fake, and who’s lying to themselves? It’s between the D-backs, Giants and Padres for second, third and fourth, and I don’t feel like any order of those three teams for those three spots would particularly surprise me. If you want some objective measures, FanDuel has the projected win totals as Padres 84½, Giants 81½ and Diamondbacks 79½. Fangraphs has them ...

Who will be the NFC’s surprise team in 2026?

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Seattle Seahawks' quarterback #14 Sam Darnold and Seattle Seahawks' head coach Mike Macdonald celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 8, 2026. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images The Los Angeles Rams missed their best chance at a second Super Bowl under Sean McVay thanks to an expected run from the Seattle Seahawks. Who will be the next surprise NFC playoff team in 2026? According to FanDuel Sportsbook , the Seahawks have +750 odds to repeat next year, followed by the Rams at +800. Five of the teams with the highest Super Bowl odds reside in the NFC, yet as this season has proved, anyone could come out of nowhere. The conference also featured four different playoff teams from a year ago, including the top-seeded Seahawks, and No. 2 seed Bears. New Orleans is a possible contender, as they won four o...