Since Short bought the club in 2009 - he became chairman in 2011 - the Black Cats have had seven full-time managers, but have faced the threat of relegation in nearly every season. "I'd like to make sure we get Sunderland back in the Premier League ". "My emotions are thinking about the people of this area, they are the people I feel for". Read More »

The Red Devils boss made eight changes to the team that started at Arsenal over the weekend (7 May) with Paul Pogba, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly and Daley Blind all rested after their participation in the first-leg against Celta Vigo on Thursday (4 May). Read More »

The organization, now named " Roush Fenway Racing " after half the company was purchased by Boston Red Sox ownership, has won 136 races at the sport's highest level, but none since 2014, until Stenhouse and his team took advantage of Talladega's unpredictable nature. Read More »

Little flurry of punches from Edgar and then a rapid-fire response from Rodriguez. After wading through Rodriguez's lanky and unpredictable attack on the feet, Edgar scored a takedown up against the fence and immediately went to work from inside Rodriguez's guard, pounding him with elbows and punches for the majority of the round. Read More »

Arsenal travel to Stoke for a Saturday evening game this weekend, lying just three points behind fourth-placed Manchester City following their midweek win at Southampton. Chile worldwide Sanchez, 28, has now scored 20 goals in a league season for the first time in a career that has also featured spells with Udinese and Barcelona. Read More »

Hamilton finished a yawning 36 seconds behind Bottas and 25 seconds adrift off third-placed Kimi Raikkonen. He was out-paced by Bottas in qualifying and was never a factor in the race at the front as he fell behind his teammate and the Ferraris. Read More »

Saul Alvarez believes that all the components are there to make his September 16 clash with Gennady Golovkin a "great fight". Now the fighters will head in different directions: Canelo on to boxing's biggest stgae, and Chavez Jr., well, who knows where. Read More »

In all, the Celtics tried 10 players to stop the blitz. From that point, the Washington Wizards would take over. Game 6 will be Friday night back in Washington . Thomas scored 17 of his 19 points in the first half and took exception to the fact that he didn't get to the free-throw line in the game. The Celtics rely on the defensive mirroring of Marcus Smart, Avery Bradley, and Jae Crowder to keep up their intensity, but they were horrendous. Read More »

We're doing our damnedest to make it a competitive game and a good game. From that point of view I think it's very nice to hopefully be able to lift that Premier League title soon. The Blues travel to The Hawthorns needing a win to claim the league title, but as The Baggies are enjoying an impressive season of their own, Brunt is eager to reward their fans with one more home win. Read More »

But while Wenger's name was sung out heartily by supporters inside Stoke's stadium early in the game a plane flew overhead carrying a banner calling for the Frenchman not to return next season. Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Giroud again struck in the second half for the Gunners, with Peter Crouch replying controversially for the hosts with an effort that he apperaed to handle into the goal. Read More »

The Ducks banished their Game 7 playoff demons when they defeated the Edmonton Oilers to win their second-round playoff series, but they haven't killed all their postseason demons just yet. It's hard to imagine the Oilers won't be better next year, and better than one game away from the Western Conference final means some very exciting possibilities. Read More »

Acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes at trade deadline, Stalberg, who won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013, wasnt on the ice Saturday morning at the PPG Paints Arena, was a scratch for Game 1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins and coach Guy Boucher has listed him as day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. Read More »

He went from shooting 44 percent to 41 percent, and his 3-point shooting dipped to below 28 percent. It is just the second time this decade the best offense and best defense have matched up in the postseason. It was quintessential Spurs and it involved more than just five players. For the Spurs to have a realistic chance at upsetting the Warriors, they will need someone to step up alongside Leonard. Read More »

That's the crappiest part about it. "So I've got to live in the present". "I could've kept going", DeRozan said. DeMar DeRozan was back to balling like it's 1999. "But losing that way, it's definitely deflating". Playing without its All-Star point guard, Toronto gave the Cavaliers all they could handle for the first three quarters. Read More »

La défense turinoise n'a encaissé que 2 buts en 11 matchs de Ligue des champions, record de l'épreuve. Car voilà ce qu'a donné Monaco cette saison: un grand coup de balai sur les clichés d'une Ligue 1 trop frileuse, inintéressante, à l'hégémonie parisienne, incapable de rivaliser avec les grands du continent. Read More »

The 6-foot-3 inch combo guard initially declared for the NBA Draft but kept the option open of returning to Duke for his sophomore season by not hiring an agent. Jackson showed his mettle from the get-go, draining a pair of crucial late triples in the Blue Devils' early-season loss to Kansas. Kuzma has a very nice first day at the NBA Draft Combine on Thursday, as he was listed as one of the stand outs, especially in 5-on-5 play. Read More »

Chelsea, who are four points clear of Spurs with five games remaining game, face arguably their toughest game of the run-in at Everton and Conte is not underestimating the Toffees pose. Don't forget his injury in the knee after the game against City. I think comparing our offensive play to theirs was the difference. "Maybe [he will be available for] next week, maybe not - but it will not take longer than 10 days". Read More »

The screen on Oubre wasn't dirty - honestly, I'm not sure it was even a foul - but Olynyk has a reputation, and when you think a silly-haired Canadian man is getting dirty with you, you have to stand up for yourself. He attempted to warm up before Game 3 on Friday before the determination was made that he could not play. "We can't complain, can't be passive". The Wizards have no issue holding their ground or fighting for more, as they've shown nine games into the playoffs. Read More »

Track safety workers cut the roof off of the No. 43 Ford and were able to remove Almirola from the vehicle. Almirola has been air-lifted to the University Kansas Medical Center for observation. Everything was fine and then it just took a hard right. Almirola's auto came to rest at the exit of turn 2 and he immediately put the window net down, which is the universal signal that a driver is alert. Read More »

Mario Lemieux did light it up in his playoff coming-out party with the Penguins in 1989 with 19 points in 11 games over two rounds, but he'd already played four National Hockey League seasons. "A guy like me needs time with the puck and the ability to come through the middle with speed, and obviously, when they're taking that away, it makes your job pretty tough", he said. Read More »

Nobody's really had a chance to settle in. "I don't think anybody's taking anything for granted". On the flip side of that, I've always said I love the word 'expectations, ' and I do. They own a plus-8 run differential, but have allowed 158 runs, which is tied for tops in their division. - The Cubs plan to call up right-hander Eddie Butler from Class AAA Iowa to join the rotation Friday in St. Read More »

Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren-Honda) partira de la 19e et avant-dernière place. Toutefois cette nouvelle péripétie assombrit encore davantage son avenir chez McLaren-Honda, alors qu'il n'a pas rallié une seule fois l'arrivée lors des quatre premiers GP. Read More »

But this is the Derby, the event on everyone's bucket list. The Americans love to label the Kentucky Derby "the greatest two minutes in sport". Coping beautifully with the messy track while others faltered, Always Dreaming broke smoothly from the gate and patiently stalked the lead for the first half of the 1 1/4 mile classic before taking charge going into the far turn. Read More »

Quarterbacks can cause National Football League teams do make bold decisions. Teams have seven minutes to make their selections in Round 2, five minutes for Rounds 3-6 and four minutes for Round 7. Well, three of them - Mitchell Trubisky, Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson - were taken among the top 12 picks. Even though teams like the Packers and the Steelers pick toward the bottom of the draft nearly every year, they manage to pick outstanding players who help the team continue winning ... Read More »

The Celtics won games one and two - the first playoff series between Washington and Boston since 1984 - by at least 10 points. That's what it came down to last night at the Verizon Center. If you had said that back in October, that there'd be a Game 7 in the second round, a lot of people probably wouldn't even believe that. "It's so close. Read More »