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#football-players

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says he will be patient reintroducing Jadon Sancho to his team as "footballers are not robots".Sancho has struggled for form since his £73m move to United from Borussia Dortmund in July 2021.The England winger has not featured for United since the 1-1 Premier League draw at Chelsea on
"There are some processes you can't force and this is one of them," said Ten Hag.

Premier League leaders Arsenal will look to extend their gap at the top of the table as Mikel Arteta's men face West Ham on Boxing Day.The Gunners have won 12 of their 14 league games this season, with Arsenal boasting a five point lead ahead of Manchester City.Arsenal have a 100 per cent home record this season, winning all six of their Emirates clashes.

Looking out the top floor window of the family home in Manhattan Beach, 6-foot-8 volleyball standout Tread Rosenthal can see the ocean.If he walks two blocks, he can touch the sand and listen to the waves.Asked how often he thanks his parents for moving from Austin, Texas, Rosenthal said, "I would say every day."

Footballers are 50% more likely to develop dementia than the rest of the population, a study has found, fuelling calls to restrict rules around heading the ball in football.Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the Lancet Public Health journal today, compared the health records of 6,000 elite footballers and more than 56,000 non-footballers between 1924 and 2019.

The religiously wary, the spiritually curious - and anyone inclined to appeal to a higher power on game day - are the target audience for a Super Bowl ad campaign with a simple message: Jesus loves them.A group that includes wealthy Christian boosters is using the biggest megaphone TV marketing money can buy on Sunday to spread the word with two new ads that proclaim "He Gets Us."

As a neurosurgeon, Henry Marsh has spent several decades making people's brain's better (and occasionally, as his memoirs document with breathtaking honesty, making them worse).But that job involved removing tumours and patching up the aftermath of serious head traumas.Keeping a brain in perfect health is an altogether different matter, not least because we understand so little about it.

Jordan McFadden, OT School: Clemson | Conference: ACC
College Experience: Senior | Age: 23
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 303 lbs
Projected Draft Status: 5th-7th Round
Player Comparison: Charles Leno, Jr.
Player Overview
Clemson did not have to go very far to recruit Jordan McFadden.He played both football and basketball in high school, but established himself as one of the best football players in South Carolina.

Nurses removed his USC jersey, unclasped his USC watch, slipped off his USC shoes.Charles White seemingly was ending his tumultuous 64-year journey through life with no visible connection to the school that was his soul.But as the Trojans' Heisman Trophy winner was taking his last breaths in a Newport Beach hospital, his ex-wife and his daughter pulled out a phone.

Wearing a brown suit, brown tie, white shirt and black dress shoes, Christian Dunbar sat calmly in his chair as the noise in the gym grew louder and the intensity level of his Eagle Rock players kept rising as they tried to fight off South Gate in the City Section Division II championship game.Pressure was growing, urgency was rising, and yet Dunbar refused to change his demeanor.

Three seasons in, you know what to expect from an episode of Ted Lasso by now.Wholesome humour, an unrealistically cosy vision of London, and lots, and lots (and lots) of Apple products.All are present and correct in the first episode of Season 3 which dropped this week - and while many of the performances are as delightful as ever, those iPhones and MacBooks increasingly feel like the stars of the show.

He stood at midfield in the Rose Bowl, a triumphant figure poised at the center of the national prep football universe, basking on the precipice of retirement from a long and illustrious career.Then why doesn't Bruce Rollinson want to talk about it?He appeared at one of the final stops on his victory tour Monday, one last chance to expound on his 34 years of glory, the esteemed Mater Dei coach attending a press luncheon in advance of Friday's Southern Section Division I championship game at the Rose Bowl against St. John Bosco.

The Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade was a sight to behold, with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and more celebrating with the fans.Mahomes and his teammates chugged just about every beer available in Kansas City during the Super Bowl, and went clubbing thereafter.It was a deserved party after an incredible season which resulted in the second Lombardi trophy of Mahomes' career.

Patrick Mahomes and several other players around the league shared thoughts and prayers in response to the shooting at the University of Virginia.Three University of Virginia football players were killed in an on-campus shooting late on Sunday night.Wide receiver Devin Chandler, wide receiver Lavel Davis Jr. and linebacker D'Sean Perry were killed and two others were shot on Sunday night.

Last week Fifa president Gianni Infantino announced record revenues in excess of $7.6bn (£6.3bn)- with football's governing body also confirming plans for further expansion and growth.But does big money for the global game come at a big cost to the planet?And does that fit with Fifa's statements on sustainability and emissions reductions?

There are concerns that this World Cup's timing could have a greater psychological impact on players compared to previous ones.TOLGA BOZOGLU/ EPA
For the first time, we have witnessed a mid-season men's football world cup.As Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp put it, this is going to be a "really long season" for players.

On February 14, Eminem filed an opposition to "Real Housewives of Potomac" cast members Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon's trademark application for their podcast " Reasonably Shady ."Eminem, a rapper whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has gone by "Slim Shady" since 1996 and has had the term trademarked since the early 2000s .

Patriots Tom Brady's second retirement has not tempered talks of a potential return for a 24th season.If Tom Brady is realistically mulling a potential return to the gridiron, he's not dropping any hints on social media.Even though Brady stated back in February that he was retiring "for good", that hasn't stopped rumors from swirling about the legendary quarterback.

As the awards were being presented to his players for winning the City Section Division II boys' basketball championship Thursday night with a 53-49 victory over South Gate at Narbonne, Eagle Rock coach Christian Dunbar was asked if it was his most satisfying title after winning two earlier in his career.

San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle (85) reaches to catch a pass thrown by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) in the fourth quarter of their NFC divisional-round playoff game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 19-12.

The New England Patriots lost their Week 15 game against the Las Vegas Raiders in bizarre fashion.With the game tied at 24 with only three seconds left on the clock, the Patriots called a draw to either go for the home run or at the very least run the clock out and head to overtime.Running back Rhamondre Stevenson indeed made a sizable gain on the play, but it became clear he would not reach the end zone.

New Orleans Saints defensive end Cam Jordan took to Twitter to vent about how the NFL's 'ridiculous' fines 'irked' him for being excessively punitive.As funny as flop compilations may be for sports fans, leagues make it clear that faking or exaggerating injury is no laughing matter.While a common tactic for advantages on the hardwood, there are reasons why football players may fake injuries on the field aside from drawing a penalty flag.

Unlike the college transfer portal, there's no official high school transfer portal even though there are hundreds of sports transfers in Southern California each year.Considering the number of top players moving around, it's time to launch a transfer tracker for Southern California football.According to CIF rules, players who transfer and physically move along with their family are eligible immediately at the new school.

Harvard-Westlake High girls' soccer player Vicky Pugh had never experienced hydroplaning on a soccer field until Monday night's downpour against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in Studio City left the Wolverines' all-weather field more suitable for ducks than humans because of giant puddles."She got tackled and skidded 20 feet," coach Richard Simms said.

I went to college at the University of Texas at Austin, a place where football reigns supreme.I wasn't much of a fan, but many of my classmates showed up as dyed-in-the-wool devotees.Their zealotry wore me down, and I eventually joined the fans who packed into Darrell K. Royal stadium for every single Saturday home game.

University of Colorado Boulder head football coach Deion Sanders told his football players that they must respect women or they will be dismissed from the program.In December, Sanders left Jackson State to take the head coaching job in Colorado.He made headlines in his first team meeting after he told players they should consider transferring to another school because I'm bringing my luggage with me, and it's Louis [Vuitton].

Brad William Henke, a former N.F.L. player who later turned to acting and became known for his role as a prison guard on Orange Is the New Black among other appearances across a 25-year career in film and television, died on Tuesday.He was 56.His death was confirmed by his manager, Matt DelPiano, who did not give the location or an exact cause but said the actor died in his sleep.

England have been warned Senegal are preparing to make history when the Three Lions face the best in Africa at the World Cup.Fans from the west African nation have been creating a party atmosphere in Qatar by dancing, singing and drumming ahead of Sunday's last 16 tie.England supporters in Qatar are optimistic about progressing to the quarter-finals given the reigning Africa Cup of Nations champions are missing former Liverpool ace Sadio Mane through injury.

Fifa has faced fresh criticism for its handling of World Cup teams showing support for the LGBTQ+ community, amid claims the Qatari hosts are running the show.Germany's players covered their mouths during a team photo ahead of their 2-1 defeat against Japan to show Fifa is silencing us by shutting down attempts to wear rainbow-coloured armbands.