data-mm-id=”_voqhy4bpv”>On Wednesday the quarterfinal round of Jeopardy!'s Tournament of Champions was held. It pitted several decorated former Jeopardy! contestants against one another in the first of several heavyweight bouts. Included in that group is Vermont native Jake DeArruda, who got a good laugh out of everybody during his introduction with Ken Jennings. DeArruda was asked how he spent his Jeopardy! winnings back when he won for the first time in January of 2023. He gave a fantastic answer that included a rogue shot at the New England Patriots, noting that he needed several packs of hard cider to get through the brutal season last fall. How TOC player Jake DeArruda spent his original Jeopardy winnings."Sports gambling, women and alcohol…"$20 on a CFB pick …
data-mm-id=”_blyk1owrr”>A little over a month ago my coworker Stephen Douglas penned a post on this here website comparing the drama between Barstool Sports employees to reality television and observed that Dave Portnoy's company has become very good at framing that drama as content. A standard workplace spat between two bloggers about who works on a Friday ends up getting widely aggregated, bringing clicks and eyeballs to the Barstool operation. The often-venomous nature of that drama can make it feel like the company is cannibalizing itself in order to feed the ever-hungry content machine. It is, if anything, an effective way to get attention in an extremely crowded media ecosystem. It now seems Barstool is taking that idea to its logical extreme with a content strategy that is…
data-mm-id=”_w07ntp818″>In addition to being defeated in overtime on Sunday Night Football when their defense completely fell apart during overtime, the Los Angeles Rams also lost rising star receiver Puka Nacua to a PCL sprain in his knee. Nacua, who records last season for most receptions (105) and receiving yards (1,486) by a rookie in NFL history, has been placed on the injured reserve list and will miss at least four games.Following Nacua, who caught 4-of-4 targets for 35 yards before getting hurt, suffering the PCL injury while making a catch during the second quarter of LA's 26-20 overtime loss to the Lions, his teammate Cooper Kupp went to work and finished with 14 catches for 110 yards and a touchdown on a league-high 21 targets.Considering the Rams have a bye in Week 6, …
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has agreed a new contract at the club until 2027, according to David Ornstein.
The 52-year-old left Villarreal to join the Premier League club in November 2022.
Unai Emery signs new Aston Villa contract
He has taken charge of 77 matches, 50 of which have come this season with the Villans in the semi-final of the Europa Conference League, where they will face Olympiacos.
They are the strong favourites to win that competition and are currently fourth in the Premier League, meaning Champions League qualification is very possible.
and Bayern Munich in recent weeks but it looks like he has no interest in joining the Bundesliga giants or replacing Jurgen Norbert Klopp.
According to The Athletic correspondent Ornstein…
Zinedine Zidane and Jude Bellingham have both recommended Man Utd winger Jadon Sancho to Real Madrid ahead of the summer transfer window, according to reports.
The England international came off the bench in the first three Premier League matches of the season before being dropped from Erik ten Hag s squad for .
Ten Hag insisted after the match that Sancho had been omitted because of his poor performance in training, which the Man Utd winger took to social media to deny.
Sancho posted that he had been made to be the scapegoat for the club s poor start to the campaign and was even reportedly banned from first-team facilities by Ten Hag.
The 24-year-old took his post down by refused to apologise to Ten Hag or his coaching staff and .
When asked abo…
Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak and Ajax’s Brian Brobbey are the two potential signings at the top of Mikel Arteta s list of Arsenal striker targets, according to reports.
The Gunners narrowly missed out on the Premier League title on Sunday with Manchester City winning their match against West Ham 3-1 and taking Arsenal s title fate out of their hands.
, thanks to a late Kai Havertz strike, but it wasn t enough as they finished two points adrift of champions Man City.
Despite their failure to win the title, the Gunners impressive improvement under Mikel Arteta over the last couple of years will make them an attractive proposition for players picking where to go in the summer transfer window.
that the club have now decided to step up their trans…
West Ham star Lucas Paqueta who has been heavily linked with Man City is reportedly facing a life ban if found guilty of his alleged betting offences.
paid around £51m to sign Paqueta from Ligue Un outfit Lyon during the 2022 summer transfer window.
On the pitch, has proven to be a great signing as he s grabbed 13 goals and 14 assists in his 84 appearances for the Premier League.
His form fuelled speculation linking him with a £85m move to Premier League champions Man City,
It was noted that the FA s investigation was triggered by suspicious betting patterns surrounding an injury-time yellow card received by Paqueta in West Ham’s 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on the opening day of the season last August .
The report added: ‘In addition…
Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag aimed a dig at England manager Gareth Southgate after the Three Lions 1-0 victory over Serbia on Sunday night.
Southgate s side looked in control in the first half as they took a comfortable 1-0 lead into the break in Gelsenkirchen after Jude Bellingham had put them ahead with a header.
However, England surrendered control for much of the second half in their Group C opener against Serbia with Dragan Stojkovic s side testing the Three Lions mettle.
and could ve extended their lead too if Harry Kane had converted a brilliant Jarrod Bowen cross late on.
boss Ten Hag was working for NOS in the Netherlands for the England match and criticised Southgate who was linked with replacing him at Old Trafford after their opening match w…
Manchester United are very interested in signing £51million-rated Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Manuel Ugarte, according to reports.
Ugarte only joined PSG from Portuguese club Sporting last summer after Luis Enrique s side triggered the €60m (£51m) release clause in his contract.
Several Premier League clubs had been linked with the Uruguayan international but he made the move to the French capital.
The 23-year-old played 37 times for PSG in 2023/24 but only started five of their 12 Champions League matches and 21 times in Ligue 1.
It is clear that Enrique does not heavily depend on Ugarte and this has opened the door for a summer exit.
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Manchester United are believed to be very keen…
According to reports, England manager Gareth Southgate will drop Kieran Trippier for Luke Shaw against Spain in what has been described as a shock decision.
England take on Spain in the final of Euro 2024 on Sunday after on Wednesday night.
Ollie Watkins 90th-minute strike sent the Three Lions to Berlin for their second consecutive European Championship final.
Southgate is the third manager to reach the final of the competition twice and defeat against Spain would make him the first to lose both.
Let s not speak that into existence though, folks. It s coming home and all that.
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Pretty much everyone expected Southgate to name an unchanged starting XI for Sunday s showdown in Berlin having b…