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OM: A summer recruit from Sampaoli says everything about his arrival!
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OM: A summer recruit from Sampaoli says everything about his arrival!

Arrived last summer in Marseille, Amine Harit spoke at length about his first part of the season at OM and addressed the question of his future.For his first summer transfer window at the head ofOM, Pablo Longoria hit hard, offering his coach twelve recruits: Konrad De La Fuente, Gerson, Leonardo Balerdi, Cengiz Ünder, Mattéo Guendouzi, Pau Lopez, Luan Peres, William Saliba, Pol Lirola, Pedro Ruiz, Salim Ben Seghir and Amine Harit. The Moroccan international is therefore the last to have settled down in Marseille. The DNCG had waited until the beginning of September to validate the arrival ofHarit. This loan had been made possible by the financial effort made by alvaro gonzalez and Paul Lirola, who had agreed to lower their salary. Ceded toIF through Schalke 04 until the end of the s...
Julius Randle (still) missing |  NBA
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Julius Randle (still) missing | NBA

Hard to recognize Julius Randle. Whoever embodied this hungry leader last year, to bring the Knicks back to the Top 4 in the East and be rewarded with an MIP title and an All-Star star is now only the shadow of himself, with air pockets that multiply, and a frankly suspicious attitude. Author of 11 points at 5/12 shooting, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 27 minutes on the floor of an unleashed Miami team, he went through the meeting like a ghost to finally be left on the bench in the last act. “All players go through difficult times”, tempered Tom Thibodeau which therefore refused to overwhelm its leader. “But when the scoring isn't there, you can't let that rob the team of your intensity. Often it's aggressive actions that get you into the game. This is probably the most important...
NBA: Kobe Bryant statue unveiled at accident scene
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NBA: Kobe Bryant statue unveiled at accident scene

Munich/Cologne – On the second anniversary of Kobe Bryant's death, a statue was unveiled at the crash site depicting the NBA superstar and his daughter who also died in an accident. Kobe and Gianna Bryant and seven other people crashed and died in a helicopter on January 26, 2020 in Calabasas, California.Created by artist Dan Medina, the bronze statue stands on a mountainside, with Kobe and Gianna Bryant wearing basketball attire hugging and smiling. The names of all victims are recorded on a plaque on the base. The work of art should only be there temporarily, what will happen to it afterwards is not yet known. US basketball star Bryant, five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, died at the age of 41. Gianna was only 13 years old. According to the investigation, the...
Resignation – if you were to ask him now
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Resignation – if you were to ask him now

Munich – Rob Gronkowski does it like buddy Tom Brady: He takes his time. Gathering distance to rest after a bitter divisional round playoff loss with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So there would be no point in talking to the tight end about his future in the NFL or the Bucs right now. Although his contract is up and he would be a free agent in March, the answer you would get from "Gronk" now would be pretty clear - and for fans a sad one.Rob Gronkowski: "I will not play""If they said, 'Rob, you have to decide right now, right this second, whether you're going to play next year,' I would say 'no' right now," Gronkowski told TMZ.com. "I would say, 'No, I'm not going to play.' If I had to provide an answer now," Gronk clarified, "it would be 'no'." He was one of the Bucs' regular season ach...
Soap Ben Simmons: Hawks and Sixers reportedly discussed five-player trade |  NBA
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Soap Ben Simmons: Hawks and Sixers reportedly discussed five-player trade | NBA

While Daryl Morey assures that there is dead calm on the front lines of Ben Simmons transfer talks, Hoopshype reveals the Sixers were in advanced negotiations with the Hawks. We do not know when the discussions date since Atlanta has raised its head for 10 days, but the exchange involved five major players. Thus, the Sixers were ready to send Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris to the Hawks, in exchange for John Collins, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Danilo Gallinari. On paper, it was rather balanced with confirmed players, and a young talent like John Collins to satisfy the Sixers. No playmaker to compensate for the departure of Ben Simmons, but the team is doing well without him, and Philly would have gained in size, points, rebounds and density. But... Hoopshype reports that negotiations ...
“Trade deadline”: the Cavaliers aim for a second back |  NBA
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“Trade deadline”: the Cavaliers aim for a second back | NBA

After losing Collin Sexton and Ricky Rubio, we imagined that the Cavaliers would take advantage of the “trade deadline” to recruit a point guard, but according to Hoopshype, management would instead seek a second full-back. The hatching, and even the explosion of Darius Garland, followed by the arrival of Rajon Rondo seem sufficient to approach the second part of the season, and according to our confreres, three players would be in their viewfinder: Caris Levert, Eric Gordon and Terrence Ross. The track Joe Harris, a former member of the house, is more complicated, given the status he has acquired in Brooklyn. The first is a free electron, a strong attacker, and he would indeed do good in position 2. He does not have the defensive qualities of Isaac Okoro but he would bring pun...
The patience of James Bouknight finally rewarded |  NBA
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The patience of James Bouknight finally rewarded | NBA

If it was Cody Martin who started in the five majors in place of Gordon Hayward, absent last night against Toronto, it was James Bouknight who benefited the most from the veteran's absence. Since James Borrego had decided to rely on a tight rotation of seven players, the rookie out of the university of UConn benefited from 28 minutes of play, his biggest total of the season. Despite the Hornets' defeat, trampled by the Raptors in offensive display, the Crown Heights, Brooklyn native delivered a good game off the bench, demonstrating all the "microwave scorer" qualities that made him a "lottery pick” last summer: 18 points (6/11), including 13 in the second quarter alone. « It sure is a nice feeling » confessed the player, about this big half hour spent on the floor. " I remain r...
Golf – EPGA – Rory McIlroy conquers the Dubai Desert Classic
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Golf – EPGA – Rory McIlroy conquers the Dubai Desert Classic

The second Rolex Series of the season, the Dubai Desert Classic will begin this Thursday at the Emirates Golf Club. Stars, new greens and a solid tricolor contingent are there. Rory, Collin, Paul and the others No doubt, the Slync. Io Dubai Desert Classic is not one of the most popular events of the season for nothing. In addition to world number 2 Collin Morikawa, who is coming out of any week in Abu Dhabi, the tournament shows a entry list high-flying. Rory McIlroy, very comfortable in this tournament, is there, as is defending champion Paul Casey or the very fit world number 5 Viktor Hovland (two wins in his last four outings).Sergio Garcia also made the trip from the USA and the usual Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, Lee Westwood or Henrik Stenson are also at the s...
50 years of design celebrated with a special 911 Targa Edition
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50 years of design celebrated with a special 911 Targa Edition

Half a century and all its teeth is something to celebrate! To mark the occasion of 50 years of its design department, Porsche presents to us two exceptional models : a 911 Edition 50Y and an 911 S 2.4 Targa dating from the founding year of the service, 1972, and restored to the same.A common point that jumps out? the noir, which lines both the bodywork and the passenger compartment, a nod to the look of the Chronograph I designed by the teacher Ferdinand Porsche when the service was founded Design with his brother Hans-Peter, the designer of the legendary 911.Porsche 911 Edition 50Y Porsche Design: a classic revisitedThe Porsche 911 Edition 50Y Porsche Design is a limited series of 750 models. Aside from its black exterior, nods to the past include the checkered panels of the Sport-...
Aaron Rodgers talks career ending
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Aaron Rodgers talks career ending

Green Bay/Munich - Aaron Rodgers has announced that he will make a timely decision about whether to continue his career. "Mentally, do I still have the passion, the competitiveness and the desire to keep playing? I think it's a feeling and you know that best when the offseason has started," he said on The Pat McAfee Show.Rodgers expects the decision to come "rather before than after" free agency begins in March. He also wants to keep in mind that the Green Bay Packers and the players still have other personnel decisions to make that may be related to Rodgers' future.Rodgers praises the retirements of Peyton Manning and John Elway "I think there should be enough time to make a decision by then," says the 38-year-old. "I don't want to commit to a specific date, but I want to be sensiti...