The Daily Hilario: Friday

Newcastle United announced the signing of free-agent defender Lloyd Kelly on Thursday, June 13. Kelly will “officially” join the club on July 1, 2024, when his contract with AFC Bournemouth is set to end. The 25-year-old spent five years with the Cherries and will reunite with Magpies manager...

OFFICIAL: Newcastle sign Lloyd Kelly to 5-year deal

Kevin Campbell will always hold a special place in the hearts of Everton fans of a certain age, and with good reason. Signed on loan by Walter Smith in March 1999 with the team facing almost certain relegation, Campbell’s nine goals in five games rescued the Toffees as he went on to become the Blues top scorer in three campaigns out of the six seasons he spent at Goodison Park, picking up accolade after another with 51 goals in 165 total appearances.

Super Kev passes away | Former Everton and Arsenal forward dies after short illness

Buckle up Carty Freebirds, because the summer 2024 transfer window is officially open! And to celebrate, I have a rumor of a genuine transfer bid for a Tottenham Hotspur player to pass along. According to Fabrizio Romano, Serie A side Genoa has submitted a formal bid to purchase right back Djed Spence.

Romano: Genoa submit formal bid for Djed Spence

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese entered the WNBA has household names after their electric rivalry in women’s college basketball. Reese’s LSU team beat Clark’s Iowa team in the 2023 national championship game when both players were juniors. They met again in the Sweet 16 as seniors, and Clark and the Hawkeyes got revenge by ending LSU’s season.

Angel Reese whacks Caitlin Clark in head for Flagrant-1 foul, and WNBA refs got it right

Dallas, TX

Boston, MA

The Boston Celtics had a chance to close out the 2024 NBA Finals on Friday night. Instead, the Dallas Mavericks extended the series at least one more game with a 122-84 trouncing of the visiting Celtics. The 28-point loss for Boston now goes into the NBA record books as the third-worst loss in NBA Finals history, behind Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals (where the Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz 96-54), and Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals (where the Celtics blew out the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 to close out that series).

Charles Barkley blasts ‘unprofessional’ Celtics after Game 4 blowout loss to Dallas

Kentucky State

Lexington, KY

Kentucky’s Nolan McCarthy scored a run that will live on in the legacy of the Wildcats’ baseball program, as the outfielder scored from second base on a passed ball late in the team’s Super Regionals game against Oregon State. The run gave Kentucky a 3-2 lead in the late innings, and would hold up as the winning run.

Kentucky’s Nolan McCarthy gets a special message from a MLB legend after heroic slide

Tennessee State

Knoxville, TN

Friday night’s game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Florida State Seminoles in the Men’s College World Series has yet to go final. But a player has already made some history. Tennessee infielder Christian Moore hit for the cycle in the game, becoming the first player to accomplish...

Christian Moore makes Men’s College World Series history in Tennessee-Florida State

After the Dallas Mavericks' deflating loss in Game 3 to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, the normal cliches and platitudes were shared by players and coaches alike. The theme was universal: the series isn’t over, take it one game at a time. It was nothing earth-shattering, a semi-cliche sentiment...

The Mavericks’ Game 4 showed a blueprint that could allow them to make history against the Celtics

Tony Mowbray was sacked back in December, almost seven months ago. Since then, the club has lurched from one fiasco to another, putting an end to any talk that we have now entered into a new era of professional leadership. In any other business, the boss – Speakman – would be handed his cards and there would be serious questions about the board’s stewardship.

ITHICS Fanzine: My patience with the Sunderland hierarchy is now at an end

Jack Milko Jack Milko has been playing golf since he was five years old. He has yet to record a hole-in-one, but he did secure an M.A. in Sports Journalism from St. Bonaventure University. During the third round of the U.S. Open, on the 9th hole, Jim “Bones” Mackay, the...

NBC Sports aerial shot of Bryson DeChambeau's hip injury, treatment goes viral

Raleigh, NC

For the first time in the history of the Men’s College World Series, the opening two games ended in walk-off fashion. Vance Honeycutt’s single in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday powered UNC to a 3-2 win over Virginia, and in the nightcap, Tennessee rallied in the bottom of the ninth to overcome a three-run deficit to defeat Florida State 12-11.

Men’s College World Series: Mitchell Daly and Kentucky walk it off against NC State

It’s the topic that continues to dominate so many of our conversations at the moment – spurred on by frustration, speculation and wild conspiracy theories. 117 days later, Sunderland remain no closer to appointing a new head coach. As hastily as Michael Beale’s sorry reign on Wearside ended, prospective candidates are now distancing themselves from the role just as quickly.

Sunderland’s ownership group have zero margin for error

Jack Milko Jack Milko has been playing golf since he was five years old. He has yet to record a hole-in-one, but he did secure an M.A. in Sports Journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Collin Morikawa could not miss on Saturday, which explains why he posted one of the best...

Collin Morikawa ‘makes everything,’ soars back into U.S. Open contention

Kansas City, MO

History is written by the winners. This is undeniable. If and when you win, you get to talk the talk because you walked the walk. But if you are writing in something permanent (something like ink or DIAMONDS) then you better make sure that what you are writing is correct.

Chiefs’ new Super Bowl rings have an error in the design

As a Midlands-based Royal, geographically distant from the club and the majority of our fanbase, it has been hard to watch on from afar as the club suffers. My personal life means I’ve been unable to attend many Reading games since 2020, although in truth it feels like the inevitable conclusion of a process which started when I first moved further north in 2014. In the decade since, I’ve tried my best to stay abreast of events at the club, but as inept ownership has instilled a sense of cynicism and even apathy in me, I’ve struggled to keep a healthy relationship with supporting the club.

Maintaining Hope Throughout Reading’s Protracted Takeover

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Gallatin County, KY

Northern Kentucky Tribune

By the end of the year, the owners of Kentucky Speedway will have paid Gallatin County more than $900,000 for tickets never sold to races never run. NASCAR abandoned the racetrack following the 2020 Quaker State 400, but a 20-year PILOT agreement (Payments In Lieu Of Taxes) obligates Speedway Motorsports Inc. to two annual payments through 2031: a $180,000 lump sum and a $1 per ticket fee with a $230,000 minimum, even if the venue remains vacant.

Stuck in idle: Kentucky Speedway falls short of high hopes four years after last NASCAR race

For the first time in almost a decade there will be a sea change in Liverpool’s backroom staff. With the planned exit of so many key figures from the Jürgen Klopp era, Arne Slot has lots of coaching and other technical rolls to fill. Reports from the Netherlands...

Sipke Hulshoff Expected To Join Liverpool As Arne Slot’s First Assistant

Memorial Day Weekend in the United States saw two legs of the “Triple Crown of Motorsport.” Unofficially, the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix comprise two pillars of motorsport’s triumvirate of glory. The third leg is upon us. This weekend sees the 92nd installment...

24 Hours of Le Mans: How motorsport’s premier endurance race works and how to watch

The Kansas City Chiefs unveiled their latest Super Bowl rings on Thursday, with everyone and their grandmother there. Except for Taylor Swift, the noted football junkie and girlfriend of Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Swift was on tour in England, but burned the midnight oil to hop on Instagram live to help the team celebrate their new rings.

The Daily Hilario: Thursday

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