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The Elland Road outfit are looking for their fourth manager in just over a year following the decision to sack Paul Heckingbottom on Friday. Former Argentina, Chile and Marseille manager Bielsa has emerged as a surprise frontrunner to take over the Championship club as they look to return to the Premier League for the first time since relegation in 2003. And while the likes of Michael Laudrup and Claudio Ranieri have also been linked with the now vacant post, Bielsa’s agent and brother, Rafael, has confirmed that he is in conversation regarding his client’s future....

Documents outline a November 2015 trip by West Virginia president Gordon Gee to Houston to tour the Cougars’ athletic facilities with athletic director Hunter Yurachek and football coach Tom Herman, as well as lunch with Houston president Renu Khator. MORE: Expansion? Title game? A look at the Big 12’s options Houston, currently a member of the American Athletic Conference, is likely the Big 12’s top choice after going 13-1 in 2015 and finishing at No....

In-spite of Hobart’s rampant run in the competition, they have failed against quality bowling attacks with the Renegades themselves being the first ones to inflict a defeat upon them. Both teams have already booked their place in the semi-final but a fight for a home match is still left, adding more value to the highly anticipated clash. Squads to choose from Melbourne Renegades: Cameron Boyce, Dan Christian, Tom Cooper, Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Jon Holland, Tim Ludeman, Joe Mennie, Mohammad Nabi, Kane Richardson, Harry Gurney, Will Sutherland, Chris Tremain, Beau Webster, Cameron White, Jack Wildermuth...

Zinedine Zidane’s side travels to Germany after two draws in their last two La Liga games (at home to Villarreal and away to Las Palmas) have raised doubts about his side, reports Xinhua. Madrid didn’t play well in either of those games and were also fortunate when two late goals saved a disappointing display at home to Sporting Lisbon in their Champions League opener earlier. Madrid’s star striker Cristiano Ronaldo was seemingly very unhappy at being substituted against Las Palmas, making headlines wih his expressed displeasure....

Ed Brown, better known as Big Ed, will appear on 90 Day: The Single Life, a new show on the Discovery+ streaming service that’s dedicated to celebrating the single lives of former 90 Day Fiancé franchise hopefuls. But it doesn’t sound like Ed will stay single for long. In a recent conversation with Us Weekly, the 55-year-old claimed that he’s found a “wonderful girl.” Big Ed has been polarizing among 90 Day fans, ever since he first appeared on Season 4 of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days last year, because some of his questionable behavior and the age gap between him and his then-partner, Rosemarie Vega, who’s 31 years his junior....

Sanders also had been invited to Team USA camp in Las Vegas and, most important, he was granted a four-year, $44 million extension this summer. Sanders had averaged only 6.2 points and 5.5 rebounds in his first three years, but Bucks brass and new coach Larry Drew felt he eventually would be a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, and that he had untapped offensive potential. Instead, Sanders got off to a miserable start in his first three games, averaging 2....

Some of the highlights include the Star Wars Poe Dameron’s X-wing Fighter Building Set from The Rise of Skywalker, which is going for £57.19 – the lowest price we’ve seen for this set anywhere. Alternatively, for the aspiring superheroes, Marvel Avengers Compound Battle Superhero Playset has 40% off – being on sale £53.89 which is down from £89.99. This Lego set features figurines of Thanos, Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk and Nebula to accompany the battle ground....

The leaked video from the alpha was shared on Reddit, but it’s since been removed via Ubisoft takedowns. The video captured an introduction to Skull and Bones filled with narration that described what players can expect. This narration is particularly intriguing because it details aspects of Skull and Bones that have yet to be announced yet. The big confirmations include a new social hub named Sainte-Anne, the progression track known as Infamy, and details about its gameplay loop....

Several conference members had their bottom line get a substantial jolt from the Big Ten Network as they received a revenue share from the television network for the first time. MORE: SN’s All-Big Ten | Big Ten non-con schedule rankings | 10 best Big Ten games Purdue reported a $32 million share from the conference, with more than $1 million coming from the BTN, according to the Lafayette Journal and Courier....

These days, Thompson’s name is no longer greeted with applause in the tobacco industry. He and other former executives are soon to be quizzed by federal prosecutors about the shady side of the cigarette business. NEWSWEEK has learned that a federal grand jury in North Carolina is investigating explosive allegations about links between major cigarette makers and global smuggling operations that move vast quantities of cigarettes across borders without paying any taxes....

Bihar defeated Manipur by three wickets, while Uttarakhand sealed the lone quarterfinal spot from the Plate Group with a bonus point win over Mizoram in the Plate Group. The 32-year-old Aman achieved the feat when he trapped Manipur’s Sagatpam Singh lbw for his 65th wicket and eclipsed former India captain Bedi’s tally of 64 wickets for Delhi in 1974-75. An employee of Indian Air Force, Aman, ended up with 7/71 against Manipur in the second innings to end the season with 68 wickets from 14 innings at an average of 6....

And while Simone Biles tries to stay focused on the healing process more than 18 months after the Olympic gymnastics champion revealed she was among the hundreds of athletes abused by disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, there are times when the massive systemic breakdown that allowed Nassar’s behavior to run unchecked for years becomes too much. “It hits you like a train wreck,” Biles said Wednesday as she prepared for the U....

Julian Edelman was one of Brady’s favorite targets while in New England, with the pair combining for 36 touchdowns in Foxborough. Under Bill Belichick, the Brady-Edelman connection won three Lombardi trophies. So it’s no surprise that Edelman, who announced his retirement on Monday, is the glue that once again brought Belichick and Brady together, with both coach and player posting heartfelt messages to the wideout. “On the biggest stage and in the biggest moments, you always came through,” Brady tweeted....

Over the past week, both ESPN and Sports Illustrated released longform pieces that detailed alleged wrongdoings by New England over the past several years. On Thursday night, the Steelers had an issue with their headsets and started a whole new situation. MORE: Pittsburgh writer rips New England | More Patriots complaints from Steelers Belichick started with the headset issue, saying “it’s pretty common” to encounter that problem. He said he hasn’t heard anything else from the NFL on the matter at this point....

During an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week, he described Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plans for a prompt floor vote “inconsistent” and suggested the Trump administration and the Senate GOP’s political approach rests on self-serving principles. “Their position is, ‘Do whatever maximizes your power. If it’s totally inconsistent with what you said before, don’t worry about it,’” Clinton said. His comments came amid a wider conversation about the speed with which President Donald Trump and Republican leaders, like McConnell, aim to appoint a new jurist to fill Ginsburg’s spot....

De Blasio called into The Brian Lehrer Show podcast, for his weekly Friday appearance on WYNC, to discuss the mayor’s efforts to get New York City vaccinated. He first addressed the city’s latest mandate directed at public healthcare workers, which was initiated on Wednesday. “We’re going to really respect our workforce, but we’re also saying very clearly, you have to get—if you’re a public health care worker, you have to get vaccinated or get tested once a week,” de Blasio said....

The billionaire Microsoft co-founder said Tuesday that content uploaded to the up-and-coming platform includes “crazy stuff” and suggested that it would attract social media users who are too extreme for mainstream sites like Facebook or Twitter. “If you want Holocaust denial, hey, Parler is going to be great for you,” Gates said while speaking at the virtual The New York Times DealBook Summit, CNBC reported. Increasingly popular with right wing politicians, commentators and personalities, Parler is an Twitter-like app that claims not to censor the views of its users....

As the co-founder of Microsoft, one of the biggest computing companies in the world, it may not come as a surprise to some that Gates is a fan of brain teasers. While he doesn’t claim to be the best Wordle player around, he’s been quite dedicated to the game since he got his start with it. RELATED: Wordle is Now Playable Through New York Times Crossword App Bill Gates shared a post on his site discussing Wordle, some of its clones, and how he plays it....

Musketeers coach Chris Mack has added Luke Murray, son of actor Bill Murray, to his staff as an assistant coach. MORE: Biggest celebrity fans | Does Florida have its guy? | Kentucky politician delivers Laettner burn The younger Murray spent the last two seasons on Dan Hurley’s Rhode Island staff after previously working for Hurley at Wagner. He also spent two years as an assistant at Towson and was with Arizona coach Sean Miller as a graduate assistant in 2009-10....

Russell was awarded the NBA’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the NBA Awards Show on Monday, and was introduced on stage to much fanfare by the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning and David Robinson. MORE: 2017 NBA Awards Show: List of finalists, winners He had only one thing to say to those NBA stars (jokingly, we think): “I would kick your ass.” When you’re a 12-time All-Star, 11-time NBA champion and five-time MVP, you can get away with a little trash talk, even on a star-studded night like this....