Leeds – Aston Villa: Anwar El Ghazi’s fifth-minute goal was enough for Aston Villa to get its first win in three tries with a 1-0 win over Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday. Playing without Jack Grealish for a second-straight week, Villa’s early goal held up despite Leeds holding 69 percent possession and a 13-9 advantage in shots. [ MORE: How to watch PL in the USA ] Villa sits eighth with 39 points, six back of fourth-place West Ham with two matches-in-hand on the Irons. The loss is Leeds’ third in four, its 35 points closer to fourth than the bottom three. STREAM LEEDS – ASTON VILLA FULL MATCH REPLAY Premier League recaps Three things we learned from Newcastle – Wolves Three things we learned from West Brom – Brighton Three things we learned from Manchester City – West Ham Three things we learned from Leeds – Aston Villa 1. Villa finds a new way: Last week was Villa’s first Premier League match with Grealish … [Read more...] about Three things we learned from Leeds – Aston Villa
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Three things we learned from Manchester City – West Ham
Manchester City – West Ham was a tight clash, but the Premier League leaders kept on winning as Ruben Dias and John Stones stole the show. [ MORE: How to watch PL in the USA ] Dias headed City into the lead but Michail Antonio equalized for a spirited Hammers before the break. Stones then popped up to win it for City, as Pep Guardiola’s side have now won 20-straight games in all competitions and 14 in a row in the Premier League. That run has stretched their lead atop the table to 13 points, while West Ham remain on 45 points. WATCH MANCHESTER CITY – WEST HAM FULL REPLAY Premier League recaps Three things we learned from West Brom – Brighton Three things we learned from Leeds – Southampton Three things we learned from Arsenal – Man City Three things we learned 1. Stones, Dias drive City on : When they’ve played together in the PL this season they have conceded three goals and scored five between them. Incredible. Dias … [Read more...] about Three things we learned from Manchester City – West Ham
NASCAR neophyte Santino Ferrucci ready for Xfinity debut
Over his previous three seasons in the NTT IndyCar Series, Santino Ferrucci developed a reputation, for better or for worse, as one of the series’ most aggressive drivers. But as he begins his stock car career in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway with no practice or qualifying beforehand, he’s looking to avoid the highlight reel. MORE: Saturday Miami Xfinity race – Start time, weather, TV “You just want the car to come back in one piece, log some laps for us,” Ferrucci said during a media teleconference Wednesday. “We have five in a row, so there’s no sense in throwing away your first race trying to do something spectacular. “It’s all about trying to be consistent and building up to it slowly.” The same can be said for Sam Hunt Racing, which will have Ferrucci in its No. 26 Toyota for the next five Xfinity races. He’ll be the team’s third different driver in as many weeks. Brandon Gdovic finished eighth in the season opener on the Daytona … [Read more...] about NASCAR neophyte Santino Ferrucci ready for Xfinity debut
With second Indy 500 victory, Takuma Sato’s special gifts include a 50-year-old lunchbox
INDIANAPOLIS – Takuma Sato celebrated a special day on Feb. 19 as his second face was unveiled on the famed Borg-Warner Trophy as the winner of the 104 th Indianapolis 500 on Aug. 23, 2020. The ceremony at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum kicked off the “100 Days until the 105 th Indianapolis 500,” which this year is scheduled for May 30. Later that night, the popular driver from Tokyo received a special gift at a dinner hosted by BorgWarner at Prime 47 Steakhouse in Indianapolis. It was a 50-year-old Johnny Lightning Special Al Unser lunchbox in pristine condition autographed by Unser. DOUBLE VISION : Takuma Sato’s second time on the Borg-Warner Trophy Every year, Borg-Warner Trophy publicist Steve Shunck and NBC Sports reporter Robin Miller give the honoree of that year’s Indy 500 winner a special gift. It is typically a copy of the Carl Hungness Indianapolis 500 Yearbook featuring the winning driver’s autograph from the year the most recent Indy 500 winner was … [Read more...] about With second Indy 500 victory, Takuma Sato’s special gifts include a 50-year-old lunchbox
Jordan Chiles wins Winter Cup; Laurie Hernandez comes back
Jordan Chiles won the Winter Cup, while Laurie Hernandez competed for the first time since the Rio Olympics in the first significant elite gymnastics meet in the U.S. in nearly one year. Chiles, a 19-year-old who trains with Simone Biles , totaled 57.05 points at the Indianapolis Convention Center largely without spectators. She prevailed by 1.95 over Shilese Jones . Full results are here . “You can kind of tell that everybody had nerves here and there,” said Chiles, who considered ending her elite career during the pandemic but ultimately deferred enrollment at UCLA for a second year. “I did what I was supposed to do when I needed to.” Some of the U.S.’ top gymnasts either weren’t at the meet — which U.S. high-performance team coordinator Tom Forster equated to a preseason football game — or chose to perform on fewer than four apparatuses. Biles passed. She’s expected to return for a World Cup in Tokyo in May, her first competition since the October 2019 World … [Read more...] about Jordan Chiles wins Winter Cup; Laurie Hernandez comes back