Ennui is The Thing: welcome to the death football of late stage capitalism

Ennui is The Thing: welcome to the death-football of late-stage capitalism | Barney Ronay

Manchester United and Chelsea demonstrate that boredom is a key part of the sport and an element of its beauty. Well, something definitely happened there. But what exactly? There is an affectionate ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Thomas Tuchel is a baggage-heavy, intriguing choice that makes sense | Barney Ronay

Champions League conqueror is a fiery tactical zealot but narrative has always been that England need a winner. Well, at least we know now why Lee Carsley spent last week addressing the nation’s ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Disguised in Mail’s froth about Thomas Tuchel is an issue worth worrying about | Barney Ronay

The fury of the newspaper’s star sports writer about a German managing England means a central point gets lost in translation. Well, that kicked off a bit didn’t it? By now it seems fairly clear we ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Ten Hag saga is a major black eye for Ineos at a time when United’s brand is dying | Barney Ronay

Manchester United cannot afford to carry on being this version of a football club: the history boys, a fading heritage exhibition. Well, that’s finally happened then . On, now, to the next ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Amorim is the right choice at last: now Manchester United must make it work | Barney Ronay

After so many false starts since Alex Ferguson left, the new man has the CV and optics to reshape this sclerotic club. Live, die, repeat. There is a familiar feeling of pathos in watching the ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Williams ejected as things get chippy late in 49ers' loss to Chiefs

Trent Williams threw a punch late in the San Francisco 49ers' loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and was ejected from the contest.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 21

Do motorway billboards signal the first death throes of capitalism? | Adrian Chiles

The ads come and go so fast you have to speed up to watch them – and before you can see them properly they vanish. I glimpse them in the distance just as the M4 readies itself to peter out into ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Bertuzzi's late goal sets stage for Blackhawks to get 4-3 shootout win over Kings

Tyler Bertuzzi scored with 31 seconds remaining in the third period, helping the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 shootout win over the Los Angeles Kings

Sports - ABC News - 2 days ago

How a former football standout became wrestling's next big thing

A former college football standout turned NXT champion, Trick Williams is teetering on the edge of pro wrestling superstardom.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 14

Amid Great Change in College Football, One Thing Remains the Same

Penn State’s history of struggling against Ohio State continued on Saturday, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - Yesterday

Fantasy Football Week 8 Matchups to Exploit: Welcome Jaylen Waddle back into your lineups!

Queue up these players in your fantasy football lineups set for favorable Week 8 matchups.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 24

Indiana’s historic start, Ohio State’s narrow escape and more takeaways

As we approach November, it's getting increasingly difficult to shrug off all we've seen as dumb luck, soft schedules and total flukes.

Sports - ESPN - October 27

College football scores, results: Georgia, Tennessee come up with huge SEC wins

Week 8 was a big one for the SEC.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 19

15-year-old Kansas football player's death is blamed on heat

Outdoor conditioning while a heat advisory was in effect during the humid summer left 15-year-old football player Ovet Gomez Regalado pale and asking for water

Health - ABC News - October 17

Fantasy Football Pulse Check: How late-round RB showed out in Week 9

Fantasy football analyst Tera Roberts looks at how some key late-round running backs showed their value in Week 9.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

Oregon-Ohio State is a reminder why College Football Playoff expansion is a good thing

Saturday’s back-and-forth result was an example of why the expansion of the playoff this year — to 12 teams — could endure as a good thing. For exactly 60 minutes, both teams looked to be among the ...

Week 8 lookahead: one thing to watch in EVERY game, Bills & Bears deep dive | Football 301

Nate Tice is joined by Charles McDonald to preview the Week 8 slate of NFL games, highlighting the two biggest matchups and giving out one thing to watch for the rest of the particularly sloppy ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 24

Anthony Richardson benched, Diontae Johnson to the Ravens; 8 favorite things we saw in Week 8 | Football 301

Nate Tice and Matt Harmon join forces to react to the latest breaking NFL news and give their eight favorite things they saw from Week 8.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 days ago

‘I wish Dad were here’: I received $500,000 after my late father’s wrongful-death lawsuit. My adviser suggests annuities. How do I invest it?

“I do not want incredibly high-risk investments. I want moderate risk, but something statistically stable.”

Business - MarketWatch - October 27

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