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An emotional Smart was introduced Monday as the head coach at his alma mater, and there’s little doubt Georgia will look a lot more like Alabama going forward. MORE: Meet the new coaches | Imagine a 16-team playoff | Best of 2015 Smart, a Bulldogs defensive back from 1995-98, spoke passionately but mostly in generalities about his hopes for a program that experienced great success under Mark Richt but rarely entered the national championship discussion....

While it’s typically a fun, energetic show to get fans excited about a full day of college football, Saturday’s episode was obviously different. This has been a unique year, not only with the coronavirus pandemic but also social justice issues arising from the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. When discussing how this has impacted players, Kirk Herbstreit became emotional on the set of “GameDay,” imploring empathy for those who are affected by systemic racism....

Telecoms engineer Dwayne Ofoeme told the BBC he discovered the cat, who has been christened Ringo, after driving from Liverpool to Newcastle-under-Lyme in the U.K. on Monday. Ofoeme said that as soon as he and his colleagues stopped the vehicle at the end of the journey they “immediately heard meowing,” but initially assumed “it was just a cat under the van.” On closer inspection, he realized the noise was coming from the underside of the van, where he quickly spotted a tiny kitten clinging to the bottom of the vehicle....

Although both teams aren’t out of the reckoning for a spot in the IPL 2020 playoffs, they find themselves with a mountain to climb. KKR and RR are placed 7th and 6th respectively, and although they can get to 14 points, they have the worst net run rates among all the teams who can still make it to the playoffs. While KKR fell to the already eliminated Chennai Super Kings in a last-over thriller in their previous game, RR are on the back of consecutive victories....

Donovan played for the US in the last three World Cups. He played an important role for the US team to win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the World Cup qualifications, but his knee injury prevented him from reaching his top form, reports Xinhua. “I was looking forward to playing in Brazil and, as you can imagine, I am very disappointed with today’s decision,” wrote Donovan on Twitter Thursday....

The 18-year-old Bayern Munich prospect, who last week switched international allegiances from Germany to the USA, has been named to Jurgen Klinsmann's roster for the Americans' friendly April 2 against Mexico in Glendale, Ariz. The match will be the USA's final tune-up before convening in mid-May for the pre-World Cup camp. The squad otherwise is a largely veteran roster, including probable World Cup starters Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Omar Gonzalez, Matt Besler and DaMarcus Beasley, as well as national team regulars Clarence Goodson, Brad Evans, Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman and Eddie Johnson....

Salah was an unused substitute as the Reds won 2-1 at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, and Klopp indicated the rest has helped with the Egypt international’s recovery. Since picking up the injury during Liverpool’s win over Leicester City in October, Salah has been on a reduced training schedule and opted out of international duty while Egypt played Kenya and Comoros in November. Asked about Salah’s situation ahead of the Napoli game, Klopp told a news conference: “Really good, [he] looked really good in training yesterday especially, after the game....

Silva has overseen a poor start to the season, with a last-gasp defeat to Leicester City on Sunday leaving them languishing 17th in the Premier League. The Portuguese takes his beleaguered side to Anfield for the Merseyside derby on Wednesday knowing another defeat could see him lose his job. Klopp saw enough in the defeat to the Foxes to suggest the Toffees are capable of turning a corner but knows a club with Everton’s ambitions can only remain patient for so long....

Klopp guided Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles while Rudiger was at the club but the defender move to Stuttgart before his senior debut, with Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic ahead of him in the pecking order. Six years since he parted ways with Klopp and Dortmund, Rudiger has established himself as a top centre-back at Chelsea after his £34 million summer move from Roma. On Sunday, the 25-year-old will come up against his former boss once again and spoke of the immense belief he instils in his players....

A run of four draws in their last six league games has seen the Reds slip a point behind City with nine matches left this season. The Reds host Burnley on Sunday knowing they will be four adrift of the champions if Pep Guardiola’s side defeat Watford a day earlier. Klopp, though, says there is no reason to change their approach to matches simply because they are now playing catch-up in the title race....

The Reds were one of the 12 founding clubs of the breakaway league which was announced on Sunday. The plans rapidly fell apart, however, as most clubs have pulled out of the competition following outrage from football associations, fans and pundits. Liverpool were among those heavily criticised but Klopp fears their reputation is being regarded as irredeemable. What did Klopp say? “It is difficult for me in truth, because I have found some of the reaction around it difficult to take....

Ibrahimovic felt anything but unstoppable a year ago though. The striker suffered the first major injury of his career, tearing ligaments in his knee and bringing an end to a dominant first season in the Premier League with Manchester United. He went from being on top of the soccer world, to laying in a hospital bed struggling with a reality he had never experienced before. “I felt my body, when I was laying in bed, and I could not move after the operation, I felt my body started to shake because I needed to do something,” Ibrahimovic said....

For years, fans have asked for a Knights of the Old Republic remake that would bring modern visuals and gameplay mechanics to the already-excellent game, and in September 2021, fans would receive the announcement they’d been hoping for. In a PlayStation State of Play, a Knights of the Old Republic remake was announced, and although details are pretty scarce still, it’s been heavily rumored that Aspyr’s remake is going to be changing up some of aspects of the original - with its RNG combat apparently being the first big change....

Because, really, what would be the point? MORE: 6 D-leaguers who could help your NBA team | Lakers sign cancer patient to one-day contract “Honestly, it doesn’t really matter,” Bryant said (via ESPN.com) of trying to avoid a team-record losing streak it now shares with the 1993-94 Lakers. “What, it makes a s— season less s—?” Instead, the Lakers (9-41), assured of at best a .500 record — and that would take 32-game winning streak starting Tuesday — are trying to plumb the depths of what will be their third consecutive losing season, the first time that’s happened since the team’s arrival in Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season....

Also read: Top 10 Regular season scorers in NBA History Before the league veered towards the Big 3, there were a number of eras of two superstars who complemented each other perfectly. Dynamic duos. One-two punches. Dependable tandem. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, Bob Cousey and Bill Russell, John Stockton and Karl Malone, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving and Moses Malone, Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird and Kevin McHale....

According to ESPN, Bryant left two tickets for Odom, who for six months has been recovering from an overdose that caused a stroke and organ damage. PHOTOS: Odom through the years | MORE: Lakers team has trust issues Odom’s first public appearance since being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel came last month at a Kanye West fashion show. And if it wasn’t for the ongoing drama that is the Lakers, his presence last night may have been a bigger story....

Not even Michael Jordan experienced 16 consecutive seasons, let alone 20, which Bryant is entering this year. MORE: Michael Jordan vs. Kobe Bryant | Kobe Bryant attempting to shake off rust “This is uncharted territory,” Bryant said, via USA Today. “My 37 (years old) isn’t MJ’s 37 (when Jordan returned to play for the Wizards after taking two seasons off), you know what I mean? Nor is it the same team or the same system that he was playing in....

MORE: Kobe Bryant explains why he doesn’t miss the game of basketball Bryant’s poem is mainly about Urkel’s ability to transform himself into Stefan Urquelle, using his “cool” gene.