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Nick Saban’s ‘epic era’ of coaching is over, but the exploitation of players in big-time college football is not

When Nick Saban, the legendary University of Alabama football coach, announced his retirement at age 72 in January 2024, various analysts and colleagues depicted his departure as the end of an “epic era” of coaching. “WOW! College football just lost the GOAT to retirement,” the outspoken University of Colorado coach, Deion Sanders, stated on X. Sanders went on to lament how college football has changed so much that it “chased the GOAT away.” Without a doubt, Saban’s college coach ing record of 297 wins, 71 losses and 1 tie – not to mention seven national championships – puts him in an elite group of college coach es. However, as the author of a book on the racially exploitative nature of college sports, I don’t see Saban as having been “chased away.” Rather, I see Saban’s retirement as his stepping away from an evolving college sports system that is increasingly empowering athletes in ways that he vocally condemned. Saban was no champion for college athletes’ ri

How many American soccer players have played in El Clásico?

On Saturday, Barcelona welcome Real Madrid to Montjuïc for the first clash of the Spanish giants this season. El Clásico is known around the world and players from all corners of the globe have featured in it. Clearly there have been a plethora of stars from the country itself featuring (think Ramos, Xavi, Casillas), and then we have had the headline names from the likes of Brazil (Ronaldo, Romario, Ronaldinho), France (Zidane, Henry, Benzema), Argentina (Di Stefano*, Messi, Maradona) and so on. Barcelona vs Real Madrid live online: El Clásico score, stats and updates But what about the United States of America? Surely a population of that size has contributed to some of the 296 Game s that have been played out between the two eternal rivals over the last 120 years. Well, as it turns out, the growth of soccer in the U.S., while moving in the right direction, is yet to make a significant statement on this Game , with just a single American taking part. A Clásico Dest Sergiño Dest i

What “youngest player” records does Barcelona star Lamine Yamal hold?

Barcelona endured a tough start to their LaLiga clash away to Granada on Sunday, conceding a goal to Bryan Zaragoza after just 17 seconds at Nuevos Los Carmenes. Already trailing league leaders Real Madrid by five points, Xavi Hernández’s side would then fall further behind in Andalusia, with Zaragoza doubling his team’s advantage just before the half-hour mark. With veteran striker Robert Lewandowski out of action, it fell to a player at the other end of his career to start the Catalans’ fightback: Lamine Yamal. Lamine Yamal takes LaLiga goalscorer record The winger’s goal in first-half injury-time saw him break yet another record, that of the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Spanish top flight . Yamal, who was born on 10 July 2007, scored his first LaLiga goal at the age of just 16 years and 87 days , beating the previous record holder, Málaga’s Fabrice Olinga, by 11 days. The Cameroonian’s strike against Celta Vigo in August 2012 was his only first-team goal in Spain. 1 -

Best MLB player prop bets for today, 8/27: Cody Bellinger gets favorable matchup

MLB Sunday gets started early with 12:05 first pitch in New York. Meanwhile, most of the action on the East Coast will begin at 1:35 E.T. Javan put on a show with a 3-0 performance in MLB player props. Let’s see if we can replicate that. Let’s focus our attention to one of the top hitters in the MLB this season, Cody Bellinger. He headlines our top MLB player prop bet of the day, but be sure to also check out our MLB predictions for every matchup on the docket. BetRivers is one of the biggest sportsbooks in America, and right now they are giving new customers up to $500 in bonus bets if their first bet loses. There’s no catch, that’s all there is to it! Click this link to join BetRivers.   Cody Bellinger (CHC) over 1.5 hits + runs + RBIs (-135) Line available at DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing. Cody Bellinger cost us Friday Night with an 0-4 performance from the plate but had an infield single overturned in the 9th inning. A 5-minute review was questionable but we