Cavs may be doing Heat and Wizards big favor in playoff race by resting LeBron James and Kyrie Irving

Cavs may be doing Heat and Wizards big favor in playoff race by resting LeBron James and Kyrie Irving

The Cavs are doing the Miami Heat a major favor on Monday night by resting starters LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson as they play their penultimate game of the 2016-17 regular season. They may also be helping out the Washington Wizards, depending on how you look at it.
Basically, the Cavs are giving the Heat a break in a game Miami needs to win as they fight for the eighth playoff spot. And why that could be good for the Wizards is because the Cavs are currently tied for the best record in the East with the Celtics. The Cavs have the tiebreaker, so as of now they would face the Wizards

Hot Football Transfer Gossip: Wenger 'will stay at Arsenal and get £200m transfer budget', Liverpool 'target £35m Ox', De Gea 'unsettled at Man Utd'

Hot Football Transfer Gossip: Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Arsene Wenger, Wilfried Zaha

When Arsene Wenger promised he would make an announcement about his Arsenal future “soon”, he wasn’t lying as such. It’s just that he probably imagined he would declare his intention to sign a two-year contract extension in a triumphant manner, perhaps after a resounding Gunners win had propelled his side towards Champions League qualification for the 19th successive year. “Two more years!” he would yell with a grin, as adoring Gunners fan hoisted him aloft and took him on a lap of honour around the Emirates pitch, repeating the mantra, “Two more years! Two more years!”

But instead, Arsenal just keep losing every week. So it’s kind of never been the right moment.

Therefore, “soon” has now become “the end of the season”.

The Times reports that Arsenal are “stalling” over making a public announcement on Wenger’s future due to “a drastic loss of form” and “increased hostility” among the club’s fan base.

Dele Alli MUST follow Bale's lead and move abroad

Dele Alli

What had you accomplished by your 21st birthday? You might have mastered the art of beer pong. or worked out the various different discounts on your student card. Perhaps you’d finally stopped buying fishbowls of brightly coloured alcohol at nightclubs or got your own Netflix password. Dele Alli at this age however, is an established Premier League star. He might even be the brightest young midfielder in Europe

Having turned 21 on Tuesday the Spurs number 20 is a wunderkind no longer. As he moves deeper into his 20s more will be expected of Alli, with a certain maturity still to be instilled in him. But consider what he has already achieved and there is no reason to believe he won’t fulfil his potential as the greatest English talent of his generation.

Alli has had a hand in more Premier League goals before turning 21 (40) than David Beckham (12), Steven Gerrard (13) and Frank Lampard (15) combined. He’s netted 19 times in all competitions just this season. Spurs are mounting a belated title challenge, with Mauricio Pochettino closer to Premier League pace-setters Chelsea than anyone else, and Alli has been the driving force behind that challenge, particularly with Harry Kane sidelined through injury.

He is undoubtedly the most exciting young talent to call White Hart Lane home since Gareth Bale, with some

Didier Drogba joins Phoenix Rising FC, eyes getting USL club in MLS

Didier Drogba joins Phoenix Rising FC, eyes getting USL club in MLS

Didier Drogba has opted to extend his playing career, announcing he's signed with Phoenix Rising FC on Wednesday. The Arizona-based club, currently in its fourth season with theUnited Soccer League (USL), has designs on joining Major League Soccer in the coming years of expansion.
Drogba intends to help them see out that goal. The 39-year-old Ivorian will play for the club before transitioning to an executive role.
"After seeing first hand the potential for expansion of the sport in North America and getting to know the ownership group in Phoenix, I am convinced that I can help them develop their organization on and off the pitch," Drogba said in a team statement. "I look forward to their continued success in the USL, and no city is better positioned than Phoenix for expansion into the MLS."
Drogba's role as a player and part-owner is certainly unusual, but the former Chelsea player says he's