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2026 NFL Playoff Picture, Bracket After Week 9
Nov 9, 2026 - Sports 
Here's what the NFL playoff picture looks like after Week 9 of the regular season.
CF Montreal are for sale: What it means, how much it could cost, and what’s next for the MLS club
Nov 9, 2026 - Sports
In an emotional press conference, CF Montreal’s founder and owner Joey Saputo refused to rule out relocationIn a rare press conference, CF Montreal owner Joey Saputo announced that his family was beginning the process of “initiating a structured sale process” of the MLS club. Saputo informed the public of his intentions on Monday afternoon, pausing multiple times to fight back tears after over three decades of owning the Quebecois club.“This decision is neither driven by urgency, nor dictated by circumstance,” Saputo said in his initial scripted remarks. “It’s the result of a careful and deliberate reflection on where we stand today, and more importantly, on the opportunities that lie ahead for the club.” Continue reading...
Michael Carrick facing Manchester United axe amid review by Jason Wilcox
Nov 9, 2026 - Sports
Director of football in discussions with Omar BerradaPochettino and Howe on radar as possible replacementsManchester United are moving towards sacking Michael Carrick, though no final decision has been made by Jason Wilcox, the director of football, who is leading the review after the head coach was given the Chelsea, Roma and Aston Villa games to turn results around.Wilcox has been consulting with Omar Berrada, the chief executive, before a recommendation regarding Carrick is made to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who controls sporting policy. Continue reading...
Cardinals Lose WR Michael Wilson For Season To Neck Fracture In Loss At Seattle
Nov 9, 2026 - Sports 
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson is out for the season because of a fracture in his neck that he suffered in the team’s loss against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Manchester’s soulless content machine football clubs sum up post-imperial Britain | Barney Ronay
Nov 9, 2026 - Sports
United and City dominate the news cycle with stories so strange and vast they threaten to consume the rest of the leagueIn Manchester this weekend it was possible to bookend your Thursday‑to‑Sunday entertainment with two cultural events. First up, a debut screening of the re‑released and uncensored Ken Russell film The Devils at Trafford Odeon. And three days later, three miles down the road, Manchester United versus Aston Villa at Old Trafford.As expected, one of these events provided a visceral cinematic experience, a deeply disturbing two-hour public meditation on the meaning of faith, blood, fear, power, ritual and the fetishising of objects, climaxing in an orgiastic crowd scene of depraved but undeniably erotic abandon, all acted out on a set in a state of glorious and performative ruin. And the other one was a film with Oliver Reed in it. Continue reading...
