Luiz Felipe Scolari shed some insight into his situation at Chelsea right before he was given the pink slip by Roman Abramovich on Monday. He admitted that he had no relationship with his players off the pitch, and took several players (their initials are D.D. and F.M.) to task for not playing well. Oh, and he believes that Robinho would have solved all his problems.
By the way, Chelsea are hemorrhaging funds, and that doesn’t include Scolari’s expected £7.5m buyout. Hmm… They paid Mourinho and Grant a combined £23 million. That’s £30.5m for their last three managers. You know who they could have gotten for (almost) that amount of money? Here’s a hint, he plays at Manchester City, he really wanted Kaka to come over, and he scored one of the sweetest goals you’ll ever see against Italy, this past Tuesday.
It will be a tense weekend in the Beckham home, and not because Becks’ alleged former paramour is pregnant. L.A. Galaxy is expected to decide on Friday if they want to sell their prized asset to A.C. Milan. Becks, for his part, seems to be shunning the Milan night life, much to Posh’s happiness.
The ageless Ryan Giggs has signed a new contract with Manchester United. Hey, if he keeps scoring them like this, then he’s a steal as far as I’m concerned.
Sven Goran Eriksson got the dreaded vote of confidence from the Mexican Football Federation as he continues to be linked to Portsmouth. By the way, one of his assistant coaches slapped U.S. defender Frankie Hejduk after the U.S. defeated Mexico on Wednesday. Stay classy Mexico!
Unsettled Tottenham striker Darren Bent is upset and he isn’t going to take it anymore! No truth to the rumor that Harry Redknapp asked for that vow in writing.
Louis Saha hopes to be back, this weekend, for Everton’s F.A. Cup tie with Aston Villa. In other news, it’s showing in Hell and Godot finally showed up.
Mike Francesa insists his app will not go anywhere, blasts NJ Advance Media story during rant on WFAN.
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The Cardinal Hayes Cardinals finished 2016 splitting a pair of championship games. They won the New York Catholic High School Football League Tournament championship game against Archbishop Stepinac 41-39 and lost the NYCHSFL AAA state championship game to Canisius High School / Buffalo, NY, 50-44.
Four-star 2018 offensive tackle Qadir White received recent offers from Maryland (Dec 7), Minnesota (Dec 2) and Massachusetts (Dec 1). He now has 12 total offers with his junior season in the books.
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Qadir White loves the competition that comes with playing football and that is what motivates the junior left tackle at Cardinal Hayes High School/Bronx, New York to be the best he can be.
White started playing football at the age of 12 and continued on from there. A Newark, New Jersey native, White is proud to represent his current hometown, Bronx, New York, on the football field now.
White is also a boxer. He did that before he started playing football and it helps with his footwork as an offensive lineman.
Qadir White according to the 247Sports Composite, is a three star 2018 recruit, the 27th best offensive tackle and fourth best player in New York.
When you see his highlights, you’ll see right away that he’s an aggressive blocker and plays through the whistle. Run blocking is the best part of his game but he believes he can do that and pass block just as well. See his sophomore highlights here.
“It’s been big. …I’ve gotten a lot of calls from colleges. My phone’s ringing, [coaches] calling me and contacting me. I hear from a lot of coaches and staffs and how they were so excited they were to get in touch and right now, I’m just keeping a steady pace in talking to them,” he said about the recruiting process.
So far, Qadir White has received a total of 10 scholarship offers from the following schools: Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Iowa State, Rutgers, Miami, Boston College, Bowling Green, Coastal Carolina, Delaware State and Old Dominion University.
He has high interest in Rutgers but still has to visit other schools to see where he fits best. He plans to make his commitment decision in his senior year.
“At the moment, right now, Rutgers because I’ve been down there a couple of times and they show a lot of love. I love the environment there. They have a great atmosphere there. When I go down there, the coaches are friendly and they make you feel like you’re home. I haven’t been to any other colleges to decide [anything]. I’ve only been to Rutgers so far. I haven’t gotten a chance to compare them any other colleges but I will do that coming this fall after my season.”
He wants to major in Finance in college and realizes that if football doesn’t work out, he needs to work hard off the field in order to be successful in life.
“A great scholar off the field. What I can do for their university off the field, for me as a person, if football doesn’t work out, I want to get a good job, graduate college, get my degree and [go far in life]. I want to find a good university for football and school.”
White believes that he is the heart and soul of Cardinal Hayes’s offensive line because of the work he has put in the offseason to be great.
“I want to show that I can dominate and prove to the colleges that I am one of the top offensive linemen in the country.”
The Cardinal Hayes Cardinals went 9-3 (5-2 League) in 2015 and have come out slowly to start the first quarter of the 2016 season, however, won their last two games against Xavier High School (18-15) and St. Peter’s High School (33-14). At 2-3 (1-2 League), they are looking to even both records and continue their winning streak against the Chaminade Flyers of Staten Island, New York, Saturday October 15.
Here is what Qadir White said he will miss playing for Cardinal Hayes when his playing career is over at the school.
“What I’ll miss, I’m going to miss the teachers there and the staff that helped me develop as a student-athlete on and off the field. The school itself is an amazing school, they helped me out a lot.”
That question will almost certainly divide Rockets fans over the next few months. Yes, the Rockets overachieved. Yes, they reached the second round of the playoffs which no one expected them to reach at the start of the season. Yes, James Harden will probably place second in the MVP ballot, Mike D’Antoni could win Coach of the Year, and one of either Eric Gordon or Lou Williams could win Sixth Man of the Year.
But the terrible, horrible, disastrous Game 6 loss to the Spurs is a huge wake-up call to this team’s hopes of actually winning a championship. Sports journalists and fans are mocking the Rockets for good reason after that loss, with some going so far as to declare that Harden is not a superstar. While that is absurd, the Game 6 loss is a clear sign that while overachieving low expectations is nice, the goal of this team is to win. And this loss shows how far the Rockets have to go to accomplish that.
As magical as Houston’s season was, there is one thing which Rockets fans should worry about: specifically, how does this team improve from here?
This is particularly important because a lot of the Rockets players could easily take a step back next year. Gordon and Ryan Anderson could get injured again (in fact, the Rockets were among the healthiest teams in the league this year, someone no one would have predicted at the start of the season.) Trevor Ariza and Nene are getting old, and Patrick Beverley will turn 29 in July and has his own injury history.
If those players fall off or get injured, where can the Rockets look for improvements to compensate? Will Sam Dekker or Clint Capela improve enough? Can this team hope for something from Kyle Wiltjer or Chinanu Onuaku? It is hard to believe that any of those players will either make a significant leap or become in the case of Wiltjer or Onuaku become a rotation worthy player next year.
Maybe the Rockets can retool and get another 3 and D guy in place of Ariza. And if they had advanced to the Warriors and been semi-competitive, they could try running it again next season. But the loss to San Antonio shows that far from retooling, this team has to get better. And while some Rockets writers have made rumblings about pursuing another star player like Paul George, it is difficult to see even Daryl Morey pulling it off with Houston’s cap situation.
Furthermore, the loss exposed some of Houston’s actual weaknesses beyond stupid quips of Mike D’Antoni’s offensive style not working and Harden not being a clutch performer. D’Antoni is infamous for playing an extremely short rotation in the playoffs. He recently went through natural prostate cancer treatment and used just 7 guys in Game 5 and most of Game 6 which led to an exhausted team by the end. And that does not touch on other adjustments such as the need to add more big men, a loss which was felt with Nene’s injury.
If there is any upside to this loss, it is that it shattered any sense of complacency this team may have had if they had lost to San Antonio in a tough Game 7. Now is not the time for the Rockets to pat themselves on the back for overachieving in the regular season. Now is the time for this team to ask tough questions about how they build upon what they achieved this season.