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New Mavericks guard Max Christie (left) and a 2029 firstround draft pick were  included in the package for Luka Doncic. -  LM Otero/the Associated Press MIKE CURTIS 4 Feb 2025 - The Dallas Morning News One overriding question about Doncic trade is why wasn’t return bigger PHILADELPHIA — History shows there’s a cost to acquiring NBA superstars in blockbuster trades. The Mavericks received All-star Anthony Davis (left) in return for Luka Doncic in Saturday’s trade, but not much else for a player most consider to be one of the five best in the world, and not yet 26-years-old. When the Mavericks sent franchise centerpiece Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers late Saturday in a megadeal that returned 10-time All-star forward Anthony Davis, there were obvious questions of the bold decision. Now that some of the dust has settled, most around the NBA are starting to ponder why general manager Nico Harrison didn’t receive more assets in a deal of that magnitude. Davis will join the Ma...

No longer in charge, Cuban left in the dark 4 feb 2025 The Dallas Morning News Many in the NBA wonder why the Mavericks didn’t receive a bigger return after trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Mike Curtis writes. From what we can tell, Mark Cuban didn’t have anything to do with the trade that will define the career of the general manager he hired. Nico Harrison acted on his own. For that matter, the Adelson family may have forked over $3.5 billion for the Mavs a little more than a year ago, but Patrick Dumont didn’t give Cuban so much as a heads up that Luka Doncic was out the door.Smiley N. Pool/staff PhotographerMavericks minority owner Mark Cuban (right) is no longer running the basketball operations for the team and did not find out that Luka Doncic was traded to the Lakers until after the deal was done. Dumont supposedly laughed when Nico proposed it, by the way, thinking it a joke. Of all the things Nico’s called these days, “funny” isn’t one of them. Anyway, if you’re looking for...

(Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Mitchell Leff / Getty Images) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6107798/2025/02/04/hubie-brown-nba-tnt-basketball-hall-of-fame-espn-coach/ Richard Deitsch THE ATHLETIC - Feb 4, 2025 Hubie Brown is laughing. The 91-year-old NBA broadcaster very much enjoyed the question I just asked him: “If I had interviewed you when you were 50 years old and told you that you would still be broadcasting NBA games in your 90s, what would you have told me?” This is a man who coached Kareem and Oscar, coached against Kobe and LeBron , and called games featuring Walton and Wembanyama . His career has spanned A.I. (Allen Iverson) and A.I. (Artificial Intelligence), his voice a constant soundtrack of the NBA for multiple generations. In a broadcast this Sunday that will celebrate his 50 years as an NBA coach and national television and radio analyst, Brown will call his final NBA game — Sixers at Bucks (2 p.m. ET on ABC). Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/60HnBrzDkyeppM137AAoqi "Vecchi sono gli stracci" recita un proverbio portoghese, che è anche titolo di musical a teatro e soap in tv. E nessuno meglio di CR...40 sa quanto quel detto popolare sia vero: con la doppietta nel 4-0 dell'Al-Nassr sull'Al-Wasl, penultimo turno di Champions League Asiatica e con gli ottavi già assicurati, Cristiano Ronaldo ha segnato in, 1263 partite ufficiali, 923 gol. Record ogni epoca, fra gli innumerevoli in una carriera che vanta 33 trofei maggiori, senza contare i premi individuali, le competizioni giovanili e i tornei amichevoli. "Non sono io a inseguire i record, sono i record a inseguire me", aveva scritto sui social a maggio, da miglior marcatore di sempre in una stagione di Saudi League, che però gli era sfuggita. Mentre in agosto, a Rio Ferdinand, suo ex compagno allo United, aveva detto: "Sono il miglior marcatore nella storia del calcio. Ma alzerò l'asticella. Presto avrò 900 g...

MATADOR. Ronaldo soma mais um bis na goleada (4-0)  do  Al Nassr diante do Al Wasl na penúltima jornada da competição 4 Feb 2025 - Record A.T. IDADE NÃO PESA A RONALDO Quase a completar 40 anos, português bisa e o Al Nassr goleia na Champions da Ásia ”Velhos são os trapos” é o provérbio que Cristiano Ronaldo vai validando. Prestes a festejar o 40º aniversário – será já amanhã –, o português continua a acumular golos. Ontem fez mais dois e o Al Nassr goleou (4-0) o Al Wasl, na penúltima jornada da Liga dos Campeões Asiática, e ainda pode almejar o topo no grupo Oeste. “FICARIA SATISFEITO SE VENCÊSSEMOS A CHAMPIONS FRENTE A UMA EQUIPA SAUDITA”, AFIRMOU PIOLI Com a qualificação para os oitavos de final assegurada, Stefano Pioli, treinador dos sauditas, optou por poupar Otávio, que ficou de fora, mas lançou o reforço Jhon Durán. Al Hassan, aos 25’, arriscou de longe e inaugurou o marcador. A seguir, apareceu CR7, ou melhor dizendo... CR923. O capitão da Seleção Nacional bisou – pr...

The thrashing at Arsenal suggests the champions’ woeful run at end of 2024 was more than just a blip 4 Feb 2025 - The Guardian Jonathan Wilson By the time Ethan Nwaneri whipped in Arsenal’s fifth, the mood at the Emirates was euphoric. The 17-year-old’s finish, arced into the bottom corner from that inside-right position through which so many of Arsenal’s attacks had come, felt like the perfect finale to a dominant 5-1 win over reigning Premier League champions Manchester City. And it was, in more ways than one. Its youthful chutzpah seemed an appropriate way to round off a win in which 18-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly had been the most eye-catching player, having scored the third goal with an impudent shimmy into the box. Yet there was a strange realisation on seeing the replay. Nwaneri’s finish hadn’t nestled in that close to the corner of the goal; it wasn’t quite as good as it had initially appeared. And that felt emblematic of the game as a whole. Of course Arsenal were magnificent ...

“De laatste jaren is de stress almaar minder. Hoe dat komt?  De leeftijd, denk ik.  Je wordt ouder, je evolueert.  En: ik heb al veel meer gewonnen dan ik ooit had gedacht.  Alles wat er nu nog bijkomt, is surplus. Die wetenschap geeft rust”    - Mathieu van der Poel “Ergens hadden we er altijd nog een beetje rekening mee gehouden dat ook Van Aert zou starten.  Het was ook geen extra motivatie.  Mathieu heeft aan zichzelf genoeg om zich op te laden”    - Christoph Roodhooft, Teammanager Alpecin-Deceuninck WIM VOS in Liévin 3 Feb 2025 - Gazet van Antwerpen Stad en Rand Het WK was nog bezig, Van der Poel zat in de allerlaatste ronde, en aan de zijlijn stond zijn teammanager Christoph Roodhooft toe te kijken. Alles heeft Roodhooft met Van der Poel meegemaakt, elke topzege, elke titel.. Maar voor die zevende wereldtitel had hij toch nog een extra compliment in petto. “Het is ook wel iets, hé”, klonk het op zijn Kempens. “Er zijn nog renners ...

Jasper Jacobs/blg - Een veldrit duurt een zestigtal minuten,  en aan het eind wint Mathieu van der Poel. Nooit reed iemand sneller door een veld dan Mathieu van der Poel Met een zevende wereldtitel evenaarde Mathieu van der Poel het lang onhaalbaar gewaande record van Erik De Vlaeminck. Onvermijdelijk heropende hij daarmee ook de discussie wie de beste veldrijder aller tijden is. 3 Feb 2025 - De Standaard Benedict Vanclooster ©  In ‘Aan de meet’ duikt Benedict Vanclooster in de wieleractualiteit. Van der Poel leverde al meermaals een bijna perfect rapport af, maar deze winter, met weliswaar ‘slechts’ acht crossen, haalde hij voor het eerst 100 procent Eerst zag het er wekenlang naar uit dat het WK veldrijden één grote onemanshow zou worden. Dan blies Wout van Aert de hoop op een duel nieuw leven in. Maar of de tegenstand nu Wout, Thibau, Michael of Eli heet, een veldrit duurt een zestigtal minuten en aan het eind wint Mathieu van der Poel. Nauwelijks goed twee minuten kostte h...

Voor de zevende keer werd Mathieu van der Poel wereldkampioen veldrijden. Hij evenaart het record van Erik De Vlaeminck. 3 Feb 2025 - NRC Maarten Scholten - AMSTERDAM Over zijn zegegebaar hoefde Mathieu van der Poel niet lang na te denken. Zeven vingers stak hij in de lucht, ook nog even met gekruiste armen voor de finishfoto. Opnieuw een wereldtitel veldrijden, zijn zevende sinds 2015, een evenaring van het record van de Belgische legende Erik De Vlaeminck uit 1973. „Toch wel speciaal”, sprak hij na afloop bij de NOS. Gaat hij het record volgend jaar al verbeteren in het Zeeuwse Hulst? „Dat weet ik nog niet. Eerst nog even van deze wereldtitel genieten.” Vader Adrie van der Poel, zelf wereldkampioen in 1996, had het tien jaar geleden bij de eerste wereldtitel van zijn zoon in het Tsjechische Tabor al gezien. „Alsof hij in de speeltuin rondrijdt”, becommentarieerde senior destijds. Net twintig was het wondertalent toen en hij loste daarmee Erik De Vlaeminck af als jongste wereldkampioe...

Il 22 marzo sul Poggio il duello più bello tra gli ultimi due iridati.  Mathieu ha dominato nel cross, Tadej pronto a stupire subito Tadej all’UAE Tour, poi Strade Bianche e la Classicissima  Con VdP il duello si rinnoverà al Fiandre "Se adesso fossi un bambino, il mio idolo sarebbe proprio Mathieu.  La Sanremo l’ho già sfiorata diverse volte, piano piano ci sto arrivando."    - Tadej Pogacar "Non ho parole per descrivere quanto sia forte Tadej, siamo nella sua èra"    - Mathieu van der Poel 4 Feb 2025 - La Gazzetta dello Sport di Ciro Scognamiglio @CIROGAZZETTA 2 © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Sembrano, o forse sono, uomini in missione. Tutti e due. Impegnati con la forza e la bellezza di ogni loro pedalata a dominare, a divertirsi e divertire, ma forse più di tutto a dimostrare che i concetti di perfezione e imbattibilità non sono poi così astratti, visto che ad ogni occasione ci arrivano sempre più vicino. Loro sono Mathieu van der Poel e Tadej Pogacar: i...