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Aston Villa at Nottingham Forest Team News: Amadou Onana, Jair Cunha, Murillo

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We have an all-Premier League UEFA Europa League semi-final on our hands, so you know what that means? Yes, you're guaranteed to have an English club in the UEL Final. Aston Villa visits Nottingham Forest on Thursday night, as the two sides begin their two-legged tie. We have new injury concerns, on both sides, in Jair Cunha for Forest and Amadou Onana with Villa. We'll … [Read more...] about Aston Villa at Nottingham Forest Team News: Amadou Onana, Jair Cunha, Murillo

Illinois Fighting Illini 2026 NFL Draft: News, Notes, Nuggets and Tidbits

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Another NFL Draft has come and gone, and as it stands now, the Illinois Fighting Illini football program has sent 261 players, all-time, to the NFL Draft. The Illini have had at least one player selected in each of the past seven NFL Draft, with more than one being taken in six of those years. Illini head coach Bret Bielema has had 59 NFL Draft picks during his 17 seasons at … [Read more...] about Illinois Fighting Illini 2026 NFL Draft: News, Notes, Nuggets and Tidbits

Arsenal Team News at Atletico Madrid: Eberechi Eze, Kai Havertz, Riccardo Calafiori

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Arsenal beat Newcastle United 1-0 on Saturday, with Eberechi Eze scoring the game's only goal. The victory brought a couple of new injury/fitness concerns, however, with Eze himself, and Kai Havertz. The latter actually required medical treatment on the pitch, and had to be subbed off 35 minutes into the game. … [Read more...] about Arsenal Team News at Atletico Madrid: Eberechi Eze, Kai Havertz, Riccardo Calafiori

Caleb Tiernan, Evan Beernsten Move Northwestern Closer to 200 All-Time NFL Draft Picks

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Northwestern Wildcats football fans knew Caleb Tiernan was going to be drafted, but we didn't know Evan Beernsten would! Both guys will continue wearing purple as each of them went to one of the two NFL teams that features this distinctive color. Tiernan went in the third round, with the No. 97 pick, to the Minnesota Vikings. Beerntsen was taken in the seventh round, with … [Read more...] about Caleb Tiernan, Evan Beernsten Move Northwestern Closer to 200 All-Time NFL Draft Picks

Illini Edge Gabe Jacas Fills New England Patriots Biggest Need

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This week, it would have been easy to forget that the New England Patriots are in fact a football club. Right now it feels like they're actually a reality show instead. However, the Patriots, like the other 31 NFL franchises, are in fact making drft picks right now, and they selected Illinois edge rusher Gabe Jacas with the 55th overall pick in the draft. One of the most … [Read more...] about Illini Edge Gabe Jacas Fills New England Patriots Biggest Need

Bayern Munich at PSG Team News: Vincent Kompany, Lennart Karl, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz

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As the UEFA Champions League reaches its semifinals stage, the main team news item for Bayern Munich relates to the dugout. Manager Vincent Kompany is suspended for this match, having accrued his third yellow card of the competition. Therefore, Kompany will have to serve a one match for this epic clash at Paris Saint-Germain. Meanwhile Serge Gnabry (thigh), Tom Bischof and … [Read more...] about Bayern Munich at PSG Team News: Vincent Kompany, Lennart Karl, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz

2026 NFL Mock Draft Version 14.0 Final

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Happy NFL Draft weekend everybody! This is the last, 2026 NFL mock draft that we will create and post. And as far as we know, The Sports Bank is the only independently-owned, mom and pop shop website to publish a mock draft in all four of the major North American sports. And also in the nation’s top women’s professional sport. So that’s five pieces of mock draft, organic … [Read more...] about 2026 NFL Mock Draft Version 14.0 Final

50 of the Worst NFL Draft Cliches, Buzzwords, and Word Salad

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It is NFL Draft Eve EVE! Which means by this point we have enough soundbites for every single NFL draft prospect to make large amounts of word salad. Actually, the gobbeldy-gook started flowing well before this week, due to the over-usage of NFL Draft cliches. All Draftniks do it, not just Mel Kiper or Daniel Jeremiah. Yes, I'm aware that many of these are just scouting … [Read more...] about 50 of the Worst NFL Draft Cliches, Buzzwords, and Word Salad

Illini Head Coach Bret Bielema Sees a Bit of Vederian Lowe in NFL Draft Prospect J.C. Davis

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Former Illinois Fighting Illini left tackle J.C. Davis is likely to hear his name called at some point on Saturday in the NFL Draft. Most prospect big boards have him in the range of 110s-170s overall. That is basically the mid fourth to early sixth round. Perhaps the Oakland native and New Mexico transfer could surprise, and get selected on Friday night, in the third round, … [Read more...] about Illini Head Coach Bret Bielema Sees a Bit of Vederian Lowe in NFL Draft Prospect J.C. Davis