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Angry Liverpool fans bite back at Smalling It took just 16 days for the club to revoke their “unwavering support” of Claudio Ranieri, the Italian sacked after scaling the sort of magnitude that would inevitably lead to an almighty fall. After 25 fixtures last season, Leicester were perched at the Premier League summit with 53 points. They had only suffered defeat twice in the division and had a goal difference of 20....

Both sides come into the match after 1-1 draws in their last fixtures – Leicester against West Ham and Tottenham against West Brom – and are both after three points for vastly different reasons. Nothing less than a spectacular run of form will give Tottenham the chance to contest the Premier League title this season, while the Foxes can move six points away from the relegation zone with a win on Tuesday night....

People on Twitter appeared to be reacting to a Los Angeles Times piece about the series, which noted that “the most shocking horror lies in the in its more realistic scenes of racist violence, which are arguably more disturbing than the vivid images in its recent predecessors.” The highlighted portion of the review goes on to point towards a moment depicting the murder of a young Black child and a sexual assault of his mother in the series’ fifth episode, and the ninth episode in which two Black people’s eyes are gouged with hot pokers....

In a piece published Monday in The Players’ Tribune, the All-Star guard penned an emotional farewell to the team and city that took a chance on him when he was selected ninth overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. “This was an extremely tough decision, and I hope people on both sides will take that the right way. I owe Charlotte everything, man. Everything,” Walker began. Walker traced it all back to his first encounter with the Hornets’ owner and his new boss, who happened to be NBA legend Michael Jordan....

James, as is usually the case, came out the winner in the game, but the fact that they were able to go toe to toe once more was not lost on either man. MORE: Thirty photos for LeBron’s 30th | Kobe in ‘Let It Go’ parody | Iggy and Swaggy’s Kiss Cam PDA Their postgame hug was a moment for the cameras and the fans and, at its core, for the two men themselves....

Considering they trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half, it was surprising the Lakers beat the opposition by 24. LeBron James scored 22 points, grabbed six boards and dished out eight assists in 31 minutes. Kyle Kuzma had the hot hand in the first half, scoring 18 points in just 17 minutes. He led all scorers in the game with 23 points. Rookie big man Moritz Wagner scored his first NBA points late against Phoenix....

Riding a 10-game winning run, the NBA-leading Lakers went down 114-100 to the Mavericks in Los Angeles on Sunday. Despite Anthony Davis’ double-double (27 points, 10 rebounds) and James’ 25 points, the Lakers (17-3) fell to their third defeat of the season. Reflecting on the loss, Lakers superstar James told reporters: “They pushed the tempo a lot more. They played with a better pace than us. “A couple of calls when against us, which kind of changed the momentum of the game....

The King complied with the NBA's request to wear a clear mask over his broken nose, starting Saturday against the Magic. "It's not a league rule, but it's the league's request that you don't wear the black one," James said before Saturday's game. "The reasons they told me didn't make sense to me, but I'm just a player. I will abide by the request." James appealed to keep the black carbon fiber shield in which he scored 31 points against the Knicks on Thursday....

Appearing on ESPN2 at halftime of the Lakers’ Las Vegas Summer League game Wednesday night, Vogel refuted a Yahoo Sports report this week that LeBron will run the point. “There’s no decisions made on our starting lineup, no imminent plan to start LeBron at the point guard spot,” Vogel said (via MSN.com). “A lot of different lineups and combinations have been discussed, but it’s really way too early for any of that....

The Cavs and Heat could meet in Eastern Conference finals for the right to take on, in all likelihood, Stephen Curry and the defending NBA champion Warriors. Of course, Miami is the No. 3 seed — Toronto’s No. 2 — but Rose doesn’t see that as an issue. MORE: SN’s Sean Deveney doesn’t think Heat make it out of Round 1 Speaking on a conference call with reporters Thursday, Rose said James will have to drop the Mr....

The difference is the two teams at this point is in the time they have spent together. The Bulls’ core has been intact for years, while the Cavaliers came together this year. Looking at that aspect, LeBron James proclaimed that the Bulls are the better team at the moment. MORE: How many games will Cavs win? | Wade on life without LeBron | LeBron’s Beats commercial “[The Bulls] are a team that’s much better than us right now just off chemistry,” James said....

James, who has not played since suffering a high right ankle sprain on March 20, could be available against the Kings, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. James had initially been listed as out for Friday’s contest on the Lakers’ injury report, but he was later upgraded to questionable. MORE: LeBron pretends to cry after heckler calls him “big baby” The 36-year-old plans to test his ankle in warmups and then make a final decision before tipoff, per Wojnarowski....

NBA WRAP: Lakers fall to Pacers in largest loss of LeBron’s career NBA fans noticed the three-seat gap — and they had so many jokes about it: The internet also provided some perfectly good explanations for the whole three-seat gap situation:

Radrizzani took over in May 2017 and pulled off a major coup when he appointed Marcelo Bielsa as boss in June this year. Bielsa has steered Leeds to three wins from three in the Championship this season, with many tipping them to win promotion back to the Premier League for the first time since they were relegated in 2004. However, Radrizzani pursued former Chelsea boss Conte, Belgium coach Roberto Martinez and ex-Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri before turning his attention to the Argentine tactician....

Most Zelda games focus on Link and his attempts to overcome mystical challenges and Breath of the Wild has followed a similar structure although it did swap dungeon crawler elements for an expansive open world. Many feel that Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the best games on the Nintendo Switch because of these changes and a modder has added content to the original. Players can now race around Luigi Circuit from Mario Kart Wii in the game....

Trailers for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga have shown that it’s set to be one of the biggest celebrations of everything Star Wars to ever be put into a video game, and the game’s DLC is an extension of that. As the title suggests, the main focus of the game will be on the nine films in the saga, but the DLC serves to give smaller Star Wars stories some attention as well....

To a lot of fans, Star Wars simply wouldn’t be the same without its overarching villain, Emperor Palpatine, who acts as the central antagonist for each Star Wars trilogy. It was no surprise then that Palpatine appears in the story of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga as both a villain and as a playable character. Though, Palpatine is not always the scarred old emperor that fans see in the original trilogy, and the character begins his time in the Star Wars movies as Chancellor....

RELATED: 10 Hilarious LEGO Star Wars Memes That’ll Make You Wish You Were A LEGO Most may see LEGO as a kids toy from the outside and it’s easy to get wrapped up in the idea that the LEGO Star Wars games will be childish and boring to the average adult gamer but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Kids and grown-ups alike adore these games because they’re fun, funny, and easy to pick up....

A home crowd peppered with banners paying tribute to the amiable Italian, who was sacked last Thursday following a run of five consecutive top-flight defeats, had no cause to approach mutiny as their side located an intensity and drive sorely lacking over recent weeks. Vardy followed his strike in the 2-1 Champions League loss to Sevilla last week with Leicester’s first in the Premier League in 2017 and Danny Drinkwater displayed impeccable technique to net a sumptuous long-range second....