Steven Gerrard announced his retirement from playing professional football, on this day in 2016.
The announcement came a little over a week after the former Liverpool captain, then aged 36, had left LA Galaxy, the only other club on his resume.
In a statement, he said: “I can confirm my retirement from playing professional football. I have had an incredible career and am thankful for each and every moment of my time at Liverpool, England and LA Galaxy.”
Steven Gerrard confirms retirement from professional football.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC)
It marked the end of a playing career which saw Gerrard come through the academy system of his hometown club to become a European champion and play for England more than 100 times.
In 2000-01, the mi…
Sunday night brings us a battle between the Russell Wilson-less Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers. There are injuries on both teams and that means plenty of player props to take advantage of.
We bring you our favorite free prop picks and predictions for Sunday night’s Seahawks vs. Steelers Week 6 battle.
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On Saturday, we’ll see the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Jacksonville Jaguars in a preseason game which should start to answer some more questions about the future of the Steelers at the quarterback position.
Don’t miss our NFL picks and predictions for the Steelers vs. Jaguars, with kickoff on August 20.
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Da Bears finished with the worst record in football in 2022 at 3-14. That makes their path to be the most improved team in football much easier than other teams heading into the 2023 season.
DraftKings currently has NFL odds for the most improved team available and the criteria for that (which is explained more in the bet slip) is the team with the biggest increase in regular season wins from the previous season.
With a current win total of 7.5 for this season, it’s easy to see why the Chicago Bears odds have them as the betting favorite at +210. However, a lot has to go right for the Bears to flirt with a five-win — or even a four-win — improvement from a season ago.
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The Seattle Seahawks face off against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 9 of NFL action on Sunday. Both of these teams are rolling right now with the Ravens riding a three-game winning streak and the Seahawks winning five of their last six contests.
NFL odds have the Ravens installed as 6-point favorites for this contest with the Over/Under at 44. Here are my best free NFL picks and predictions for the Seahawks vs. Ravens on November 5.
Seahawks vs Ravens odds
Seahawks vs Ravens predictions
The Ravens enter this contest on a three-game winning streak and have moved up to No. 4 on the latest ESPN power rankings. However, the Seahawks aren’t too far behind at No. 10 and have gone 5-1 straight up in their last six games…
Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will look to get back to the Super Bowl for the second straight year when they take on the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday’s AFC Championship.
While there are a number of different subscription-based TV channels and streaming services available to watch this game… did you know that you can also live stream Chiefs/Ravens directly from legal sports betting sites?
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The Kansas City Chiefs are 3-0, thanks in no small part to some helpful calls and non-calls from the officials. Despite playing some close contests thus far, the Chiefs are heavy favorites in Week 4 vs. the Los Angeles Chargers, who will hope that an ailing Justin Herbert (high ankle sprain) can help keep this game close.
See why my free Chiefs vs. Chargers predictions and NFL picks believe L.A.’s defense will keep the team afloat on Sunday, September 29.
Chiefs vs Chargers prediction
My best betChargers +7 (-105 at BetMGM)
My analysis
One thing about the NFL is that the phrase “any given Sunday” really does apply week in and week out. This year has been no different, with underdogs of +5.5 or more having gone 14-2 against …
MERSEY MAYHEM
As if seeing their team diddled out of victory over Everton on the back of an offside call so tight it resembled The Fiver clambering out of a pub toilet window to avoid getting in a round, Liverpool fans were forced to endure further horror when it emerged Virgil van Dijk will be out for many months after it was confirmed he had “done” his ACL and will need surgery followed by rehab.
In the interests of accuracy it should be pointed out that it was in fact Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford wot “done” big Virgil’s knee, knacking the joint in question with a reckless challenge that went completely unpunished because the video assistant referee, David Coote, was so focused …
Guardian writers’ predicted position 2nd (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)
Last season’s position 2nd
Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker) 5-2
Prospects
There is a touch of the unknown about Liverpool this season, unusually, with Jürgen Klopp starting a first full campaign at Anfield without Sadio Mané and looking to a pool of young talent led by Darwin Núñez to compensate for the undeniable loss of the Senegal international. Not in doubt, however, is Liverpool’s position as the best-equipped team to deny Manchester City a hat-trick of Premier League titles.
The United States remained unbeaten in the semi-final phase of regional qualifying for the 2010 World Cup Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.
With goals from Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey and Brian Ching, the United States took their points total to nine, stretching their lead atop Group 1 to five points over Trinidad.
Guatemala and Cuba were playing later Wednesday in the group.
The United States, who have already beaten Guatemala and Cuba, got off to a quick start.
Bradley struck first, firing home a free kick lofted from the left by Landon Donovan in the ninth minute.
Nine minutes later, Dempsey made it 2-0 with a powerful right-footed shot into the left side of the net.
Ching added a header in the 57th to rou…