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After banking a cool $1 million dollar wager following Michigan’s Rose Bowl win over Alabama, see Dave Portnoy’s college football national championship picks and predictions ahead of Monday night’s decider. Dave Portnoy‘s beloved Michigan scraped through their Rose Bowl test with an overtime win against Alabama this time last week, although you’d think they’d have stomped on Crimson Tide listening …

As a team, the Detroit Pistons are struggling mightily in 2023-24. After a loss on Sunday to the Nuggets, they are 3-33 this season. Detroit lost an NBA record 28 straight games from October 30 – December 30th. They finally won their third game of the season on New Year’s Day vs. Toronto.  The Pistons have struggled to find consistency …

January 8 – Birmingham City have unveiled former Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray as Wayne Rooney’s replacement as the Blues look to get their season back on track. Mowbray (pictured) has signed a two-and-a-half year deal just six days after Rooney’s sacking. He was made available after being sacked by Championship rivals Sunderland on the December 4. Mowbray is the team’s …

January 8 – Maidstone United from the sixth tier of English football, have progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup after a giant killing 1-0 win over high-flying League One side Stevenage thanks to a first-half penalty converted by Sam Corne. The non-league side reached the fourth round for the first time since it was reformed in 1992, …

January 8 – In what could be a decisive twist in the Kylian Mbappe transfer saga, French reports suggest the coveted striker has after all agreed to join Real Madrid when his Paris Saint-Germain contract expires this summer. Mbappe extended his deal with Qatari-backed PSG in 2022 when famously turning his back on Real. But after officially entering the last six months …

Brazil is ready to settle on a national team head coach after months of sitting in limbo without a permanent manager. Until now, Fernando Diniz oversaw the Seleção after the federation sacked the previous caretaker manager, Ramon Menezes. Before Menezes, Tite was the manager of the Brazil national team for over six years. He departed after an untimely exit from the …

Newcastle have reportedly identified Brentford director Phil Giles as a possible replacement for Dan Ashworth, should Manchester United lure him away from St James’ Park. This comes from Graeme Bailey, who has told HITC that Giles is highly-rated behind the scenes on Tyneside following his impressive work with the Bees; who’ve been transformed from a mid-table Championship side to a …

January 8 – The Kylian Mbappe saga has taken another turn as the Frenchman appears to have agreed a deal to join Real Madrid at the end of his contract, although the club are reportedly offering less money than their 2022 offer. PSG look set to lose their star man for free after paying €180 million to prise him from …

Armando Broja is a player I have always appreciated and have rated, even when he was in the academy. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always seen elements of his game that needs to improve, and those elements are still there. It’s always been about development and kicking on, and at the moment he is not doing that. We do need …

January 8 – Italy’s highest court has cleared the late Argentine legend Diego Maradona of tax evasion charges, ending a 30-year-long legal battle. Maradona, who died in November 2020 from a heart attack, had been accused of allegedly using proxy companies in Liechtenstein to dodge legal fees when receiving payments between 1985 and 1990 from Napoli for his personal image …