Ben Clarke

Colorado Rapids and USMNT goalkeeper Tim Howard decided to play one more season, and then he is out from professional soccer. Howard, who will be 40 in March, went on Twitter on Tuesday and announced his retirement after 2019 MLS season. "I’m greatly looking forward to kicking off the 2019 MLS season, as it will be my LAST," – said Howard. "There...

LAFC's striker Carlos Vela surprisingly emerged as a target for La Liga giants Barcelona, who are reportedly considering making a formal approach for the 29-year-old Mexican. Vela was recently asked about Barcelona's interest in his services, but he declined to give reporters more information saying only that he is "happy with his current club. "They are issues for the clubs and agents," - Vela told...

San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich is unsure whether he will renew his coaching job once his contract expires at the end of this season. “I don’t know the answer,” - Popovich said when asked if the will still be Spurs coach next season. Popovich tends to avoid media questions, so it’s hard to know exactly what he intends to do after this...

Los Angeles Lakers' star LeBron James was known as some kind of an ironman throughout his NBA career, rarely being hurt and missing games with injuries. But it seems like things are a bit different now that he's 34-year-old. James missed the previous 11 games due to a left groin injury, and according to his agent Rich Paul, he will be out for...

Houston Rockets are facing another setback in their climb to the top of the Western Conference, with their starting center Clint Capela now out due to a thumb injury. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Capela had an MRI on Monday the team believes he will have to sit between four and six weeks. Clint Capela's injury now means that Houston are now without three...

Veteran defender Liam Ridgewell is putting an end to his stint with Portland Timbers. Ridgewell, who spent the last five MLS seasons with the franchise, mutually agreed to part ways with Timbers, the team has announced. "Liam is quite simply one of the most important and influential signings in Timbers history," - said Timbers owner Merritt Paulson in a statement. "Not only has he...

Philadelphia 76ers delivered an unwelcoming surprise to their fans on Friday night with a 123-121 loss to Atlanta Hawks. While some might say that the 76ers loss to Hawks, who are in a rebuilding stage and sit 12th in the Eastern Conference, got to do with some poor decision making, their young star guard/forward Ben Simmons has another opinion. According to Simmons, he...

There are less and less NFL teams with coaching vacancies each day. After the Green Bay Packers zeroed in on Matt LaFleur, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, and Denver Broncos all followed and found their new head coaches in the last 48 hours. New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals, and Miami Dolphins now remain the only teams in...

Egypt international and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was named African Player of the Year on Tuesday at the CAF Awards held in Dakar, Senegal. This is the second consecutive time Salah wins the award, having claimed the honors in 2018 as well. He was up against his Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane and Arsenal's forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Mohamed Salah also became the fourth player...

Cleveland Indians have decided to address the catching deficiency that was created after they recently traded their All-Star catcher Yan Gomes and top prospect Francisco Mejia. Indians announced on Sunday that they have acquired catcher Kevin Plawecki from the New York Mets, giving up pitcher Walker Lockett and infielder Sam Haggerty in exchange. https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1082000118696554496 "We're excited to add Kevin to our major league catching mix,"...