Who wins the championship? Market value and team composition as predictors of success in the top European football leaguesdoi:10.1080/14616696.2016.1268704Jürgen GerhardsMichael MutzRoutledge
Against the background of these shifting conditions we investigate to what extent the success of football teams in their national leagues is determined by: (a) the monetary value of the team expressed in its market value, (b) the inequality within the team, (c) the cultural diversity of ...
earning him a quarterback rating of 156.5. Leading the No. 1 USC juggernaut to the BCS National Championship, with a (now-vacated) 55-19 win over No. 2 Oklahoma at the Orange Bowl, the Trojans marched, almost easily behind the Leinart's arm, to an undefeated season....
Joe Ingles age – 37 years old We have a first-timer here with Ingles, who didn’t start his NBA career until he was 27 because he was so busy winning championships in the NBL, Spanish League, and EuroLeague. Now, the 11th-year pro is seeking his first NBA Championship, joining the ...
Prior to winning the 2002 World Series as a member of the Angels, Erstad was part of an undefeated Nebraska Cornhuskers football team that won the 1994 national title. Erstad was one of the top punters in the country, averaging 42.6 yards per punt, while also going 10-for-10 on extra ...
College Football Playoff dates, schedules The first iteration of the expanded 12-team playoff takes place on Friday, Dec. 20, and Saturday, Dec. 21, at the home sites of the highest-at-large teams. The national championship game will be held on Monday, Jan. 20, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium...
Who has it better than Jim Harbaugh? Not many. After leading the Michigan Wolverines to the College Football Playoff National Championship, Harbaugh finally found a path back to being an NFL head coach with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Here, we have the top five Championship sides to target, in no particular order, ahead of Gameweek 16. Please note - some of these players will feature in our gameweek 16 team, but we’ll also include differentials within this article to broaden your horizons when selecting ...
In his first full year with the San Francisco Giants, he won the 2008 Cy Young Award. And then he won it again in 2009. So let's look at that mind-numbing 2006 season for the Huskies: He posted a 1.94 ERA in 125.1 innings. His 199 strikeouts was the most of his college c...
The 2012-15 version of Watt might be the best football player I've covered. Nobody -- not even quarterback Patrick Mahomes -- was so much further ahead of their competition. He won three Defensive Player of the Year trophies in four seas...