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SPORTS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ... UNLESS YOU ARE CURT CIGNETTI

  BRIEFLY TOLD (I hope) … …  You want crazy?  ENZO FERNANDEZ  cost Manchester  City $169 million – Yes … MILLION – to acquire him from  Chelsea. Yet he was scheduled to be on the bench Saturday at  the outset of an EPL match with Coventry City. That is, until  another of his high-priced teammates was injured during  warmup. City led 1-0 at halftime on  ERLING HAALAND’s  diving header for goal in the 26 th  minute … Who else? … He also was  stopped one on one by goalkeeper  CARL RUSHWORTH  in a  wild opening 45 that saw Coventry’s   JAIWO AWO NIYI   miss  a wide-open net … Man City’s playmaking midfielder   CHERKI  slam a shot off the left upright and keeper   GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA   mishandle a pass that barely  missed being an own goal. The ball actually crossed the  line...but not all of it, according to VAR, which NBC/USA  didn’t bother to show us. Haaland’...
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BEAU WAS BEATIFUL IN ONE-SIDED AGAINST WOLFPACK

   Some opinion, Mostly fact ... …  like … a show of hands, please … if you weren’t surprised by  Virginia football’s domination of North Carolina State Friday  night. The final was 34-8, and it could/should have been even  more embarrassing for the Wolfpack … in particular  CJ  BAILEY , preseason All-American who was made to look like  just another quarterback by a Cavalier defense missing its  best  player … while counterpart, courtesy of the transfer portal,   BEAU PRIBULA , played like all-world in his Hoos’ debut. Even without linebacker   KAM ROBINSON , Virginia  handled State with such ease you might have thought this one of  thos  payoff  games of old … in which some poor I-AA or D2  team warmup. The game’s first series was indicative of what was in  store for Bailey, 6-6, 218-pound junior in his third season as  starter. On 3d and 5 from the Pack 30, he couldn’t locate an open re...
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SOCCER'S REBECCA LOWE IS AT IT AGAIN ... AND IT'S ALL GOOD

  AS WE HAVE pointed out on several occasions, NBC  Network’s quintessential in-studio host for soccer,  REBECCA  LOWE , is not just another pretty face. She has strong opinions  and doesn’t mind sharing. You’ll never catch Lowe avoiding say, a controversial question  in order to make points with the athlete or coach being  interviewed. But, she’s at her best getting the most out of  fellow-talking heads like  ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC  … while  on loan to ABC for coverage of World Cup 2026. Always curious, Lowe enlivened an otherwise formulated  Premier League Mornings pregame show Saturday by asking  panelists  ROBBIE EARLE  and  TIM HOWARD  about  Liverpool’s new coach  ANDONI IRAOLA , who moved from  Bournemouth after three years of occasional success. “ When you look at Liverpool, he needs time because of the size  of the club … At Bournemouth, he started slowly. No wins in  nine ...
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