Author: Kevin Smyth

The Dallas Wings only finished above .500 once in Satou Sabally’s five seasons with the WNBA club. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)Satou Sabally passes from Dallas Wings after five seasons. The fifth-year forward revealed her plans to play elsewhere during her media availability for Unrivaled on Thursday.Sabally, 26, played all five of her WNBA seasons with the Wings, who drafted her. No. 2 overall in 2020 of Oregon. In 2023, she won the Most Improved Player award, averaging 18.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists. She was also named first team All-WNBA.Last season, she averaged 17.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and…

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Rangers were nine points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic on Christmas Day.They won the Old Firm derby just over a week later.Yet somehow their situation is already absurdly worse than it was just a fortnight ago.After the draw against Dundee on Thursday – the eighth time in 11 away games that Rangers have dropped points – Celtic are now 15 points clear.Just 10 days into the new year, an important resolution awaits Ibrox chief executive Patrick Stewart as more questions arise for manager Philippe Clement and his inconsistent players.How bad is their away form?”Scandalous.”That’s how former Rangers striker Billy Dodds…

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Curt Miller and Chris Koclanes know each other well after spending years together coaching in Connecticut with the Sun.Koclanes was introduced Thursday as coach of the Dallas Wings with Miller, who is the team’s general manager, at his side. The duo worked in Connecticut from 2016-2022 and helped the Sun reach the WNBA Finals in 2019 and 2022. Miller was hired as Wings General Manager last month.“I look at it as a very positive benefit for me to step into a head coaching role for the first time and have Curt by my side,” Koclanes said. “He gave me the…

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Every day, Emma Talley writes down a new idea for what she could do with the rest of her life. What started as an intimidating exercise has become invigorating over the past year.“I kind of shocked myself at how much I loved other things,” Talley said.“I had never had a job.”In 2024, Talley, 30, while competing on the LPGA, worked for the tour in various media roles, ranging from social media to podcast host. She also began working with the Western Kentucky University women’s golf team and took a few juniors under her wing.And then, while her husband Patrick Smith…

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Owen Dodgson made only one first-team appearance for Burnley (Burton Albion)League One bottom side Burton Albion have signed Burnley left-back Owen Dodgson on loan for the remainder of the season.The 21-year-old is the first signing for Brewers boss Gary Bowyer, who took the helm at Pirelli Stadium in December.Upon his arrival, Bowyer said signatures would be needed to reshape his squad for the battle to avoid relegation despite the club making an English record 23 additions during the summer transfer window.Dodgson – a former Manchester United youth player, who joined Burnley in November 2020 – has previously enjoyed loan spells…

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