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St. John Bosco beats Mater Dei to win Division 1 football title

The crowd of 15,955 who made it to the Rose Bowl on Friday night, some enduring an epic traffic jam trying to find a parking spot, were treated to exactly what they expected: A hard-hitting, everything-goes Southern Section Division 1 championship football game between No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei and No. 2 Bellflower St. John Bosco.It was a thriller decided by a single play. Clinging to a 24-22 lead with 3:08 left, St. John Bosco needed to stop Mater Dei from converting a two-point conversion after Jordon Davison scored on…

Apple to buy Manchester United football club? Don’t hold your breath…

Apple is reportedly keen on buying English Premiere League football team Manchester United, with CEO Tim Cook reportedly interested in what possibilities owning a soccer club could open up.Manchester United is now up for sale with current owners, American billionaires the Glazer family, reportedly about to receive a £5.8billion ($7.8billion) bid form the iPhone maker.Surely not?The bizarre claim of a potential Apple buyout of one of the world's most famous soccer clubs comes via the U.K.'s The Daily Star (opens in new…

‘We beat Radiohead at football 25-4’: Ride’s Andy Bell | Pop and rock

Have you ever pretended to be the Erasure frontman to get a better table in a restaurant? TeeDubyaBeeNo, but Andy and I have a brilliant little friendship that’s developed over Twitter after people started tagging the wrong one. I’d tweet funny replies, like “I wish I had a little respect …” A couple of years ago I reached out to him for something which unfortunately he wasn’t able to do, but he said he’d be up for something and we are talking about working together. You read it here first.In a 1997 interview with…

Football Manager confessions – ‘I purposely tanked club after falling out with chairman’ | Gaming | Entertainment

In many respects, Sega's Football Manager is less of a game and more an addiction. Fans pump hundreds of hours into each new title, only to do it all over again when the next game is released. However, not every wannabe footy manager plays the beautiful game the way it was intended. Some employ the dark arts to ensure victory, others leave the hard work to their in-game assistants, while a few people just flat out cheat. To celebrate the recent launch of Football Manager 23, Sega and developer Sports Interactive asked…

EA Sports’ college football revival is aiming for summer 2024 – Destructoid

The return of virtual college football is still a ways away Electronic Arts’ return to college football is still a ways off. EA Sports confirms it’s aiming for a summer 2024 revival of its college football series. Speaking to ESPN, EA Sports VP and general manager Daryl Holt said the timing is due to how much of an undertaking this will be. “That’s the best date for us to bring the game that we think is going to meet or exceed our player expectations,” Holt told ESPN. “And cover the breadth and scale of what we want in…

EA’s return to college football games will arrive in summer 2024

A year after it was , EA’s return to college football has a release window. In an interview with , Daryl Holt, the vice president and general manager of the company’s EA Sports division, said the publisher plans to release the game in the summer of 2024. If another year-and-a-half of development sounds like a lot for what will become an annual release for EA, it’s because the company says it wants to create a title fans will want to play. "That's the best date for us to bring the game that we think is going to meet or…

‘Fortnite’ launches ‘Let Them Know’ football skins with no World Cup branding

Epic Games has added a series of unbranded football-themed skins to Fortnite, which are fully colour-customisable and part of a skin line titled Let Them Know. The Let Them Know skins launched yesterday (November 21), and will be available until November 27. In a blog post, Epic Games outlined that the skin line features “ten outfits based on the beautiful game, all of which you can personalise with multiple patterns and colours.” The latest skin line – which launched a day after this year’s World Cup tournament in…

High school football: City and Southern Section playoff scores

CITY SECTIONSemifinals, FridayOPEN DIVISIONGarfield 38, Eagle Rock 20Birmingham 42, Wilmington Banning 7DIVISION IGranada Hills 48, Cleveland 12Palisades 45, Narbonne 36DIVISION IIGranada Hills Kennedy 49, Marquez 20Panorama 19, Bell 6DIVISION IIISemifinals, FridayLos Angeles Wilson 28, Chatsworth 27Crenshaw 66, Manual Arts 20Championships, Nov. 25-26 at Birmingham and Los Angeles Valley College; schedule tbaOpen Division: #7 Birmingham (8-4) vs. #4 Garfield (10-2)Division I: #3 Palisades (10-3) vs. #1 Granada Hills…