Hello, and welcome to Roker Report’s 2024/2025 coverage of North East football’s finest women’s team. This Sunday marks the first round of games of the 2024/2025 Barclays’ Women’s Championship. After a strong summer of recruitment, with West Ham duo Jessie Stapleton and Keira Flannery, veteran...

Lasses Preview: Sunderland take on Birmingham in their season opener!

The Championship’s premier left back has started the 2024/2025 season in superb fashion and seems eager to make up for lost time after an injury-wracked 2023/2024 campaign. Last season, Cirkin’s absence often forced Sunderland to seek solutions in the shape of Leo Hjelde and perhaps most calamitously Callum Styles, but with the former Tottenham youngster now fully fit, any potential worries have been eased.

Who takes the honours as Sunderland’s ‘player of the month’ for August?

For those who missed it, The Times released an article on Monday stating that Mark Bowen has been relieved from his duties as Reading’s head of football operations for having brought the club into disrepute, adding that he is now in a legal dispute with the club regarding this.

What’s Going On With Mark Bowen?

Chelsea are continuing preparations for the new Women’s Super League season — two weeks until opening day! — and continue the massive overhaul of the team as well following the departure of the legendary Emma Hayes and the arrival of Sonia Bompastor. Latest in those endeavors is...

Chelsea FCW sign Maelys Mpomé from Montpellier

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It's been eight years since beloved former child star and Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke died from sepsis (a ruptured intestine) at only 69 in 2016. She was also the recipient of two Golden Globes, three Emmys, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the 1960s, she was the star of her own TV sitcom. In the mid-1980s, she served as President of the Screen Actors Guild. Through it all, she was married four times (including once to actor John Austin), had three sons, and never stopped acting. This is her tragic yet triumphant story.

In Memory of Former Child Star and Oscar-winning Actress Patty Duke: 8 Years After Her Tragic Death

A story yesterday in financial outlet Bloomberg has claimed that Chelsea’s two main controlling owners, Clearlake Capital (i.e. Behdad Eghbali & Co) and Todd Boehly are “exploring their ownership” of the club and are “assessing whether they can potentially buy each other out”. This isn’t...

Clearlake Capital, Todd Boehly ‘exploring their ownership’ of Chelsea, assessing mutual buyouts — reports

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"They get more than us, Why nobody told me about this?". If you're looking for a tasty option that won't break the bank, a Chick-fil-A's kids' meal might be just what you're after. It seems like a great deal. In fact, some people argue it's a better deal than a regular adult meal. This TikToker took the audience through the ins and outs of this meal.

Chick-fil-A customer says they’ll never order a full meal again after seeing kids’ meal

The Daily Hilario: Saturday

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Starting in late September, the federal government will relaunch its at-home COVID-19 test program that makes every U.S. household eligible for four free COVID-19 tests to be sent directly to their home.

Every household can get four free COVID-19 tests by mail, starting late September

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(MA) Get ready to meet an adorable little pup who is ready to start the next chapter of her life. Lovie Island is a Chihuahua and Rat Terrier mix pup who has spent most of her life in a loving home. Sadly, Lovie and her pup siblings were left without a home when their human mom passed away.

Little Chihuahua Who Lost Her Owner Now Headed North And Looking For Love

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Brevard, North Carolina, has earned a spot among the best small towns in the South, according to USA Today’s 10Best. This charming mountain town, located just about 30 miles from both Charlotte and Asheville, ranks #9 on the list, making it the only North Carolina town to crack the top 10.

Small North Carolina Town Ranks Among Best In South By USA Today

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Rohan Chakravarthi is the site manager at Bucky's 5th Quarter, contributes to Niners Nation and covers high school recruiting for SBNation.com. Week 1 of college football was a strong start to the 2024 season, with a couple of top-25 matchups highlighting the slate of games. One other major takeaway has...

Why these 5 true freshman are already making a name for themselves in college football

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Good afternoon, WNBA fans! There’s just about two weeks left in the regular season, and the race for playoff seeding has intensified. A Minnesota Lynx win (over the Indiana Fever) and a Connecticut Sun loss (to the Las Vegas Aces) shook up the standings, with the Sun dropping to the third seed.

WNBA roundup: last night’s game results, today’s Mercury-Storm matchup, and more

It's been two decades since beloved actor Brian Kelly died of pneumonia at 73 in 2005. Best known as Porter Ricks in the classic TV family show Flipper(NBC, 1964-1967), Kelly had once suffered a paralyzing motorcycle accident that ended his acting career. However, he rechanneld his creative talent and became a producer. This is his story.

The Paralyzing Accident & Tragic Death of TV's 'Flipper' Father Brian Kelly: Two Decades Later

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Disneyland is making significant changes to one of its classic attractions, Peter Pan’s Flight, in an effort to remove insensitive racial stereotypes and to better represent indigenous cultures. Walt Disney Imagineering released plans to update the portrayal of Tiger Lily and the Never Land Tribe, ensuring that the characters are depicted with dignity and cultural authenticity and released the below photo of the changes.

Disneyland to Make Big Changes to a Classic Ride

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Sharing a living space with someone on the daily is rarely a walk in the park. Everyone has their little strange quirks, moods and habits that can drive another person crazy. However, some zodiac signs are known for being particularly demanding or having personality traits that naturally make cohabitation a little more challenging to say the least. Let's see which zodiac signs are the most difficult to live with and tips with how to cope!

The 3 Most Demanding Zodiac Signs to Live With

We’re back for another day of SB Nation’s in-5 daily trivia game. Just a reminder that this remains a beta that we’re testing out this week. Today’s game is down below and you can play previous day’s games as well:. Play past and future days’...

Test your NFL knowledge on Sept. 6 with SB Nation’s new daily trivia game

New signing Federico Chiesa joined the U21 training on Thursday as the Italian continues his individual training program at Liverpool after joining in the final days of the transfer window. Liverpool U21s manager Barry Lewtas told Liverpoolfc.com that Chiesa’s involvement was beneficial for his lads, and that the Italian’s skillset...

Barry Lewtas Full of Praise for Federico Chiesa

Newcastle United’s sporting director, Paul Mitchell, spoke to the media for the first time on Wednesday, September 4, and touched on many relevant topics including the Magpies' failure to sign any impactful player during the summer transfer window, his first in charge of business. Without naming names, Mitchell discussed...

Newcastle’s sporting director Paul Mitchell explains transfer failures

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Who’s been Sunderland’s best value signing made under ‘the model’?

It’s got to be Trai Hume. Dependable, solid and slides into the tackle like he’s at a water park in Tenerife. The thing about Trai is...

Who’s been Sunderland’s best value signing made under ‘the model’?

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