Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal believes ESPN will be airing the popular pre-game show 'Inside the NBA' more frequently in its second season.

Harry Kane delivered for Bayern Munich on his return from injury, scoring a goal and helping set up another in his team's 2-1 win at Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday.Kylian Mbapp scored Madrid's goal after the visitors had taken a two-goal lead at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Veteran goalkeeper Manuel Neuer came up big for Bayern with several key saves to keep the German champions with the first-leg edge.Kane had been listed as a gameday decision after missing the teams Bundesliga match last weekend because of an ankle injury.We knew that coming to Madrid and trying to get a result is always difficult," Kane told TNT Sports. "We played some really good stuff and we could have done even better maybe the final ball, the final finish, we had some good chances. But credit to Madrid as well.The result left Bayern with an edge ahead of the second leg in Germany next week as it tries to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2023-24, when it was eliminated by eventual champion Madrid.We are still alive, clearly, Madrid coach lvaro Arbeloa said. We are one goal away. We have shown that we can win anywhere. We showed it with the scoring chances that we had against an opponent that we knew was going to make it difficult for us.Arsenal won 1-0 at Sporting Lisbon in the other quarterfinal on Tuesday.On Wednesday, Barcelona will host Spanish rival Atletico Madrid, and Liverpool will visit defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.Madrid and Bayern are playing their sixth knockout-stage meeting in 14 seasons, with the Spanish powerhouse having won four of their five two-leg matchups since the 2011-12 season.Kane participated in the build up of Bayerns first goal in the 41st minute, exchanging passes with Serge Gnabry who ultimately fed a through ball for Luis Daz inside the area. The Colombia forward calmly sent a low shot past Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.Kane scored himself in the 46th with a nice one-timer from the top of the area, firmly finding the corner with a low strike. It was his 11th Champions League goal, equaling his best scoring season in the European tournament. He finished with 11 goals in 2024-25.Kane has scored 22 Champions League goals since the start of the 2024-25 season, the most of anybody. Mbapp scored his 20th Champions League goal since the start of the 2024-25 season in the 74th, finding the net from close range after a pinpoint low cross by Trent Alexander-Arnold.Mbapp leads the scoring this season with 14 goals, which is double the forwards total last season. He is three goals shy of the most goals in a single Champions League campaign achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo with Madrid in 2013-14.Vincius Jnior had one of Madrids best chances in a one-on-one situation with Neuer in the 61st, but the Brazil forward couldnt get past the Bayern goalkeeper and his attempt hit the outside of the net. A few minutes later, Neuer who had nine saves in total and was named the man of the match dived to his right to make a nice stop on a shot by Mbapp.Neuer had already made two tough saves to keep Madrid from finding the net in the first half on other attempts by Mbapp and Vincius.I had the feeling that he was in very good shape and we needed him not only for his experience, but his quality, Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said of the 40-year-old Neuer. He reacted in very difficult stages of this game. With his work rate in training, Im not surprised.Madrid defender lvaro Carreras made a goal-line clearance on a shot by Dayot Upamecano in the first-half.It was a bad touch by Carreras near midfield that led to Bayern's second goal.We went out for the second half and they immediately scored," Madrid defender Antonio Rdiger said. Id say we gifted Bayern both their goals here. We need to do better.Bayern lost to Inter Milan in the quarterfinals last season. Record 15-time European champion Madrid was eliminated by Arsenal in the last eight last year.Bayern is unbeaten in its last 14 games in all competitions, with 12 wins. Madrid was coming off a 2-1 loss at Mallorca on Saturday that hurt its La Liga title hopes.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

The intensity and pace of play for the Atascocita Eagles have been fast and furious all season long. Now on a 10-game winning streak, the boys soccer team will look for one more record-setting win when they play in their first state championship game on Saturday afternoon against Klein Cain. All four 6A state final teams (division 1 and division 2) are from the Houston area. The other matchup is between Summer Creek and College Park. For senior Victor Garcia, hes excited to play against competition he knows well from club games and is looking forward to the opportunity to make school history. Houston Astros starting pitcher Hunter Brown shelved a few weeks after new developments on shoulder strainPlaying against competition is always so fun, you know, and playing another team from Houston is great because its a good city, theres a lot of competition in the city, but yeah, Im excited to play as a family, I love this team with my whole heart and I want to see us get the victory on Saturday, said Garcia. The Eagles and Klein Cain match begins at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Georgetown High School.

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L'Atltico Madrid se dplace au Camp Nou pour affronter le FC Barcelone, mercredi 21h, dans le cadre du 1/4 de finale de la Ligue des champions aller. En confrence de presse, lentraneur de lAtltico Diego Simeone, accompagn dAntoine Griezmann, a pu lui rendre un bel hommage.

The idea of the re-emergence of a central Queensland NRL bid is growing legs as top league voices are fully supportive of a fifth NRL team in the state.

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