Welcome to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, with Chelsea taking on Premier League-strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. Domestic cups may be our best opportunity for silverware this season, so despite the expectation rotation, we should be fully focused on getting through to the next round. Enzo Maresca has made all the promised changes and then some to the …
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It’s fifth versus (a surprising) seventh as we start the day, with both teams on 14 points from the first eight games and looking to go second at least temporarily with a win here today. Chelsea have won four in a row, Sunderland have lost just one of their last six. It’s the second best defense against the second best …
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Ireland Baldwin, daughter of Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin, recently opened up about her childhood and slammed unnamed members of her family. The former model, 29, said that she “grew up without two parents in my home and no siblings to turn to” in a post on her Substack “30, Flirty and Thriving,” but added that she’s no longer affected …
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Kentucky has a Texas-sized opportunity to turn the season around tonight. KSR’s LIVE BLOG will bring you all the sights and sounds from Kroger Field as the Cats host the No. 21 Texas Longhorns (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN). Kentucky is coming off its second bye week, a spot that hasn’t been kind to the Cats in the Mark Stoops era. …
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Last time the Blues met a red team, things ended up going in our favour at the very nick of time. How will we fare today? This Nottingham Forest team has lost most if not all of its steam since last season. Their last win was recorded two months ago against Brentford and since then they’ve endured three draws and …
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It’s Blues against Reds, the eternal battle. Champions of the World against Champions of England. Liverpool have lost back-to-back games; Chelsea have not been in great form either but we did grind out a 1-0 win midweek. Our injury list has not gotten any smaller, but Enzo Maresca has cobbled together a lineup that, with a bit of luck, might …
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The threat of increased rates is real, but good policy can bring lower prices as demand grows. Electricity has recently replaced eggs, beef, and gasoline as the inflation concern du jour. Reporters looking for a new angle on rising prices have grabbed onto recent BLS data of escalating electricity rates. More complete data from the Energy Information Administration indicate that, …
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Welcome to matchday number five of the young Premier League season. It’s our third away game in a week, and less than 72 hours since defeat in Munich. We’re going to have to find some reserves of energy and belief to do something we haven’t done since 2013: beat United in the league at Old Trafford. Enzo Maresca has rotated …
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It’s been two long years, but we’re back in the big time, baby! Let’s hope it’s not too much of a (re-)baptism by fire as we take on one of the favorites for the entire competition. We may have won the Champions League once in this stadium, but the last time we were here, we got royally spanked. So yeah. …
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Chelsea entered the weekend in second place; to stay there, we’ll need a win at a stadium where our last three visits have all ended in draws. Brentford are not as good on paper as last year, but they’re never not pesky. Enzo Maresca is dealing with a few injury and fitness concerns after the international break, and accordingly (and …
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