Pachuca coach Almada resigns ahead of CWC

Pachuca coach Guillermo Almada has submitted his resignation, which the Liga MX team has not yet accepted due to a contract buyout clause, three weeks before the Club World Cup starts.

Malone clears air: Jokic, not SGA, my MVP choice

Former Nuggets coach Michael Malone, who drew the ire of Denver fans when he said Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander “showed why he’s the MVP” earlier this week, said he would have picked Nikola Jokic if he had