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Our audacious 2024 sports predictions: Gabby Douglas gold and Cleveland winning the Super Bowl
Our audacious 2024 sports predictions: Gabby Douglas gold and Cleveland winning the Super Bowl
Following an unexpected sports year, Guardian US contributors provide their audacious forecasts for the months ahead.
Jacob Uitti, Andrew Lawrence, Nicholas Levine, Bryan Armen Graham, Oliver Connolly, Tumaini Carayol, and Gabriel Baumgaertner
Mon. Jan. 1, 2024, 17:15 GMT 7.
The Browns are led to the Super Bowl by Joe Flacco.
Flacco has truly surprised everyone with his comeback performance in the year of the backup quarterback. The 38-year-old father of five emerged from the sofa to win five of six starts and lead Cleveland to their second postseason appearance in twenty-one years, just when it appeared as though he could be done.
All through thePublic Investment Funds are steadily making their way into sports. Sovereign Wealth Funds have focused mostly on European soccer, boxing, and golf thus far. The four main US professional sports leagues are the next item on the schedule. The ownership company of the NHL’s Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, and WNBA’s Washington Mystics, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, was purchased by the Qatar Investment Authority for $200 million last year, making it the first Middle Eastern organization to go into the market. Can an investment fund buy its way into the NFL’s old boys club? is the most persistent question. Purchasing a segment of Sundays might be challenging. In America’s most prestigious league, boardroom deals usually include less money andBeginning with the 2024 season, The Hoodie will serve as the Cowboys’ head coach. The 72-year-old potential Hall of Fame coach, who hasn’t been successful since Tom Brady left New England, will be fired following what has undoubtedly been his worst season on the sidelines. Jerry Jones will be considering a move after Mike McCarthy and the Cowboys’ dismal performance in the end. Jones, who has a well-documented weakness for big-name acquisitions, will try to sign the Hoodie by hiring someone from his friend Bill Parcells’ coaching staff. As head coach, Belichick has won six Super Bowls. He will take over with a stable quarterback and a strong team that will enable him to pass Don Shula and break into the all-time record book.
Nakamura, who is now ranked third in the world, has secured a spot in the eight-man candidates competition in April, which will select who will face Ding Liren for the world title in the fall of 2024. Since claiming the title left vacant by Magnus Carlsen, Ding has made few appearances owing to undisclosed health problems; hence, it may be more difficult for him to win April’s double round-robin tournament in Toronto than the actual world championship match. Here, it indicates that Nakamura is ready for his chance at 36 and that Carlsen has resigned. The five-time US champion, who makes millions of dollars as a streamer, will become the first American champion since Bobby Fischer and just the second American champion in the 138-year history of world title matchplay, sparking a chess boom in the United States.
It’s true that the National Basketball Association is a blueblood league. For good reason, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have won 17 titles between them in the 77-year history of the league, which accounts for over half of all NBA Finals victories. Many rings are also owned by other teams, including San Antonio, Golden State, Miami, Philadelphia, and Chicago. However, in more recent times, parity has started to materialize in the NBA. Denver took home the Larry O’Brien trophy for the first time in 2023, and we believe the league will name yet another first-time winner this year. That implies that when the confetti drops on a new champion, teams like the ones mentioned above will have to watch from the sidelines. Who might that be, then? The two best options are Minnesota and Oklahoma City, which
