Former Philadelphia Eagles player Jason Kelce has said he is “not proud” of throwing a person’s phone to the ground after a homophobic slur was used to refer to his younger brother and NFL star Travis.

Footage on social media shows Jason Kelce walking through a crowd at a stadium in Pennsylvania when someone aims the insult at Travis, who plays for Kansas City Chiefs and is in a relationship with singer Taylor Swift.

Jason Kelce then grabs a person’s phone and throws it to the ground and then appears to repeat the homophobic slur at the person when they ask for their phone back.

“Everybody has seen on social media everything that took place this week,” Jason Kelce told ESPN. “I’m not happy with anything that took place. I’m not proud of it.

“In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing, I really don’t. I don’t think it’s the right way to go about things.

“In that moment I fell down to a level I shouldn’t have. The bottom line is I try to live my life by the golden rule that I’ve always been taught – I try to treat people with common decency and respect.

“I’m going to keep doing that moving forward, even though I fell short this week.”

Jason Kelce is now an analyst with ESPN after retiring in 2024 following 13 seasons with the Eagles.

He and his brother also host a podcast in which they interview celebrity guests and discuss their own lives.

Usman Nurmagomedov is already Bellator’s best, and if his coach is to be believed, his ceiling is much, much higher.

Recently, Nurmagomedov said he’s targeting a move to the UFC in the future, to follow in the footsteps of cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov and current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, two of his training partners. In an interview with Red Corner MMA, Usman’s coach Javier Mendez was asked if he sees the fighter surpassing Khabib and Makhachev’s accomplishments and he answered with glowing praise for the Bellator lightweight titleholder.

“As far as passing the torch, I see Usman as being pound-for-pound the greatest fighter, myself,” Mendez said. “He’s got all the attributes. He’s the most talented I’ve ever trained. In regards whether he ever goes to UFC or not, I don’t know if it’s going to matter as long as he keeps showing people how great he is. So, to me, if at one point he never goes, great. He’s still going to be regarded as one of the great ones. He will, you watch.

“He will be regarded as one of the great ones because what he does in that cage is like nobody, I’ve never seen anybody do the transitions, the movement that he does.”

Nurmagomedov is yet to be defeated in 18 pro bouts and has rarely been threatened in the cage, with his most recent win being a methodical unanimous decision nod over Alexander Shabliy this past September. He has successfully defended his Bellator championship twice (this does not include title fight win over Brent Primus that was overturned to a no-contest when Nurmagomedov later tested positive for a banned substance, which was attributed to a prescription drug).

In Mendez’s eyes, Nurmagomedov is nowhere near his prime and no matter where he ends up fighting for the rest of his career, he believes Dagestan native has the potential to be a legend.

“He’s unbelievable, and he’s only 26, he’s only getting better,” Mendez said. “Let’s see what happens, but you never know. He may be a PFL fighter, a Bellator fighter the rest of his career and, for me, I’m happy about that because he’ll be a successful one. So wherever he goes it’s going to be a success.”

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McLaren has continued to push developments of its MCL38 at the back end of the Formula 1 season, as it knuckles down to try to secure the constructors’ championship.

And while its rivals pretty much steered clear of any upgrades in Brazil for what was the third race of a triple-header, it was interesting that McLaren elected to bring a new rear and beam wing arrangement.

McLaren’s approach on this front has been fascinating this year, as it is head and shoulders ahead of its competitors in terms of the sheer scale of development that has been undertaken in this area.

The team has introduced seven different rear wing configurations to cope with the different downforce and drag characteristics that each venue demands.

New options were added to the pool in Saudi Arabia, Imola, Monaco, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and now Brazil.

Of course, it would all be for nothing if the designs did not combine well with the beam wing solution that is also fitted to the assembly.

That is why we have even seen it arrive with several beam wing options alongside each new rear wing specification to trim the car accordingly.

In fact, the development of the beam wing has been even more extensive, with 12 new options added to its pool during the season so far.

There were new beam wings at the Saudi Arabian, Miami, Emilia-Romagna, Monaco, Belgian, Dutch, Singapore and United States Grands Prix, whilst three solutions were introduced at Silverstone.

These include everything from more traditional two-piece designs to single elements and numerous bi-plane style arrangements.

McLaren MCL38 beam wing comparison, Brazilian GP

Photo by: Giorgio Piola

In terms of the new Brazilian GP rear wing design, the most obvious difference is the shape of the mainplane.

This element forms more of a V-shaped profile where it tapers outward and upwards from the deeper central section.

The leading edge, seen in the main image, is also more steeply rolled than its closest kin within the family of solutions available.

Notably, the tip section of the rear wing also differs from other designs in this downforce range, with a squarer profile, like the one used on its highest downforce option.

These design differences are likely the result of an acceptable efficiency trade-off between two of its other specifications, as the reduction in height across the mainplane’s span provides the necessary downforce and drag for the circuit characteristics, whilst also providing more of a benefit when DRS is deployed.

Meanwhile, the shape of the lowermost beam wing element has a reverse tapering in the central section to discreetly mirror the geometry of the mainplane above.

The difference in beam wing layout to the corresponding rear wing selection can be seen in the comparison above.

But while McLaren ran its new rear wing for sprint qualifying and the sprint on Saturday, when it came to the trickier wet conditions posed by qualifying and the race it opted for its higher downforce arrangement.

LIVERPOOL are tracking three left backs as potential long-term replacements for Andy Robertson.

The Scottish international, 30, was on the bench at the weekend, and there are question marks over how long he will be an automatic starter for the Merseysiders.

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And although new boss Arne Slot has shown faith in Kostas Tsimiskas, 28, SunSport understands the club have made recruiting a left-back one of their key priorities.

Two players high on Liverpool’s wishlist are Fulham’s Antonee Robinson and the impressive David Raum from RB Leipzig.

Both are seen as potential first-team players who could fit into Liverpool’s system.

Scouts have watched both players several times this season.

It is believed Slot is personally involved with the process and will play a key role in all future recruitment decisions.

Liverpool are also tracking Ipswich’s impressive Leif Davis, who has made a strong start to the season for The Tractor Boys despite their difficult introduction to the Premier League.

Slot believes Robertson is paying the price for playing with an injury last season but thinks he will recapture his flying form.

The Scotland captain has had a difficult start to the campaign by his lofty standards.

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Slot remains relaxed about the 30-year-old’s form, however.

Robertson sustained a serious ankle injury on international duty in March but continued to play through the pain as Liverpool chased a quadruple, before Scotland competed at Euro 2024.

He missed most of Slot’s inaugural pre-season as a consequence, including the head coach’s first games on tour in the US, leaving him playing catch-up physically and tactically.

Slot said: “I think his current situation is what you can expect if a player misses out on pre-season and a new manager comes in – you miss quite a lot.

“You have to go into a programme where you’ve missed the base tactically when it comes to us [a new management team], and physically as well.”

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Kylian Mbappe must learn to play as a central striker at Real Madrid because he will not be able to displace Vinicius Junior on the left, the club’s former forward Karim Benzema says.

France star Mbappe, who joined Real after his Paris St-Germain contract ended in July, has eight goals in 14 appearances for his new club but has scored just once in his past five games.

The 25-year-old’s favoured position is on the left wing but manager Carlo Ancelotti has kept Brazil international Vinicius in that position, forcing Mbappe to play centrally.

“The problem, in my opinion, is that [Mbappe] is not a central striker, even with the national team, every time he plays as a number nine he doesn’t feel right, because that’s not his position,” former France striker Benzema said on Spanish television show El Chiringuito., external

“On the left, he’s got a guy who’s at the same level as him, Vinicius, so there is a problem, you can’t play Vinicius as a number nine or on the right, because when he plays on the left he makes the difference in every game.

“Mbappe isn’t a real number nine. People ask a lot of him and he’s under a lot of pressure, this isn’t Paris St-Germain.”

Benzema is Real’s second-highest scorer of all time, behind Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Frenchman won the Ballon d’Or when at the club in 2022 before signing for Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad last year.

The 36-year-old, winner of five Champions Leagues and four La Liga titles during 14 seasons at the Bernabeu, warned Mbappe that “if you go two or three games without a goal, you’re going to have a lot of problems”.

In addition to scoring just once in the past five games, Mbappe failed to make an impact as Real’s 42-game unbeaten run in La Liga was ended by a painful 4-0 home defeat by rivals Barcelona.

Team-mate Vinicius came second to Manchester City midfielder Rodri in the voting for the men’s Ballon d’Or last month – awarded to the best footballer of the year.

On his advice to Real’s present number nine, Benzema said: “Don’t give up, because I don’t think he’s going to push Vinicius to move. He’s the best player in the world at the moment.

“Mbappe needs to get it into his head that today he’s a number nine, and forget about the left flank for a while.”