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Spirit, PARIVISION reach DreamLeague 29 upper-bracket final
Team Spirit and PARIVISION pulled out 2-1 victories in the upper-bracket semifinals Thursday and will meet in the upper-bracket final of the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Spirit outlasted Aurora Gaming while PARIVISION rallied from down 1-0 to beat Team Falcons. Aurora and Falcons d...
Tundra, Xtreme, BetBoom stay alive at DreamLeague 29
Tundra Esports, Xtreme Gaming and BetBoom Team stayed alive in the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event with lower-bracket wins on Wednesday.,Tundra Esports bounced back from an upper-bracket quarterfinal loss with a 2-1 win over Virtus.pro. Xtreme Gaming, who finished sixth in Group B and ...
Team Falcons, Natus Vincere finish atop DreamLeague Season 29 groups
Team Falcons and Natus Vincere secured wins on Sunday to finish atop Group A and Group B, respectively, on the final day of round-robin play of the DreamLeague Season 29 event.,Falcons rallied past GamerLegion 2-1 to finish group play as the only unbeaten team in either group at 7-0. Ammar "ATF" Al-...
Super Bowl rematch and 10 other games to watch in 2026
Not only do the Los Angeles Rams have a reasonable shot at becoming the first team to win the Super Bowl on its homefield twice, the NFC West runner-up is by far the easiest team to find on the NFL's 2026 broadcast schedule.,Seven times the Rams are positioned for a primetime slot -- tying a league ...
Detroit Mercy hit with postseason ban over academics
The Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will be hit with a postseason ban for the 2026-27 season due to academic shortcomings.,The NCAA is set to announce the annual Academic Progress Rate results on Tuesday. Athletic director Robert Vowels confirmed the bad news in a letter sent to boosters and fan...
Cards' Jacoby Brissett not at offseason program, wants extension
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett is seeking a contract extension that will pay him as a starter.,NFL Network reported on Friday that Brissett is not attending the team's voluntary workout program as a means to address that situation.,Brissett, who has only $1.5 million guaranteed on the...
Five NHL teams could clinch playoff spots Saturday
Some further clarity about the NHL playoff picture could come Saturday.,Nine of the 16 postseason spots have been clinched. As many as five more could be clinched depending on results from the crowded slate of 15 games that kicks off the final weekend of the regular season.,In the Eastern Conference...
Report: Las Vegas to host Super Bowl after 2028 season
Las Vegas is expected to be selected by NFL owners as the host city for Super Bowl LXIII after the 2028 season, ESPN reported on Wednesday.,The voting will take place during next week's annual league meeting in Phoenix.,Per ESPN, one source said the Super Bowl's return to Allegiant Stadium is a "mat...
Star turn: 10 MLB players poised for '26 breakout
If you like to watch rookies and other young players on the verge of breaking out in Major League Baseball, it's a good time to be a fan. ,With Opening Day upon us, let's take a quick look at 10 players (rookies and others) who are on the verge of making a big name for themselves in MLB.,RHP Shane B...
Oklahoma headlines 8-team College Basketball Crown field
Oklahoma, the top team excluded from the NCAA Tournament field, accepted an invite Monday to play in the second edition of the College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas.,Oklahoma will face Colorado in the first game April 1. Baylor, Creighton, Minnesota, Rutgers, Stanford and West Virginia also said yes...
MLS Cup 2026 final scheduled for Dec. 18
The 2026 MLS Cup will take place on Friday, Dec. 18, the league announced Monday.,The game will be hosted by the team with the better regular-season record.,This is the final full season before MLS switches to a summer-spring calendar for 2027-28. The league also will have a short 14-game transition...
New York Jets Offseason Primer: Calling all QBs
Jets owner Woody Johnson can hardly believe the luck on this circuitous route the franchise has traveled right back to the same starting point.,Pretty much every avenue a team can think of to find a franchise quarterback has been walked by Johnson and the Jets but none of them have led to a return t...
Las Vegas Raiders Offseason Primer: First and Plenty
Worst to first, the Raiders are on top of the world entering the 2026 offseason.,As the league year begins in March, Las Vegas is steering by virtue of finishing 3-14 and securing the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.,What do the Raiders need to return to respectability? In a word: plenty.,But with ...
Report: NFL to return to Madrid in 2026
The NFL intends to return to Spain in 2026 with a game at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium, The Athletic reported Saturday.,Negotiations are underway for the 2026 season with plans to put more games in Madrid beyond next season, per the report.,The stadium hosted one of seven NFL internationa...
WNBA season set to start May 8 despite impasse
The WNBA plans to begin the 2026 season on May 8 despite the fact the league and players' union remain at an impasse on agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement.,There is currently a moratorium in place pertaining to league business like free agency. The league also hasn't been able to hold...
Team Yandex ralliy past Team Spirit for DreamLeague Season 27 title
Team Yandex fell behind early before surging past Team Spirit 3-1 in the grand final on Sunday in the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs.,Team Spirit advanced to the best-of-five final round by sweeping PARIVISION 2-0 in the lower-bracket final earlier Sunday.,The championship was worth $214,000 in priz...
Team Yandex in grand final at DreamLeague Season 27
Team Yandex advanced on Saturday to the grand final, awaiting the winner of Team Spirit vs. PARIVISION in the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs.,Team Spirit and PARIVISION will battle in Sunday's lower-bracket final to determine the remaining berth in the grand final later that day.,The $1 million Dota...
Xtreme stave off elimination twice at DreamLeague Season 27
Xtreme Gaming won a pair of elimination matches Friday to remain alive in the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs, advancing into the lower-bracket semifinal.,After losing its playoff opener 2-0 to Team Spirit on Wednesday, Xtreme Gaming began the Friday competition with a 2-0 sweep of Team Falcons in a ...
World Series win worth nearly $485,000 for Dodgers players
Major League Baseball distributed nearly $128.2 million in postseason bonuses, with the World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers dividing their pot into 82 full shares worth nearly $485,000 each.,The MLB offices announced the bonuses on Thursday. The amount paid out was about $1 million less than th...
BetBoom, Liquid, OG, Spirit move to 2-0 at PGL Wallachia Season 6
BetBoom Team, Team Liquid, OG and Team Spirit improved to 2-0 in the group stage of PGL Wallachia Season 6 on Sunday in Bucharest, Romania.,BetBoom swept Natus Vincere 2-0, winning in 37 minutes and 64 minutes on green. Liquid pushed past Xtreme Gaming 2-1, sandwiching a 25-minute win on green and a...