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NASCAR adds Chicagoland event as 2026 schedule shuffled
A return to the Chicagoland Speedway, a street race in San Diego and a change to championship weekend highlight the 2026 NASCAR schedule, released Wednesday.,Also to be noted are the shift of the All-Star Race to Dover Motor Speedway, as well as schedule adjustments that move annual races to non-tra...
Big 12 Football at a Crossroads: How Week 0 Could Shape the Conference’s Future
The Big 12 kicks off college football with Iowa State vs. Kansas State in Ireland. Can the league avoid the Pac-12’s fate and reassert itself nationally?...
Report: Unrivaled salaries to rise; 90 percent of '26 rosters set
The Unrivaled women's basketball league has already signed nearly 90 percent of its player pool ahead of its second season in 2026.,"We have a few spots left open to fill and then we're pretty much ready to go," Unrivaled co-founder Alex Bazzell recently confirmed to Front Office Sports.,With the 3-...
Cloud9, Shopify stay perfect in LTA North Split 3
Cloud9 and Shopify Rebellion each logged a second consecutive win on Sunday as the Split 3 in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North concluded Week 2 in Los Angeles.,Cloud9 swept Dignitas 2-0 before Shopify Rebellion rallied past Disguised 2-1.,Through two weeks, FlyQuest, Cloud9 a...
Yangon Galacticos makes most of opportunity at PUBG Mobile World Cup
Yangon Galacticos completed an impressive run to the PUBG Mobile World Cup title on Sunday after being the last survival stage team to qualify for the three-day grand finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The offline tournament was the mid-season international event of the 2025 PUBG Mobile competitive sea...
Team Tidebound revel in 'joyful victory' at Clavision Masters
Team Tidebound highlighted their sterling performance on Sunday by posting a 3-2 victory over Tundra Esports in the grand final of the Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi in Zhangjiakou, China.,Team Tidebound recorded a 2-0 victory over Xtreme Gaming in the lower-bracket final of the Dota2 tournament ...
FlyQuest first team to 2-0 at LTA North Split 3
FlyQuest became the first team to get to 2-0 at the LTA North Split 3 on Saturday, sweeping another opponent in Los Angeles.,In the day's second match, LYON beat Team Liquid to move both teams to 1-1 in group play with one round to go.,The LTA North 2025 Split 3 is the third Americas North League of...
Sam Mayer snaps Connor Zilisch's streak with Iowa victory
NEWTON, Iowa -- Sam Mayer took control of Saturday's Hy-Vee Perks 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway after a Lap 221 restart and maintained it the rest of the way to record the first victory for the Haas Factory team and the first in the series for Ford this season.,Mayer won at Iowa fo...
Tundra Esports reach Clavision Masters grand final
Tundra Esports swept Team Tidebound on Saturday to advance to the Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi Dota 2 grand final in Zhangjiakou, China.,Tundra prevailed twice on red in the upper bracket final, defeating Tidebound in 51 minutes and 30 minutes on red.,In Sunday's best-of-five grand final, Tundr...
Tundra, Tidebound advance at Clavision Masters
Tundra Esports and Team Tidebound will meet in Saturday's upper bracket final at the Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi Dota 2 event in Zhangjiakou, China.,Tundra rallied to defeat Nigma Galaxy 2-1 and Tidebound swept Gaimin Gladiators in Friday's semifinals.,The $700,000 tournament began with 10 tea...
MLB All-Star Game awarded to Cubs in 2027
The Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field will host the 2027 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday.,Manfred made his announcement at Wrigley Field with Cubs executive chairman Tom Ricketts, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Hall of Fame membe...
Playoffs underway at Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi
Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators won their upper bracket quarterfinal matches Thursday as the playoffs got underway in the Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi Dota 2 event in Zhangjiakou, China.,Tundra earned a 2-1 win over BetBoom Team, sandwiching two wins on red (31 and 32 minutes) around BetBo...
How Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2 Did What the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Still Can’t
Happy Gilmore 2 features stars from both PGA and LIV Golf, poking fun at the feud with help from legendary golfers like McIlroy, Scheffler, Koepka and DeChambeau....
Leon Marchand breaks 200 IM world record at World Championships
French swimmer Leon Marchand smashed the world record in the 200-meter individual medley, a mark that had stood for 14 years, at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore on Wednesday.,In the semifinal heat of the 200 IM, he touched the wall in 1 minute, 52.69 seconds, besting Ryan Lochte's time...
Eagles' Saquon Barkley, Lane Johnson lead Madden '99 Club'
Cover star Saquon Barkley and Philadelphia Eagles teammate Lane Johnson lead the seven players who received 99 ratings for the "Madden NFL 26" video game, EA Sports announced Tuesday.,Joining the Super Bowl LIX champion running back and right tackle in the prestigious "99 Club" are reigning NFL MVP ...
Report: LIV weekly purse increasing to $30M in 2026
The weekly purses for LIV Golf competitions will increase to $30 million in 2026, with the extra $5 million going toward the team competition, the Sports Business Journal reported Monday. ,Beginning next season, $20 million in purse money will continue to cover individual stroke play with $10 millio...
Team Liquid, Shopify Rebellion sweep LTA North Split 3 openers
Through four matches, the LTA North Split 3 fans in Los Angeles have yet to see a competitive match.,Much like the first day Saturday, a pair of teams swept their opponent in Day 2 on Sunday, ending Week 1 of the event with a clear divide in the standings.,The LTA North 2025 Split 3 is the third Ame...
FlyQuest starts strong with win at LTA North 2025 Split 3
FlyQuest opened Week 1 of the LTA North Split 3 with a 2-0 sweep of Disguised on Saturday in Los Angeles.,The wins came in 28 minutes on blue and 31 minutes on red. Fahad "Massu" Abdulmalek, who is Canadian and Iraqi, had a kill-death-assist ratio of 7-2-6 in Game 1 and 9-0-6 in Game 2 for FlyQuest,...
Analysis: NASCAR's innovative return to SoCal a smart step forward
NASCAR will return to Southern California in style in June 2026.,The NASCAR Cup Series' second street race destination isn't just the sport's debut in the San Diego area, but also the site of the first race in NASCAR history to be held on a military installation.,It's a move that would've seemed lik...
Qatar bids to become first Gulf state to host Olympics
The Qatar Olympic Committee announced a bid Tuesday to host the 2036 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.,If successful, the oil-rich Gulf state would become the first country from the Middle East and North Africa region to host the event.,Qatar hosted the men's FIFA World Cup in 2022 and already has...