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2026 World Cup winner to earn record $50M
FIFA will pay out a record $727 million to the 48 teams participating in the 2026 World Cup.,At its meeting in Doha, Qatar, the FIFA council agreed that $655 million of that pot will be paid as prize money, the organization confirmed Wednesday. The remainder will be given to participants -- $1.5 mil...
ACC reveals ‘26 schedule: Some play 9 league games, others 8
The Atlantic Coast Conference revealed Tuesday that not all 17 of its football members will make the move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026.,Instead, 12 teams will play nine games while Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and North Carolina will have eight games in what the...
Team Yandex squeeze into DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs
Team Yandex, PARIVISION, Xtreme Gaming and Tundra Esports each won their group-stage finale on Monday and advanced to the playoffs of DreamLeague Season 27.,That quartet, which all finished with 4-2 records, joined four teams that had already clinched advancement: OG (5-1), Team Spirit (5-1), Team F...
Top six unchanged, No. 15 Nebraska surges in Top 25
The top six teams were unchanged and No. 15 Nebraska surged to its highest ranking in 34 years in the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll released Monday.,No. 1 Arizona (9-0) received 42 of 61 first-place votes, while 15 votes went to No. 2 Michigan (10-0), three to No. 3 Duke (10-...
UConn holds at No. 1 as top seven teams unchanged
UConn remained at No. 1 and the top seven teams were unchanged in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released on Monday.,The defending national champion Huskies (10-0) received 24 of the 32 first-place votes after routing then-No. 16 Southern California 79-51 on Saturday in ...
Team Falcons remain undefeated at DreamLeague Season 27
Team Falcons knocked OG from the unbeatens to stand alone in first place on Sunday at DreamLeague Season 27.,OG now share a 4-1 record with Team Spirit and Virtus.pro.,The $1 million Dota 2 event features 24 teams starting in a Swiss System group stage. All matches are best-of-three, with the top ei...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 2 Texas blasts No. 13 Baylor
Madison Booker erupted for 27 points as No. 2 Texas remained unbeaten by throttling No. 13 Baylor 89-54 on Sunday on a neutral court in Fort Worth, Texas.,The Longhorns (12-0) trailed 11-8 but rattled off the next 16 points and did not waver or look back. Jordan Lee came off the bench to record a 19...
Falcons, OG off to 4-0 starts at DreamLeague Season 27
OG and Team Falcons improved to 4-0 to share first place at DreamLeague Season 27 on Saturday.,Another five teams sit right behind at 3-1, including Team Spirit, which entered the day atop the group-stage standings but suffered its first loss, 2-0 to OG.,The $1 million Dota 2 event features 24 teams...
OG, Spirit, Falcons move to 3-0 at DreamLeague Season 27
OG, Team Spirit and Team Falcons separated themselves from the pack by going 3-0 through three matches at DreamLeague Season 27 on Friday.,Another nine teams sit right behind at 2-1, including BetBoom Team, which entered the day atop the group-stage standings but suffered its first loss, 2-0 to OG.,...
Women’s Top 25 roundup: Cambridge sisters fuel No. 21 Ohio St.’s comeback
Jaloni Cambridge tied her career high with 33 points, her sister Kennedy Cambridge compiled a career-best 10 steals and No. 21 Ohio State overcame a surprise halftime deficit to beat Northern Kentucky 94-62 on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio.,The Buckeyes (8-1) trailed 17-5 early on and found themselves ...
BetBoom Team among six to reach 2-0 at DreamLeague Season 27
BetBoom Team is one of six teams to start DreamLeague Season 27 with two straight wins, and the only team to do it with a pair of two-map sweeps.,After BetBoom opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over Runa Team on Wednesday, they returned to action Thursday and defeated Xtreme Gaming by the same sc...
NASCAR reaches settlement, ending antitrust trial
NASCAR reached a confidential settlement agreement on Thursday with Front Row Motorsports and Michael Jordan's 23XI racing in a federal courtroom in Charlotte.,The two race teams filed an antitrust lawsuit against the motorsports organization in 2024, alleging monopolist practices and accusing NASCA...
NASCAR reaches settlement to end antitrust trial
NASCAR reached a settlement agreement Thursday with Front Row Motorsports and Michael Jordan's 23XI racing in a federal courtroom in Charlotte.,The two race teams filed an antitrust lawsuit against the motorsports organization im 2024, alleging monopolist practices and accusing NASCAR of using anti-...
Liquid, Falcons eke out opening wins at DreamLeague Season 27
Team Liquid and Team Falcons were the only sides that pulled out three-map wins on Wednesday as the DreamLeague Season 27 got underway.,The $1 million Dota 2 event features 24 teams starting in a Swiss System group stage. All matches are best-of-three, with the top eight teams advancing to the doubl...
Big 12 commish Brett Yormark calls Notre Dame AD’s remarks ‘egregious’
Big 12 Conference commissioner Brett Yormark said Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua was "totally out of bounds" for how he's gone about criticizing the Atlantic Coast Conference this week.,Notre Dame has a football scheduling alliance with the ACC and is a full member of the conference in o...
Raiders lead logjam for No. 1 pick in '26; Rams could crash party
With four games to go in the regular season, the Las Vegas Raiders are at the front of the line for the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. ,The franchise last picked first overall in 2007, selecting infamous bust JaMarcus Russell, but eight times has drafted in the top 10 since taking the LSU quarter...
Report: FIFA president Gianni Infantino accused of ethics breach
A worldwide advocacy group has filed a complaint with FIFA's Ethics Committee citing a lack of impartiality from organization president Gianni Infantino, as well as the political nature of last week's 2026 World Cup draw, The Athletic reported Tuesday.,Center to the complaint is Infantino's effusive...
Economist testifies that NASCAR underpaid teams $1.06B over 4 years
A high-profile economist testified Monday that NASCAR should pay $215.8 million in damages to 23XI Racing and $148.9 million to Front Row Motorsports to account for its monopolistic behavior.,Dr. Edward A. Snyder, who served as the dean of Yale's business school from 2011-19 and for 10 years before ...
Arizona edges out Michigan as new No. 1 team in AP Top 25
Arizona edged out Michigan as the new No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll released Monday, replacing Purdue.,The Wildcats (8-0) earned 33 of the 60 first-place votes to reach No. 1 for the first time since December 2023. The Wolverines (8-0) received 19 votes and ...
Big Ten ties own record with nine teams in AP Top 25
With Nebraska joining the party at No. 24, the Big Ten has a record-tying nine teams in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released Monday.,The Big Ten set the record last year on Dec. 2.,Defending national champion UConn (9-0) remains at No. 1 after receiving 23 of 32 first...