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Field whittled to 8 teams at CS Asia Championships
MOUZ, paiN Gaming, PARIVISION and The MongolZ advanced to the lower-bracket finals in Thursday's action at the CS Asia Championships in Shanghai.,The $400,000 Counter-Strike 2 event began Wednesday with two double-elimination groups, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the playoffs...
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 ...
Knicks hold momentum, but Cavs no stranger to playoff comebacks
The New York Knicks are no strangers to playing with plenty of momentum during the NBA playoffs. Nor are the Cleveland Cavaliers unfamiliar with climbing back from discouraging losses.,But Game 1 of their Eastern Conference finals series on Tuesday might have provided the Knicks with their most mome...
Esports World Cup coming to Paris this summer
The 2026 Esports World Cup will take place in Paris from July 6 to Aug. 23, organizers announced on Wednesday.,More than 2,000 players and 200 teams from 100-plus countries are expected to compete in 24 games with a total prize pool of more than $75 million, according to the Esports Foundation.,The ...
Action underway at CS Asia Championships in Shanghai
Action got underway Wednesday with 16 teams competing in the $400,000 CS Asia Championships in Shanghai.,The Counter-Strike 2 event begins with two double-elimination groups, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the playoffs: group stage winners to the semifinals, runners-up to the ...
Falcons among four winners to open DreamLeague Season 29 playoffs
Team Falcons, PARIVISION, Team Spirit and Aurora Gaming kicked off the playoff stage with wins Tuesday at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Falcons swept Tundra Esports 2-0, PARIVISION outlasted Team Liquid 2-1, Spirit blanked BetBoom Team 2-0 and Aurora rallied to best Natus Vincer...
Michigan's Morez Johnson staying in NBA draft
Michigan forward Morez Johnson ended speculation he could return to the Wolverines for his junior season by entering the 2026 NBA Draft.,Johnson averaged 13.1 points and 7.3 rebounds last season and played in 40 games for national champion Michigan (37-3). He spent his freshman season at Illinois bu...
Minneapolis selected to host 2028 NFL Draft
NFL owners voted to award the 2028 draft to Minneapolis.,The Twin Cities were chosen to host the event on Tuesday at the meeting of franchise owners in Orlando, the culmination of what Vikings president and CEO Mark Wilf described as a "terrific opportunity." Minnesota hosted the Super Bowl in Febru...
Sweet music: Nashville officially named host of 2030 Super Bowl
The honky-tonks will be packed to the rafters when the Super Bowl comes to Nashville in 2030.,NFL owners officially approved Nashville as the site for Super Bowl LXIV, which is scheduled to be played in February of 2030. The game will take place at the Tennessee Titans' new stadium, which is current...
Sorana Cirstea (age 36) becomes oldest woman to debut in Top 20
Romania's Sorana Cirstea became the oldest player to make her Top 20 rankings debut in WTA history when she was No. 18 in the update released Monday.,Cirstea, 36, previously reached No. 21 in both 2013 and 2014 but was unable to crack the Top 20. More recently, she reached No. 22 in 2024, No. 25 in ...
Super Bowl likely to make Nashville debut in 2030
Nashville is expected to be awarded its debut Super Bowl when NFL owners convene on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. ,The game would be played in the under-construction new stadium of the Tennessee Titans and would be the first Super Bowl played in the city. Super Bowl LXIV is scheduled for F...
Tundra wins DreamLeague Season 29 group tiebreaker
Tundra Esports clinched the final upper-bracket playoff spot Monday at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 29 online event.,Tundra posted 1-0 tiebreaker wins against PlayTime and Xtreme Gaming to finish fourth in Group B.,Sixteen teams began the Dota 2 tournament on May 13. The top four finishers from...
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-...
Team Spirit cruises past Team Falcons in PGL Astana grand final
Team Spirit swept Team Falcons 3-0 in the grand final on Sunday at the $800,000 PGL Astana tournament in Kazakhstan.,Winning the best-of-five championship earned Team Spirt the $256,000 first prize. Team Falcons collected $120,000.,MOUZ downed magic 2-0 in the best-of-three match for third place and...
Unbeaten Team Falcons take top spot in Group A
Team Falcons downed Team Spirit 2-1 on Saturday in a battle for first place in Group A at the DreamLeague Season 29 event.,Now the only unbeaten team, Team Falcons is 6-0 going into the final day of the group stage as Team Spirit fell to 5-1.,Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak of Russia led Team Falcons wi...
Corey Day passes Justin Allgaier to claim BetRivers 200
DOVER, Del. -- Twenty-year-old Californian Corey Day took the lead from veteran Justin Allgaier with four laps remaining to claim his second NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory Saturday in the BetRivers 200 in his first Dover Motor Speedway start.,Allgaier, a three-time winner this season and ...
Spirit, Falcons sweep into PGL Astana grand final
Team Falcons and Team Spirit will meet Sunday in the grand final at the $800,000 PGL Astana tournament in Kazakhstan.,Falcons swept magic and Spirit swept MOUZ in the semifinals on Saturday. The winner of their best-of-five championship will earn $256,000. ,MOUZ and magic will meet in the best-of-th...
Spirit, Falcons remain unbeaten atop Group A at DreamLeague 29
Team Falcons and Team Spirit each won twice via sweeps on Friday to remain unbeaten and share first place in Group A at the DreamLeague Season 29 event.,Team Falcons and Team Spirit both improved to 5-0. Aurora Gaming also swept both of their matches for their first two victories after an 0-3 start,...
5-star junior C Isaiah Hill commits to Purdue
Five-star junior center Isaiah Hill committed to Purdue's 2027 recruiting class on Friday.,The 7-footer from Indianapolis is ranked No. 13 nationally by the 247 Sports composite. He chose the Boilermakers over Louisville and Florida State.,"Purdue has been recruiting me since the eighth grade. [Assi...
PARIVISION, Natus Vincere move atop Group B at DreamLegion 29
Natus Vincere and PARIVISION each won twice on Thursday to share first place in Group B at the DreamLeague Season 29 event.,PARIVISION and Natus Vincere both improved to 3-0. PlayTime, which also earned two victories on Thursday, is tied for third in Group B at 2-1 with Xtreme Gaming, who split thei...