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Gladiators, Falcons move on at DreamLeague Season 23
Gaimin Gladiators and Team Falcons each recorded a sweep on Thursday to advance to the upper bracket final of the playoffs at the $1 million online DreamLeague Season 23 event.,Gaimin Gladiators posted a 2-0 win over Tundra Esports after notching 29-minute victories, first on green and then on red.,...
Wizards, Raptors advance in NBA 2K League's Tipoff playoffs
Benjamin "Benzo" Bernstein averaged 21 points and 13.5 assists as Wizards District Gaming, the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, swept top-seeded Heat Check Gaming to open bracket play at the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.,The Wizards will next face second-seeded Rap...
Report: NCAA agrees to settlement in House v. NCAA
Former college athletes are due for a payday after the NCAA Board of Governors voted to agree to settle House v. NCAA and other antitrust cases related to it, ESPN reported Wednesday. ,With the NCAA's board agreeing to the terms of the settlement, former college athletes are one step closer to getti...
Gladiators, Falcons win DreamLeague Season 23 groups
Gaimin Gladiators and Team Falcons finished atop their respective groups on Wednesday at the $1 million online DreamLeague Season 23 event.,Gaimin Gladiators and Xtreme Gaming advanced to the upper bracket of the playoffs from Group A, while Falcons and Tundra Esports did the same from Group B.,The ...
Pittsburgh to host 2026 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh will host the 2026 NFL Draft, the league announced Wednesday at its spring league meetings in Nashville, Tenn.,"The NFL Draft is one of the biggest, most-anticipated sporting events of the year, and we're thrilled to partner with the Pittsburgh Steelers and VisitPITTSBURGH for our 2026 ev...
Report: ACC teams up with Big 12 in House vs. NCAA case
The Atlantic Coast Conference will be working alongside the Big 12 in House v. NCAA, and it will vote to settle that case in addition to other antitrust cases related to it, ESPN reported Tuesday. ,A settlement is expected to pass, which would create a framework that would allow schools to give mill...
Reports: Big 12 first to agree to House v. NCAA settlement
The presidents and chancellors of the Big 12 Conference voted unanimously to authorize the settlement of House v. NCAA, Yahoo Sports and ESPN reported Tuesday.,The Big 12 is the first power conference to take that step, with the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC expected to join it in the coming days.,If...
Tundra posts 2-0 day at DreamLeague Season 23
Tundra Esports earned a pair of key wins in Group B at the $1 million DreamLeague Season 23 on Tuesday.,Tundra swept Natus Vincere 2-0, winning in 39 minutes on green and 39 minutes on red, before doing the same to BetBoom Team in 30 minutes on red and 49 minutes on green.,Those results helped Tundr...
Gladiators, Falcons start strong at DreamLeague Season 23
Gaimin Gladiators and Team Falcons rose to the top of their respective groups Monday on the first day of the $1 million DreamLeague Season 23.,All teams opened the group stage with a pair of best-of-two matches, and Gaimin Gladiators swept PSG Quest and Xtreme Gaming to take the pole position in Gro...
Tianba triumphant at Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2024
Tianba recorded 172 points in the grand finals to win the $2.5 million Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2024 on Sunday in China.,Tong Jia Bao Esports finished in second place with 144 points, followed by ThunderTalk Gaming (134) and TeamPal (128). Tianba qualified for the World Cup 2024.,Chinese star...
Penguins boss Mike Sullivan to coach 2026 U.S. Olympic hockey team
USA Hockey named Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan to lead Team USA for the 2025 Four Nations Face-Off and the 2026 United States Men's Olympic hockey team on Saturday morning.,The Four Nations Face-Off will be played next Feb. 12-20 and feature NHL players from the United States, Canada,...
T-Wolves cap perfect prelim run in NBA 2K League's Tipoff
T-Wolves Gaming completed a perfect run through group play at the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff tournament, beating previously unbeaten Warriors Gaming Squad 76-64 on Friday.,Michael "BearDaBeast" Key paced the T-Wolves (6-0) with 27 points and eight assists, while teammate Roger "Polow" Adams produced...
Brazil awarded 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
Brazil will host the 2027 Women's World Cup, the FIFA Congress voted Friday in Bangkok, Thailand.,Members chose Brazil over a joint bid by Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.,The United States and Mexico withdrew their joint bid last month with an eye toward 2031.,Brazil has never hosted a Women's...
T-Wolves, Warriors set for showdown at NBA 2K League's Tipoff
T-Wolves Gaming and Warriors Gaming Squad held serve on Thursday, setting up a massive showdown Friday in the NBA 2K League's The Tipoff.,The lone unbeatens teams in group play entering Thursday, the Wolves and Warriors both won to improve to 5-0. They will face off Friday in the final night of grou...
NASCAR to keep Cup Series championship in Phoenix
NASCAR revealed part of its 2025 schedule on Thursday, announcing that Phoenix Raceway will host the Cup Series championship race on Nov. 2.,It will be the sixth consecutive year that Championship Week has been held in Phoenix, starting in 2020. NBC Sports will air the title race.,NASCAR also disclo...
Mona shines as Pistons roll in NBA 2K League's Tipoff
Solomona "Mona" Faitaua-Nanai became the first rookie to log a triple-double in the NBA 2K League this season, leading Pistons GT to an 86-59 rout of Mavs Gaming on Wednesday in qualifying for The Tipoff event.,Mona scored 14 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and dished out 10 assists while shooting 7-for...
NFL's top 25 games of 2024
Christmas Day for NFL marketing and ticket sales departments finally arrived Wednesday with the release of the 2024 season schedule.,With subplots and peripheral angles multiplying before our eyes -- hello, Netflix, welcome to NFL holiday football broadcasts -- Field Level Media's football-minded co...
Caitlin Clark's Fever debut a big hit for ESPN
Caitlin Clark's debut for the Indiana Fever drew 2.1 million viewers across all platforms on Tuesday night, making it the most-watched WNBA game on ESPN.,Viewership peaked at 2.3 million viewers for the game between the Fever and Connecticut Sun. The Sun prevailed 92-71.,The game was the most-watche...
BOOM, G2 x iG and Liquid reach PGL Wallachia playoffs
BOOM Esports, G2 x iG and Team Liquid seized the final three playoff spots on Wednesday at the Dota PGL Wallachia Season 1 event in Bucharest, Romania.,BOOM defeated Shopify Rebellion and G2 x iG eliminated BetBoom Team with 2-1 wins before Liquid swept Team Secret to complete the group stage action...
UCLA to pay Cal $10M per year for Big Ten departure
UCLA's windfall for moving to the Big Ten Conference during the next academic year just got a little bit smaller, as a University of California board of regents panel approved a plan where Cal will be paid $10 million a year from its athletic rival for at least the next three years.,Both schools are...