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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...
Illinois G Terrence Shannon Jr. preparing for draft, rape trial
CHICAGO -- Terrence Shannon Jr. faces rape and sexual assault charges in Kansas next month in a trial scheduled to begin two weeks before the 2024 NBA Draft.,Illinois' All-American guard was briefly suspended last season when the allegations became public, but gained reinstatement when a judge ruled...
Report: Hockey Canada trial date to be set soon
The trial date for the five pro hockey players facing sexual assault charges in Canada is expected to be set at a hearing on June 11, The Athletic reported Tuesday.,Attorneys for the players appeared virtually before Justice Alissa Mitchell on Tuesday and learned the scheduling date.,Set to go on tr...
G2 Esports gain berth in lower bracket semis at MSI Invitational
G2 Esports recorded a 3-0 victory over Top Esports on Tuesday to move to the lower-bracket semifinal at the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2024 in Chengdu, China.,G2 posted 29- and 24-minute wins on red before emerging victorious in blue in Game 3 to advance to Friday's lower-bracket semi...
Oh, snap: Jets, Aaron Rodgers open on MNF again
For the second time in two seasons with the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers opens the regular season on "Monday Night Football.",Rodgers, who was hurt on his first possession in the 2023 regular-season opener on MNF, is recovered from a torn Achilles and planning to kick off his 20th NFL season near hi...
Blazer5 Gaming sink Kings in NBA 2K League's Tipoff
Blazer5 Gaming beat Kings Guard Gaming 67-61 on Monday at the NBA 2K League's 5v5 The Tipoff event.,Claude "Claude" Knight poured in a game-high 32 points on 11-of-20 shooting for Blazer5. He hit 10 3-pointers, and teammate Wahid "Faiz" Faiz chipped in 17 points and six assists.,Nasir "Fatstop" Love...
Chiefs to open 2024 season vs. Ravens
Game 1 of the 2024 NFL regular season features the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Sept. 5.,The Week 1 headliner was confirmed by the league as the build-up begins for a full schedule release on Wednesday night with select marquee games and dates made...