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Team Vitality, The MongolZ advance to CS:GO semis at Esports World CupTeam Vitality and The MongolZ each advanced into the semifinals of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in Day 2 action on Thursday.,Team Vitality and The MongolZ will face off in a semifinal on Saturday, with the winner advancing to the champio...

IOC launches esports Olympics in Saudi ArabiaThe International Olympic Committee is launching the Olympic Esports Games 2025, with the competition to be held in Saudi Arabia.,The IOC made the announcement Friday in conjunction with the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia.,It is the latest foray into sports for Saudi Arabia, which funds ...

IOC to seek approval for esports OlympicsThe International Olympic Committee will ask members to approve the creation of an esports Olympics.,IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday from Lausanne, Switzerland, that the time has come to expand the Olympic reach to include esports. Such an event would likely draw a younger audience to the Olym...

Call of Duty titles added to Esports World Cup

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone have been added to the Esports World Cup this summer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The Call of Duty: Warzone competition will run from July 3-6 and feature 21 teams competing for a share of the $1 million prize pool. The Call of Duty: Modern Warf...

The Avalanche have gone full Freddie Four Fingers

The NHL trade deadline has gotten into high gear a couple days before Friday afternoon’s deadline, so let’s roll through the highlights of what’s already gone down....

Turns out America loves the Denver Nuggets

Most of the state of Colorado can’t watch the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets. However, the rest of America is enjoying the show. NBA insider/analyst Ethan Strauss dove into some viewership data for a recent post on his substack....

NCAA President Charlie Baker said the quiet part out loud about transferring

There’s a difference between how things are supposed to work, and how they actually work. And very rarely do the ones in charge publicly address the things that are silently understood, but never spoken about. It’s why what Charlie Baker said this week was so out of the norm....

Carl Weathers and the professional athletes who became actors

Acting and sports have a lot in common. It takes a ton of body control to do either, both are consumed by millions, and the biggest stars usually have a ton of charisma. These are the athletes who broke out of their sports and became big stars in Hollywood. ...