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Report: College hoops expanding to 32-game season
The NCAA is expected to approve an expansion of the college basketball season from 31 to 32 games, CBS Sports reported Wednesday.,The schedule change would go into effect with the 2026-27 season for men and women after the Division I Council passes the measure, per the report.,There has been a 31-ga...
2025 NFL games to watch
Pack your bags. The NFL is heading to Spain, Brazil, Ireland, Germany -- and London, of course -- and has loaded up on compelling domestic encounters in the U.S. in a 2025 season that begins in the City of Brotherly Love with a pairing of hated NFC East rivals. ,NFL teams and fanbases have known the...
NFL to announce international games, select others prior to schedule release
The NFL announced Thursday that its six broadcast partners each will announce select games of the 2025 league schedule next week.,NBC will take to "The Today Show" on Monday to announce a games on the network. FOX and Prime Video also will announce a few games on that day, while ESPN will do the sam...
Report: ACC eyes more non-conference games
The Atlantic Coast Conference is trimming the league slate from 20 games to 18 to make room for more marquee non-conference contests, CBS Sports reported Wednesday.,The ACC is making the change effective with the 2025-26 men's basketball schedule in order to help reverse a recent trend of dwindling ...
NFC grabs 14-7 lead in Pro Bowl Skills Showdown
Jared Goff, Justin Jefferson and the NFC built a big lead over the AFC in the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games on Thursday, the first night of competition for this year's NFL all-stars in Orlando.,Over six total events -- five live and one prerecorded -- the NFC side secured a 14-7 lead ahead of the Sunday f...
Best Non-College Football Playoff Bowl Games to Watch in 2024
Only 12 teams can make the college football playoff, but these bowl games will be just as exciting to watch as we conclude the 2024 college football season....
NBA continues tradition of Election Day pause
Observing Election Day with a clear schedule is a tradition the NBA plans to continue.,Commissioner Adam Silver was encouraged by multiple prominent coaches to avoid playing games on national Election Day every two years to allow employees, including league staff, team workers and coaches and player...
Cuba's Mijain Lopez wins fifth consecutive Olympic wrestling gold
PARIS -- Japan's Kenichiro Fumita claimed the first wrestling gold of the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning the men's 60kg Greco-Roman event as Cao Liguo of China took silver.,Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kazakhstan and North Korean Ri Se-ung claimed bronze in the event.,Cuba's Mijain Lopez, 41, won t...
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...
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....
You probably forgot these NBA players were on these teams
The NBA has a whole lot of movement. Even Michael Jordan couldn’t finish his career with the Chicago Bulls. Even the most iconic multi-team NBA players have a short stint on a team you would swear they never played for. Here are some iconic NBA players in weird places. ...
The NCAA is litigating itself out of the future of college athletics
The NCAA took another L in court this week, racking up appearances and losses in litigation like it was trying to nab the Republican nomination for president. A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that the NCAA can’t enforce key NIL rules that prohibit universities from using name, image and likeness m...