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Cloud9 claim opening win at CDL Stage 2 Minor
Cloud9 New York fended off the Minnesota Rokkr's comeback attempt and earned a 3-2 win on Friday in the opening round of the Call of Duty League's Stage 2 Minor event.,All 12 CDL teams are competing in the tournament, which will reward $20,000 and 30 CDL points to the champion. The single-eliminatio...

New surface, new layout and new driver await field in Austin
NASCAR's former two-race road course schedule is all grown up and has reached six.,Sunday's Cup Series race at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) will be the first of a half-dozen twisting layouts, a demanding, complex track in the wonderfully weird Texas capital of Austin.,A new racing surface, Goo...

Stubbs: COTA’s new layout sets up well for these drivers
When the NASCAR Cup Series races at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) this Sunday in Austin, Texas, the road course will look different than in years past.,That's because NASCAR has chosen to utilize COTA's shorter, "National" layout for this year's Xfinity Series and Cup Series races at the Texas road...

Thieves run record to 3-0 in Stage 2 Major qualifying
The Los Angeles Thieves stayed unbeaten with a sweep of the Toronto Ultra in the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifier on Sunday.,The day's other winners, also in sweeps, were the Minnesota Rokkr and Cloud9 New York, as Week 2 concluded.,The Stage 2 Major qualifying round consists of 12 teams,...

Team Liquid wins title in Championship of The Americas Cross-Conference
Team Liquid swept 100 Thieves 3-0 in Sunday's grand final of the LoL Championship of The Americas 2025 Cross-Conference event in Sao Paulo, Brazil.,The victory earned Liquid an automatic berth in the First Stand tournament. The Thieves took home $20,000 as the runner-up.,Liquid played red on all thr...

Surge first team to 3-0 at Stage 2 Major qualifying
The Vancouver Surge lived up to their name on Saturday, surging to the top of the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major standings with a 3-1 win over Los Angeles Guerrillas M8.,The Atlanta FaZe, Carolina Royal Ravens and Toronto Ultra also picked up wins Saturday.,The Stage 2 Major qualifying round cons...

Thieves, Liquid to play for title in Championship of The Americas Cross-Conference
100 Thieves and Team Liquid posted victories on Saturday to earn berths in the grand final of the Championship of The Americas 2025 Cross-Conference event in Sao Paulo, Brazil.,The Thieves and Liquid won their matches in three maps and will meet on Sunday, with the winner qualifying for the First St...

Trio of sweeps kicks off Stage 2 Major qualifying Week 2
It was a day of blowouts at the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major on Friday, as all three matches to open Week 2 saw 3-0 sweeps.,Two of the matches saw clubs pick up their first wins of the event -- the Miami Heretics and Carolina Royal Ravens -- while in the day's final match Cloud9 New York improv...

College of Idaho renames arena in honor of Elgin Baylor
The College of Idaho, where Elgin Baylor played a key role in the integration in college athletics, on Friday renamed its basketball arena for the late Basketball Hall of Fame legend at halftime of its 97-46 win against Evergreen State.,Baylor attended the College of Idaho in 1954 and joined the bas...
4 Nations Face-Off Proves One Thing: The NHL Needs More of This
The NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off was a massive hit that certainly needs replicated as it grew the game of hockey and garnered international attention for the sport....
These Five MLB Bottom Feeders Are Already Pretty Much Eliminated From 2025 Playoffs
Baseball is great because anything can happen, but we have a pretty damn good feeling that these five bottom-feeding teams won't be making the 2025 MLB Playoffs....

SEC, Big Ten commissioners promote change in CFP seeding format
Commissioners of the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences hinted that they know how they're going to vote if the issue arises of changing the seeding format for future College Football Playoff tournaments.,Greg Sankey of the SEC and the Big Ten's Tony Petitti would no longer guarantee conference cha...
Gloves off or Game On? USA vs. Canada Rematch Promises Fireworks
USA and Canada will rematch for the gold medal in the 4 Nations Face-Off, a game that promises fireworks and potential fist-fights after an exciting game last week....

Surge edge Cloud9 in back-and-forth battle in Stage 2 Major qualifying
The Vancouver Surge outlasted Cloud9 New York 3-2 on Sunday in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League's Stage 2 Major.,Vancouver grabbed an early lead by prevailing 250-181 on Vault Hardpoint, but it could never pull away from New York. Cloud9 took two of the next three maps to set up a winne...

Team Liquid reach semis at Championship of The Americas Cross-Conference
Team Liquid shut down a potential rally to edge Isurus Estral 2-1 on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the Championship of The Americas 2025 Cross-Conference event in Sao Paulo, Brazil.,After prevailing in 39 minutes on red and falling in 42 minutes on red, Team Liquid picked up a 33-minute victory on ...

Rokkr coast past Heretics in qualifying action for Stage 2 Major
The Minnesota Rokkr overcame an early deficit with ease on Saturday, defeating the Miami Heretics 3-1 in qualifying action for the Call of Duty League's Stage 2 Major.,Miami got off to a strong start with a 250-248 win on Skyline Hardpoint, but it was all Minnesota from there. The Rokkr responded wi...

FlyQuest stays hot as LAT Cross-Conference opens
Six days after playing their way into the League of the Americas Championship of The Americas Cross-Conference tournament, FlyQuest showed no signs of rust in sweeping their quarterfinal Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.,100 Thieves, who advanced to the tournament two weekends ago, also won its first m...

Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird among 17 finalists for Hall of Fame
Former NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard and former women's star Sue Bird are among the 17 finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025.,Coaches Billy Donovan and Mark Few and the 2008 U.S. Olympic men's team also are among the 17 finalists named Friday. The new class...
Canada Thought It Was the Hunter, but USA Is Locked In on Its Prey
Canada enters the 4 Nations Face-Off against Team USA with star power, but shaky goaltending and a relentless American squad could turn the hunters into the hunted....

Ichiro Suzuki to donate personal collection to Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki plans to do more than just be inducted into the Hall of Fame this July. He also intends to donate his entire personal collection to the museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.,Former National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum president Jeff Idelson announced the news while sharing a previous discus...