🏈 Musical chairs (football’s version)
Running backs take center stage as NFL Free Agency heats up
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Though free agency doesn’t officially open until the NFL’s “new year” begins today at 4 p.m. ET, that hasn’t stopped teams from brokering blockbuster deals.
March 13, 2024
🏈 Everybody one, two step
The Denver Broncos released quarterback Russell Wilson
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Move aside, Love is Blind altar day — yesterday marked NFL franchise tag deadline day, bringing with it a flurry of massive decisions as teams prepare for free agency to open one week from today.
March 06, 2024
🏈 Fielding their goals
Parity becomes the official development partner of the Women’s Football Alliance
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Parity — a platform that connects pro women athletes to aggregated marketing and sponsorship opportunities — was named the official development partner of the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) yesterday.
March 01, 2024
🏈 Big reputation, big reputation
The Kansas City Chiefs win their second consecutive Super Bowl
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KC overcame a low-scoring first half and some flaring tempers to become the first team since the 2003–04 New England Patriots to repeat as champs, hoisting their third Vince Lombardi Trophy in five seasons.
February 12, 2024
Super Bowl preview: Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl preview: Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers
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In honor of the big event, today’s Scroll has everything you need to know before the defending champ Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET with the winner hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
February 11, 2024
🏈 Capture it, remember it
The Kansas City Chiefs return to the Super Bowl to face the San Francisco 49ers
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Conspiracy theory be damned, the No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs and No. 1 San Francisco 49ers are Super Bowl bound following yesterday’s respective American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) championship game wins.
January 29, 2024
⏪ How we got here
An NFL Conference championship preview
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January 28, 2024
Scroll on for everything you need to know ahead of today’s American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) championship kickoffs.
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NWSL season start & NCAA basketball Selection Sunday preview
Ep #349

NWSL season start & NCAA basketball Selection Sunday preview

March 14, 2024

Happy Pi Day!

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are serving up slices from a stacked sports weekend ahead.

First up, the gals preview what’s bound to be a massive NWSL season before the new campaign kicks off on Friday. From a new media rights deal, to new expansion teams entering the fold, to star players rocking new jerseys, there’s a lot to unpack on the pitch.

Then for part two, El and Steph are hooping it up ahead of Selection Sunday on March 17th. The women’s and men’s March Madness brackets drop on St. Patrick’s Day, but there’s no luck needed here with these two as your guides to the college game.

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🏈 The king has left the building
Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh returns to the NFL to coach the LA Chargers
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After years of teasing an NFL return — and less than three weeks after leading his alma mater to a national championship — Michigan football HC Jim Harbaugh announced Wednesday that he’s leaving the Wolverines to helm the LA Chargers.
January 26, 2024
🏈 Chasing the crown
An NFL Divisional Round playoffs preview
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After a Super Wild Card Weekend chock-full of gridiron chaos, eight teams — four from the American Football Conference (AFC) and four from the National Football Conference (NFC) — punched their tickets to this weekend’s divisional round.
January 19, 2024
The road to Super Bowl LVIII
The road to Super Bowl LVIII
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Today’s special edition has everything you need to know about the NFL postseason, including the path to Super Bowl LVIII, the players and teams to watch, and more.
January 13, 2024
🏈 This GOAT wears khakis
Alabama head coach Nick Saban retires after a legendary 28-year career
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Alabama HC Nick Saban — arguably the greatest college football coach ever — has officially retired, marking yet another massive change in the sport’s landscape.
January 12, 2024
🏈 The line it is drawn
The end of the road for three legendary football head coaches
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The last 48 hours brought stunning job status updates for not one, not two, but three legendary football head coaches (HC).
January 12, 2024