🏈 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
🏈 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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Scroll on for everything you need to know ahead of today’s American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) championship kickoffs.
January 28, 2024
🏈 See these ice cubes? See these ice creams?
The NFL Conference Championships are officially set
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January 22, 2024
Only four squads remain, with just one win separating them from a trip to Super Bowl LVIII.
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 Sports betting scandals & previewing the March Madness Sweet 16s
Ep #353

Sports betting scandals & previewing the March Madness Sweet 16s

March 28, 2024

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Today’s episode of The GIST of It is a three-part special diving into recent sports betting headlines involving the NBA and NCAA before previewing the men’s and women’s March Madness Sweet 16s.

In part one, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz break down the latest on Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter, who’s at the center of a gambling investigation following a series of unusual prop bets involving the fringe NBA player.

Then in parts two and three, it’s all about the Big Dance, with previews of the jam-packed weekend ahead in NCAA men’s and women’s hoops as we whittle down to the Final Four.

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🏈 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
🏈 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
🎓🏈 If you can gaze into the future
What's next for the CFP teams and NCAA football?
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And just like that, the final four-team College Football Playoff (CFP) has come to an end following No. 1 Michigan’s dominant 34–13 national championship game win over No. 2 Washington on Monday.
January 10, 2024
🏈 The end of an era
Welcome to NFL Black Monday
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While playoff contenders look ahead to next weekend’s postseason kick off, the next few days will likely be focused on the teams who didn’t make the cut.
January 08, 2024
🏈 Signed, sealed, delivered
The NFL playoff field is officially set
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The NFL regular-season finale brought shocking spoilers, unfortunate injuries, and, at long last, the setting of the 14-team playoff field.
January 08, 2024