🏛️ This isn’t amateur hour
Dartmouth’s men’s basketball players are university employees, according to NLRB
On Monday, a NLRB regional director ruled that under U.S. labor law, Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team members are considered the school’s employees, the first nail in the coffin for the NCAA’s beleaguered amateurism model.
February 07, 2024
🏀 Trading places
WNBA free agency and NBA trade deadline shakeup both leagues
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While NBA hoopers continue to post stunning stat lines on the court, the real basketball blockbusters are going down off it, with WNBA free agency in full swing and the NBA trade deadline set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET.
February 07, 2024
🏀 Step aside, Justin Bieber
Who won the NCAA men’s basketball regular season’s most exciting weekend?
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With four tantalizing Top-10 matchups, this was the regular season’s most exciting weekend thus far.
February 05, 2024
🎓🏀 History in the making
Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark nearing all-time NCAA women’s scoring record
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Caitlin Clark is (once again) on the precipice of history. After netting 38 points in her No. 3 Iowa Hawkeyes’ weekend win, the biggest name in NCAA sports is now a mere 66 away from breaking the all-time women’s scoring record.
February 05, 2024
🏒 Lookin’ at the truth
PWHL showcase draws a record 16.4K crowd at NHL All-Star Weekend
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The stars were out last Thursday during NHL All-Star Weekend, but Justin Bieber wasn’t the only one to steal the show. PWHL players shone in a 3-on-3 showcase in front of 16.4K fans at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, marking the first complete official event for women’s hockey at All-Star Weekend.
February 05, 2024
📓 Segregation and integration
Celebrating Black History Month
As the first weekend of Black History Month (BHM) comes to an end, today we’re celebrating Black sportspeople who’ve broken barriers in sports — from the court to the field to those calling the shots.
February 04, 2024
🏎️ Blow us all away
Lewis Hamilton rocks F1 with impending move to Ferrari
The 2024 Formula 1 season doesn’t officially start until the end of February, but F1 silly season has already begun. Seven-time world champion and long-time Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is, ahem, switching gears and joining Ferrari in 2025 — a move as unexpected as when Zayn left One Direction.
February 02, 2024
🏀 Smells like team spirit
Blockbuster moves dominate first day of WNBA free agency
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While some big names are sticking with their squads, WNBA free agency is off to an otherwise wild start, with a few of the W’s finest shaking up rosters as the signing period officially opened yesterday.
February 02, 2024
🏀 Double-double, toil and trouble
No. 2 Kansas State’s big upset and more NCAA women’s basketball updates
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A shocking takedown on Wednesday gave way to relative calm on the women’s court last night (not so much on the men’s court). Here’s what you missed…
February 02, 2024
⛳ Par for the sponsorship course
Ally becomes the official retail banking partner of the USGA, U.S. Open, and U.S. Women’s Open
The LPGA is following up last week’s game-changing sponsorship announcements with another one — this time, with Ally. It’s the progressive online bank’s first move into the golf space as it becomes the official retail banking partner of the USGA, U.S. Open, and U.S. Women’s Open.
February 02, 2024