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🔮 The times, they are a’changin’🔮 The times, they are a’changin’
The end of an era for the four-team CFP format and Pac-12 football
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Thanks to the shifting landscape of college sports, Monday’s natty marked the end of two eras: the four-team CFP and Pac-12 football.
January 10, 2024
🏈 Signed, sealed, delivered🏈 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
🏀 MVP goes to the ref🏀 MVP goes to the ref
Conference play takes flight in NCAA basketball
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With conference play in full swing, the fight for standings supremacy upped the ante in this weekend’s jam-packed schedule, especially on the men’s court: A whopping seven ranked squads fell to unranked opponents, bringing heat to the dead of winter.
January 08, 2024
🏈 The end of an era🏈 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
🤸 Okay, Boomer (Sooner)🤸 Okay, Boomer (Sooner)
Defending champion Oklahoma impresses at Super 16 meet
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The season’s first big meet — this weekend’s four-session, Mean Girls–themed Super 16 — is officially in the (burn) books, and it served dominance…and disappointment.
January 08, 2024
🏒 Pucking up steam🏒 Pucking up steam
Highlights of the inaugural PWHL season so far
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It’s been eight days since the puck dropped for the first-ever PWHL game, and in that span, the league has broken the attendance record for pro women’s hockey — twice — and seen viewership numbers in the millions.
January 08, 2024
2024 College Football Playoff National Championship preview2024 College Football Playoff National Championship preview
2024 College Football Playoff National Championship preview
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After a wild NCAA football season, the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines and No. 2 Washington Huskies will face off in the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship (aka the college Super Bowl) at 7:30 p.m. ET.
January 07, 2024
💰 Bundling up 💰 Bundling up
The NCAA and ESPN announce an eight-year extension of their media rights package
Although many hoped the NCAA would unbundle women’s March Madness, the basketball tournament is included in the deal.
January 05, 2024
🏈 And for the grand finale🏈 And for the grand finale
The final week of the NFL regular season
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Seventeen weeks and countless controversial calls later, it all comes down to this: the NFL’s five remaining playoff spots (plus all-important seeding) will be decided over the next two days of final regular-season action.
January 05, 2024
🤸 Let’s flipping go🤸 Let’s flipping go
2024 NCAA gymnastics season preview
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You don’t have to wait until this summer’s Paris Olympics to catch world-class gymnastics — the collegiate women’s season hits the mat this weekend.
January 05, 2024
⚽ Return of the MAC (Hermann)⚽ Return of the MAC (Hermann)
The men's and women's MAC Hermann Trophy finalists
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The men’s and women’s MAC Hermann Trophy winners, aka soccer’s MVPs, will be announced tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET.
January 05, 2024
🌹 Accept this rose🌹 Accept this rose
The Portland Thorns were sold to the Bhathal family for a record $63M
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The sale marks a record price for an NWSL team — it’s higher than the $53M expansion fee for Bay FC and Boston and nearly double the $35.5M sale of the Chicago Red Stars last August.
January 05, 2024
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