The HBCU Tip-Off will take place from November 22 to 23 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut The historically Black colleges and universities that will be featured in the tournament are Virginia Union University, West Virginia... Read More
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Univision is acquiring a significant equity stake in Combate Global, a top Hispanic mixed martial arts (MMA) sports franchise. Terms of the deal, which went into effect Wednesday, weren’t announced. Combate Global or Combate Americas intends to... Read More
Long Island native Andrew Capobianco and partner Michael Hixon snagged a silver medal in the men’s 3-meter synchronized dive at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday. Capobianco and Hixon scored 444.36 points, trailing only China’s team of... Read More
Minnesota Vikings assistant coach Rick Dennison will remain with the team, contrary to a report last Friday (July 23) that he was fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Pro Football Talk reports both sides reached an agreement to keep... Read More
Simone Biles will not defend her Olympic gold medal in the women’s all-around competition on Thursday (July 29). Simone’s decision to withdraw from the all-around individual competition came one day after she withdrew from the... Read More
The road to a fourth straight gold medal, at least at the outset, has been rocky for Team USA’s men’s basketball team. It sets up an intriguing Olympics 2021 for the United States, which has lost four of its last five games dating to the 2019... Read More
The NFL has laid out its strongest incentive yet for players to get the vaccine. The league has mandated that a game cannot be rescheduled due to a COVID-19 outbreak among unvaccinated players — and that team will be forced to forfeit, resulting... Read More
John Cena made his long-awaited return to WWE television on Sunday (July 18) night. The 15-time World Champion made a surprise appearance at the end of the Money in the Bank pay-per-view following WWE Universal Champion Roman... Read More
The Men’s USA Basketball team has suffered back-to-back losses during international friendlies this week, but it is still the prohibitive favorite to walk away on top of the Summer Olympics. SportsBetting.ag released gold medal odds... Read More
On the heels of the Stephen A. Smith backlash, a large online sportsbook added a prop bet overnight asking what will happen to him first: “Suspended by ESPN” was the favored outcome when the lines originally opened (price was... Read More
The Information reports that Apple is in early talks with the NFL for Sunday Ticket, with sources saying that Apple is interested in using rights to the package of games as a way to grow Apple TV+. A move to any of the platforms that have shown... Read More
ESPN has reportedly taken Rachel Nichols off its NBA Finals coverage amid controversial leaked comments made by the veteran on-air host and reporter. Sports business reporter Joe Pompliano of Huddle Up reports Malika... Read More
Chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday, while Michelle Lesco took the women’s title. Chestnut downed 76 franks and... Read More
Crypto and sports— previously two different planets, but now they share common ground. FTX just became the official cryptocurrency exchange partner of Major League Baseball. The partnership aims to increase awareness for FTX and crypto. FTX... Read More
The Tokyo Olympics are just over a month away, and the USA Basketball men’s roster is complete. USA Basketball had to narrow down a field of 57 players to 12 for the games. Several players committed in recent days, which filled out the roster... Read More