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Nov 10, 2026: The Arizona Interscholastic Association faced widespread criticism on social media after releasing its Open and 6A football playoff brackets on Nov. 7, with the controversy stemming from teams that had only two or three…
Nov 10, 2026: The Milwaukee Bucks are under a league investigation into potential salary cap circumvention related to guard Gary Trent Jr.'s four-year, $64 million contract, signed after he earned just $3.7 million the prior season,…
Nov 10, 2026: The Big Ten Conference announced it will discontinue its annual football championship game following this season's contest, citing the upcoming expansion of the College Football Playoff to 24 teams beginning in 2027. Co…
Nov 10, 2026: The Unified Government of Wyandotte and Kansas City reached an agreement with the state of Kansas to settle a lawsuit that had raised concerns about how the Chiefs stadium development would affect local authority over t…
Nov 10, 2026: The College Sports Commission announced that its NIL Go clearinghouse processed more than 10,000 deals totaling $192.62 million between September 1 and October 31, 2026, the second-highest two-month total since the plat…
Nov 10, 2026: The Southeastern Conference has levied a $250,000 fine against Ole Miss following an incident in which fans hurled debris — including light-up bracelets and beer cans — onto the field during the team's 42-7 home loss to…
Nov 10, 2026: ESPN and the College Football Playoff announced a new five-year deal worth approximately $1.7 billion that will expand the CFP field to 24 teams beginning in 2027, according to ESPN's Heather Dinich. The new format will…
Nov 10, 2026: SEC commissioner Greg Sankey addressed the uncertain future of the Protect College Sports Act during a lame-duck session of Congress, following midterm elections in which Democrats took control of both the House and Sen…
Nov 10, 2026: The College Football Playoff announced an agreement to expand its field from 12 to 24 teams beginning with the 2027 season, despite broad fan opposition to the change. CFP executive director Rich Clark acknowledged Mond…
Nov 10, 2026: Washington Spirit secured Audi Field as a semifinal venue, with their relationship with D.C. United playing a key role in landing the stadium, according to The Athletic. Meanwhile, Gotham FC is being forced to relocate…
Nov 10, 2026: The demise of Austin Bold FC, a United Soccer League Championship club that operated from 2019 until the league terminated its franchise in July 2024, has produced dueling fraud lawsuits between the team's original owne…
Nov 10, 2026: England's football regulator is introducing a rule requiring EFL clubs to maintain cash reserves scaled to their assessed financial risk level, according to the report. Clubs categorized as high risk must hold funds equ…
Nov 9, 2026: Players from Australian national teams have taken legal action against their own federation, according to the report. The players' union alleges that athletes are not receiving the share of generated revenue they are en…
Nov 9, 2026: The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2026 season were released with Miami at No. 1, Georgia at No. 2, Utah at No. 3, and Indiana at No. 4. Notre Dame entered at No. 11 and faces a critical matchup against…
Nov 9, 2026: Spire Motorsports suspended Carson Hocevar from the NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway following incidents at Martinsville Speedway, with NASCAR separately fining him $100,000 and docking hi…
Nov 9, 2026: England captain Harry Kane has agreed a new deal with Bayern Munich that will keep him at the club until 2029, extending his stay through his age-35 season. The 33-year-old striker, who won the Ballon d'Or last month, w…
Nov 9, 2026: A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel reinstated the jury's finding that the NFL violated antitrust law through its Sunday Ticket arrangement with DirecTV, while ordering a new trial solely on the damages amount. The origin…
Nov 9, 2026: A sports betting startup called Bron, which markets itself as a TikTok-style platform for placing wagers, used an AI-generated image of LeBron James in a promotional trailer without his permission, according to a spokes…
Nov 9, 2026: The NCAA has announced its participation in the Bad Actor Program, a joint initiative by IC360 and Signify Group that tracks individuals who engage in abusive online behavior and shares that data with betting platforms…
Nov 9, 2026: Concacaf has announced a significant format change for the 2027 Gold Cup, scheduled to run from June 17 through July 11. Rather than four groups of four teams, the 16-team tournament will now feature two groups of eight…
Nov 9, 2026: The NBA enacted major lottery reforms ahead of the 2026-27 season to remove incentives for intentionally losing, with many expecting the changes to compress the standings and help the worst teams become more competitive…
Nov 9, 2026: According to the report, representatives for LeBron James and Luka Dončić demanded that a company remove images of the players from a betting app. An ad connected to the situation had already been pulled from social med…
Nov 9, 2026: The NCAA has approved a sweeping overhaul of the FBS football calendar, with changes set to take effect on Jan. 1, pending final approval from the Division I Cabinet at its Oct. 6–7 meeting. The revised offseason struct…
Nov 9, 2026: Digital card ripping — a product where users pay for a randomly assigned trading card backed by a physical equivalent — is growing rapidly among gambling-adjacent companies, though it currently falls outside gambling re…
Nov 9, 2026: Washington Governor Bob Ferguson held a virtual meeting with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday — their third such meeting in 2026 — to advocate for bringing the Seattle SuperSonics back to the city. The NBA's exp…
Nov 9, 2026: Several Big Ten head coaches publicly accused ESPN of favoring the SEC in its College Football Playoff rankings coverage this week, according to the report. Indiana's Curt Cignetti alleged that media personalities follo…
Nov 9, 2026: A Missouri circuit court judge granted Robbie Avila a preliminary injunction Thursday, allowing the Saint Louis forward and Atlantic 10 Player of the Year to compete in the 2026-27 season. The ruling also permitted Sain…
Nov 9, 2026: According to a report by Simon Hughes of The Athletic, 1892 Holdings — the group that acquired a 38% stake in Liverpool's parent company FSG earlier this year — has at least two pathways to significantly expand its owne…
Nov 9, 2026: Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark has signed a multiyear exclusive partnership with DICK'S Sporting Goods and Foot Locker, making her the first individual athlete to hold a brand-partner role with either retailer, accor…
Nov 9, 2026: After the Rangers and Knicks were separated into two distinct publicly traded entities in late October, Rangers shares rose 28% in the first eight days of independent trading, while Knicks shares gained 4.6%, according…