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Oct 1, 2026: The board of Madison Square Garden Sports has signed off on a tax-free corporate split that will place the New York Knicks and New York Rangers under separate publicly traded entities. The transaction is expected to clo…
Oct 1, 2026: The Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to trade cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 30, according to reporter Tom Pelissero. Porter, 26, had not played this season due to a contract holdout after reportedl…
Oct 1, 2026: Two prominent backers of the Protect College Sports Act, speaking on a teleconference the day after the Senate passed the bill 77-22, focused their case on provisions targeting college athlete agents. One supporter, who…
Oct 1, 2026: Following the Senate's passage of the Protect College Sports Act, Nick Saban appeared on ESPN's First Take to address why he views limits on student-athlete compensation and a coaching salary cap as fundamentally separa…