The first playoff match in TGL history took place on Monday night and it featured the top-seeded Los Angeles Golf Club. Teams work hard across the regular season in any sport in the name of landing the top overall seed. Just look at the upcoming NCAA Tournament as an example of that. As far as…
One state representative isn’t happy with the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee leaving their team out. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey stood at a lectern during a press conference on Monday with a sign that read “National Corrupt Athletic Association” after the West Virginia Mountaineers didn’t make it into the March Madness bracket. The Mountaineers were…
The men’s basketball selection committee had an easy job at the top of the bracket this year. The 2025 NCAA Tournament might have the best collection of No. 1 seeds in March Madness history. By the numbers, it is the best, at least in college basketball’s advanced analytics era, which dates to 1997, when Ken…
The average annual salary for a female professional football player globally is $10,900 USD (£8,400 GBP, $17,000 AUD), says Fifa’s annual report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small number of top clubs. Among the teams Fifa designated as Tier 1, which includes 41 clubs from 16 countries, the average salary was…
The Major League Baseball season officially starts with a two-game series between the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, opening Tuesday in Tokyo. Among many other things, this series brings the biggest baseball star in the world, Shohei Ohtani, to his home country to start the season following his third MVP award. The…
Boxing fans can thank Uzbekistan. After a long period of uncertainty, boxing is on track to be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said Monday the executive board he chairs approved including the sport in the 2028 program. The full IOC Session of about 100…
Mar 17, 2025, 03:04 PM ET West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey lashed out at the men’s NCAA tournament selection committee after the Mountaineers were among the teams snubbed, and he asked his attorney general to investigate and work closely with the NCAA to ensure that the process is transparent and fair. “West Virginia deserved to…
Super Bowl winners aren’t based entirely on superstars; they’re created by filling all the holes on their rosters intelligently and with the right money allotted to the right talent. As much as the 2024 Philadelphia Eagles had it going on with Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, the best offensive line in football, and a…
The Cincinnati Bengals have secured Joe Burrow’s top two targets for the next four years after agreeing to contract extensions with receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, according to reports on Monday. For Chase, his deal makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, #1, quarterback Joe Burrow, #9, and…
It is not news that Eddie Howe is meticulous. One step further is probably fair. Eddie Howe is the chief obsessive in a city filled with them. Holding onto a 1-0 lead in the Carabao Cup final and 45 minutes away from breaking a 56-year trophy-less hoodoo, Howe did not turn to words alone for…
