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Keeping You In The Game
Japan tore through the World Baseball Classic, not losing a game during the two-week tournament and beating the U.S. 3-2 in the final on March 21. The penultimate game was a dream matchup played by dream teams led by two of the greatest players that baseball has ever...
Baseball fans are always giddy this time of year with a fresh feeling of optimism. Rather than wins and losses, spring training is about possibilities. Injured players are back or working on it. Promising prospects are turning heads. Fans will even cut accomplished...
Fans still make it to the stadiums to see their favorite teams play, but television has long been the cash cow that supports teams whose live attendance numbers do not cover operating expenses. So, there was a lot of concern when Diamond Sports Group (DSG), which owns...
Many agree that the Name Image Likeness (NIL) deals have been a boon for some college athletes. Sometimes, it even trickles down to heavily recruited high schoolers who commit to certain schools. Such was the case for 4-star quarterback recruit Jaden Rashada, who...
On June 21, 2021, one of the biggest sports stories in a generation involved the Supreme Court issuing its decision in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston. It forever changed the world of college sports, enabling college athletes to control and profit...
The landmark Name-Image-Likeness laws changed elite-level college sports by allowing college students to earn money. While we recently highlighted how some young women in college are capitalizing on their looks to advance their brand, we now turn to high school...
International athletic competition often has political overtones as governments position athletic organizations to reflect their agendas. The inclusion or exclusion of Russian athletes in the upcoming Olympics certainly qualifies, with Russia waging war in Ukraine and...
Damar Hamlin's story is both terrifying and uplifting. The Buffalo Bills safety suffered a cardiac arrest on the football field on Monday, January 2, and had to be resuscitated by EMTs on the field as players and fans watched before being removed by ambulance. Two...
The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia is a tradition-bound event with an unsurpassed legacy where the greatest in the game come to compete in the first major of the season. Still, it's not without controversy. The latest example is the...
Pele's death made the front pages of news outlets around the world. In his home country of Brazil, his 24-hour wake at his home soccer stadium drew an estimated 230,000 people, an amount generally reserved for beloved heads of state. It was quite an end for a soccer...
