The initial 12-team playoff field seeds Miami No. 1 with the SEC placing multiple teams high, setting the final month's stakes.

The league's revised labor offer shifts cap numbers and timing in a bid to win over players before the current agreement lapses.

Parker, a former West Ham captain, returns on a two-and-a-half-year deal to try to steer the Championship club back to the Premier League.

Matheus Cunha's late goals ended a nine-game winless run and gave the under-fire manager relief on a dramatic European night.

Yamal and Raphinha scored in a dominant Barcelona display that ended Villa's perfect UCL start.

Baltimore turns to a rookie for Thursday night with Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley injured, raising questions about the Ravens' season.

Ditka won a Super Bowl as a player with the 1963 Bears and another as Chicago's head coach in 1985, becoming one of the NFL's most recognizable figures.

Jackson is expected to land on injured reserve with a right thumb injury while rumors swirl about his contract talks and whether he has played his last snap for

Baltimore is down to its third-string quarterback for Thursday night as Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley head to injured reserve.

The deal keeps a free-agent steal in New York and could open the door to a bigger move before the Nov. 10 trade deadline.

Indianapolis locked up a trade candidate rather than move him, as the team reshapes its roster before the deadline.

Buffalo reversed course on keeping the veteran safety, cutting him days after his suspension for spitting on an opponent.

The share purchase makes the Dumonts the Mavericks' controlling owners and ends the Adelson family's majority position in Dallas.

A growing number of star absences has revived debate over the league's schedule and offseason ramp-up.

The reversal brings Doncic back to one technical on the season after a 42-point night in a 138-117 win.

Toronto said Leonard will miss at least another week while he ramps back up following treatment for left knee swelling.

A proposal to cut game length from 48 to 40 minutes drew immediate backlash from fans and analysts.

The commentator's criticism lands as injuries pile up and Ernie Johnson also calls for a shorter regular season.

The league's proposal keeps a salary cap out until 2028 while other labor terms take effect in 2027, as the Dec. 1 CBA deadline looms.

Prosecutors opened a New York criminal fraud case that spotlights the threat gamblers pose to baseball.

Castro, Milwaukee's senior VP of player development and performance, takes over an A's front office in the middle of a rebuild.

Houston's managerial search adds a Hall of Fame-bound first baseman and a former Astro to its candidate list.

Seattle turns to a player-development executive to lead the dugout after dismissing its previous manager.

The contemporary era ballot features a slate of retired managers for Cooperstown consideration.

Canada said Russia will not play at the world junior tournament after a CAS ruling required the IIHF to reinstate Russian teams, prompting Sweden, Norway and ot

Nikita Kucherov said his trade request to the Lightning was about lack of communication and respect, then posted two assists in his first home game since the re

Nashville sent forward Matthew Wood to Seattle in exchange for forward Shane Wright, a swap between two recent high draft picks.

Dylan Samberg scored in overtime as Winnipeg won 5-4 to snap a nine-game losing streak, with the club's playoff odds falling to single digits during the slide.

With NHL expansion under discussion, The Athletic argues the league should also expand and improve its playoff format.

An NHL insider reported that a trade landing Dylan Larkin with Buffalo is viewed as a no-go despite Larkin listing the Sabres.

The committee's initial 12-team field puts 8-0 Miami at No. 1 ahead of its regular-season meeting with Notre Dame, setting the early bracket and seeding picture

FSU's president said the program's trajectory was not improving, opening a search that includes an external firm for both the AD and head coach roles.

The committee cited Alabama's stronger wins while explaining why the Crimson Tide landed eight spots ahead of Tennessee in the first ranking.

Notre Dame's placement raises the stakes on Saturday's meeting with No. 1 Miami, which the committee and analysts frame as pivotal for its playoff case.

The Sooners are reshuffling their staff as the offense sputters, with Venables saying he wants more consistent quarterback play.

The Wolfpack's search has drawn prominent ex-players and quarterbacks, with multiple reports pointing to Rivers as a leading candidate.

Court rulings on eligibility have scrambled roster availability across college basketball just as the 2026-27 season began, with LSU's Will Wade at the center o

ESPN examines how an expanded 76-team March Madness field would alter bracket logistics and selection.

Thomas Haugh's 19 points and 10 rebounds paced the defending No. 1 Gators in the marquee matchup of opening day.

The Bruins' upset headlined a first Monday that also saw No. 3 Illinois roll and reshuffled early Top 25 projections.

Watkins' comeback and top-ranked South Carolina's debut were the headline takeaways from the women's opening night.

The Southland Conference preseason last-place pick knocked off Oklahoma in a season-opening upset.

The 30-year-old forward died following a collision during a LaLiga 2 match against Huesca, prompting tributes across Champions League fixtures and a police inqu

The comeback eased pressure on head coach Michael Carrick after fans threw tennis balls onto the Old Trafford pitch before kickoff.

The Madrid club heads the list of suitors for the teenage United attacker, per reports in England and Spain.

The win ended Villa's perfect Champions League start and moved Barcelona's scoring run to 94 goals in 19 European games.

The 6-1 rout set a Champions League record for the fastest four-goal burst and kept PSG's 100 percent record intact.

The second group win guaranteed progression, with the team's remaining schedule now set.

The Mercedes driver clinched the 2026 title in Mexico, becoming the first Italian champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953 and prompting debate about his ceiling a

Spire Motorsports parked Hocevar for Homestead-Miami before NASCAR added a 25-point penalty, and Josh Berry was also penalized as the sport reckoned with Martin

Haas confirmed Ocon will not race again for the team after a row, handing the Brazilian F2 leader an early home debut at Interlagos with potential Las Vegas out

Dodge's Charger return adds a fourth manufacturer and raises questions about charter expansion and which teams will field the cars, with Kaulig linked to the pr

Kyle Larson enters the championship race as the points leader, with Denny Hamlin needing a miracle and a full 40-car field confirmed for the finale.

Toto Wolff admitted the team let Russell down after a technical issue ruined his front-row start within seconds, contrasting with Antonelli's title-clinching dr

The private equity firm's exit, tied to too few top golfers committing to return in 2027, leaves the league's relaunch financing in doubt and raises liquidation

The former world No. 1 confirmed he has not spoken with the PGA Tour about a return and said he would take whatever terms Koepka agreed to.

The exit came as the league reshapes its 2027 roster, with players now sorting into staying, leaving and undecided columns.

The reported office exit adds to signs of contraction as the league's 2.0 relaunch funding unravels.

McIlroy said the tour needs a reset as players who leave LIV seek a route back into the established schedule.

The points-based award is her second in three years and moves her within one victory of LPGA Hall of Fame qualification.

Zverev's rise to the top ranking follows a season in which he won the French Open and US Open, ending Jannik Sinner's hold on the position.

The season-ending WTA Finals draw places the top seeds in separate singles groups, with two Americans landing in the same round-robin pool.

In his first comments since taking the top ranking, Zverev set out new goals and weighed winning majors against becoming world No. 1.

The seven-time champion overcame a late scare in the second set to advance in the season's final Masters event.

ESPN notes the complications his history of domestic violence allegations creates for fans, sponsors and media as he reaches the sport's top ranking.

Fellow players called the three-time major champion underrated as he ended his career on tour.

The promotion staged a card at the White House, a first for a major US sports league, tying UFC programming directly to a presidential event.

Oleksandr Usyk is pursuing a cruiserweight return against David Benavidez, a move that reshapes the heavyweight title picture.

Wilder says his team has made contact with Gassiev's camp, a potential title shot for the former heavyweight champion.

Fighters and analysts including Daniel Cormier, Matt Brown, Michael Bisping and John McCarthy criticized the referee's stoppage decision at UFC Vegas 123.

The schedule change shifts a high-profile card out of the Middle East and into the promotion's flagship Las Vegas slot.

The project extends Netflix's growing ties to UFC programming and its president ahead of the promotion's next media rights cycle.

FanDuel and DraftKings spent more than $20 million backing the measures, and the defeat is being read as a warning sign for future US online gambling expansion.

Flutter is increasing promotional spend at FanDuel even as profitability weakens, and the company is hopeful about legalization after the midterms.

The appellate ruling keeps the dispute over prediction markets and state sports betting jurisdiction alive, with an Ohio senator now pushing regulation after a

The governor's race outcome revives tribal hopes for a California sports betting initiative after years of failed ballot efforts.

Changes in the Texas legislature and the lieutenant governor's race could open the door to sports betting and THC legislation in a state that has resisted expan

Letitia James is seeking records on Kalshi's influencer marketing and market-making, opening a new front in the state's fight with prediction markets.