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Big Ten’s Preferred NCAA Tournament Expansion Proposal Has Huge Seeding Twist

Big Ten’s Preferred NCAA Tournament Expansion Proposal Has Huge Seeding Twist

As the NCAA continues to inch closer to expanding its crown jewel men’s basketball tournament, Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti once again threw the conference’s support behind a widened field and weighed in on the league’s preferred model. Meeting with reporters at the league’s basketball media day event Thursday in the shadow of Chicago O’Hare Airport, Petitti says the conference …

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NCAA Tournament expansion is coming – and likely to 76 teams

NCAA Tournament expansion is coming – and likely to 76 teams

Hope you’re ready for a rebrand, Jeff Goodman and Rob Dauster. All that time you spent pushing for The Field of 68 as the go-to national college basketball talk show — now under the On3 umbrella, thankfully! — has gone to waste. Throw those t-shirts and hats in the dumpster, get a new graphic designer on payroll. Or you can …

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Mortal Kombat Tournament Won By Woman Holding Newborn Baby

Mortal Kombat Tournament Won By Woman Holding Newborn Baby

Fighting game tournaments are terrifyingly competitive. Every input matters, as players who have mastered their game of choice use everything at their disposal to take down opponents – and make the most of their mistakes. It’s stressful enough, so how this one player in Florida managed to win her local tournament is nothing short of awe-inspiring. As reported by Dexerto, …

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Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms

Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms

A mother of a newborn baby is going viral after winning her local monthly fighting game tournament — all while holding her five-day-old child in her arms. ‘Legi0n’ is a 3D artist and mother who “occasionally” plays fighting games when she has time in between working and taking care of her newborn daughter, Cereza. Her skills haven’t dulled a bit …

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Tom Brady is returning to the field for a flag football tournament in Saudi Arabia

Tom Brady is returning to the field for a flag football tournament in Saudi Arabia

Tom Brady will return to competitive football, sort of. The seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback was announced on Monday as the headliner for a new flag football event featuring both active and retired NFL players that will take place March 21, 2026 — in Saudi Arabia. According to Fanatics, the sports merchandiser partly behind the event, Brady will make his …

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BREAKING: PGA Tour cancels The Sentry tournament on Maui in 2026; state, county, nonprofits brace for economic hit : Maui Now

BREAKING: PGA Tour cancels The Sentry tournament on Maui in 2026; state, county, nonprofits brace for economic hit : Maui Now

The PGA Tour announced today it is not holding The Sentry at the Plantation Course at Kapalua — the home of the tour’s prestigious season-opening event for the past 27 years — due to the water-starved condition of the course. “Following discussions with the Governor’s office, as well as leadership from Sentry Insurance, Kapalua Resort and Maui County, the PGA …

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Cowboys have granted CeeDee Lamb permission to participate in Saudi Arabian flag-football tournament

Cowboys have granted CeeDee Lamb permission to participate in Saudi Arabian flag-football tournament

With Tom Brady announcing on Monday that he’ll be staging (and playing in) a Saudi Arabian flag-football tournament featuring current NFL players, an obvious question arose. Are the teams that currently employ the current NFL players OK with it? We’ve contacted the various teams whose players were listed in the release: Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb, …

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NFL: Saudi Arabian flag-football tournament is not a league initiative

NFL: Saudi Arabian flag-football tournament is not a league initiative

Tom Brady’s current professional activities feel less like the post-playing exploits of a seven-time Super Bowl winner and more like the origin story of the villain in a 007 movie. Lost in yesterday’s a-ha moment regarding his Fox/Raiders conflict of interest is that Brady will be pocketing a presumably large amount of Middle Eastern oil money to stage flag-football games …

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