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NBA commissioner Adam Silver finally put an end date Tuesday to what has only been one of the biggest discussions about the NBA for at least a half-decade. In 2026, we will know if the league will move forward with expansion.“We’re in the process of working with our teams and gauging the level of interest and having a better understanding of what the economics would be on the ground for those particular teams and what a pro forma would look like for them,” Silver said before the NBA Cup final in Las Vegas. “And then sometime in 2026, we’ll make…

For the first time ever, the Oscars will leave broadcast TV. Starting in 2029, the biggest non-sports cultural TV event of the year will be exclusively shown on YouTube.YouTube took a big step towards big-event live programming when it aired an NFL game in Week 1 of this season, a Chargers win over the Chiefs in Brazil that drew 18.5 million viewers, per YouTube and Nielsen’s custom measurement. That was just a bit smaller than the audience the 2025 Oscars drew on ABC, a number that was down 14 million viewers from a decade ago.(The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue looked into…

First place in the NFC South is up for grabs in Week 16 as the 7-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the 7-7 Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday, December 21. It is the first of two games in a three-week span between the two teams that still have a shot at the division title. The Buccaneers are trying to win their first NFC South crown in a run while the Panthers are seeking their first since 2015. The Buccaneers lost their fifth game in six weeks last Thursday night to briefly fall out of first place in…

How did you get your start in a career in football? While I was in school at USC, I went to a career in sports fair. Everybody was in line at the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Kings tables, so I thought I would go to a table that was less busy — the Los Angeles Avengers, an Arena Football League team. I began getting to know Kevin Demoff, who was the Avengers’ director of football operations at the time, and I ended up getting an internship with the team. While I was in school, I interned at a…

The NFL playoff picture will begin to take shape as the NFL schedule enters Week 16. The NFC North title may be on the line on Saturday night when Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers take on Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears. The Bears hold a half-game lead over the Packers in the division. After Green Bay opened as a small favorite, that line has flipped and Chicago is now a 1.5-point road favorite. The Packers won the last meeting, 28-21, in Green Bay on Dec. 7, and have won nine of the past 10 meetings with the…

The 2025-26 MLB offseason is six weeks old and so far 22 of our top 50 free agents have signed and our No. 1 trade candidate has been dealt. Spring training is two months away and there is still a lot of player movement to come between now and then. Here now are Wednesday’s hot stove happenings. Giants pursuing Hoerner Among the players the Giants are pursuing for their infield is Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco is locked into Willy Adames at short and Matt Chapman at third. Hoerner is a standout defender and…

After five-plus years in the starting role, the Miami Dolphins have benched starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones confirmed on Wednesday. Tagovailoa will be replaced under center by seventh-round rookie Quinn Ewers. Tagovailoa struggled badly during the 2025 season, throwing a league-leading 15 interceptions while averaging just 6.9 yards per attempt and posting the lowest QBR of his career. It’s been a precipitous fall for Tagovailoa, who in 2023 led the NFL in yards per attempt, touchdown rate and passer rating, and in 2023 led the league in passing yards. He has dealt with concussion issues and…

Ohio University fired football coach Brian Smith for cause on Wednesday, more than two weeks after he was unexpectedly placed on leave by the university.“The termination follows an administrative review of allegations that Smith violated the terms of his employment agreement by engaging in serious professional misconduct and participating in activities that reflect unfavorably on the University,” the university said in a statement. It did not elaborate on the specifics of the allegations.“We vigorously dispute Ohio University’s grounds for the termination for cause of Coach Brian Smith,” Smith’s attorney, Rex Elliott, said in a statement Wednesday. “He is shocked and…

With Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season is in the books, it’s time for an incredibly meaningful and serious exercise: NFL Power Rankings! What differentiates these rankings from all the others is that they’re THE only truly accurate ones in the entire universe. Hard to believe, I know. Let’s take a look at how all 32 teams stack up.BLG’S NFL WEEK 16 POWER RANKINGS1 – Los Angeles Rams (Last Week: 1) – The Rams keep rolling. They can cement their status as the NFL’s top team by sweeping the season series with Seattle on Thursday night.2 – Seattle Seahawks…

A divisional battle takes place on ‘Thursday Night Football’ as the Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams at 8:15 p.m. ET. Davante Adams (knee/hamstring) missed practice on Monday and Tuesday. With Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua ranking first and second, respectively, in receiving yards, NFL DFS stacks with their respective quarterbacks will be a popular daily Fantasy football strategy. However, Sam Darnold had four picks when these teams met in Week 11, while Matthew Stafford had just 130 passing yards. So, your NFL DFS strategy shouldn’t bypass the ground games as both squads use multiple running backs. Potential NFL…