By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – They say defense wins championships, and the two teams headed to the WNBA Finals, the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries, led the league with three All-Defensive selections apiece on Thursday. Atlanta saw forward Angel Reese — the Defensive Pla
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Attorneys for Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs filed a civil suit on Wednesday that seeks a permanent injunction to restrict access to surveillance video and other documents stemming from his May 23 altercation with a woman at his home, acc
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – The College Football Playoff is nearing a deal to double its number of participating teams from 12 to 24, according to rights holder ESPN. The new format would come into effect in 2027 and is pending final approvals, the network reported on Thursday.
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The NFL is developing a tech platform geared toward flag football training, the league’s senior vice president for global flag football Brian Flinn said on Thursday, as it continues an aggressive push into the game. The platform will address the training a
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Thomas Pieters will not sign up for LIV Golf 2.0 and plans to play on the DP World Tour next year, he confirmed to Flushing It Golf. The 34-year-old Belgian was a member of captain Dustin Johnson’s 4 Aces team for the past two seasons in LIV Golf. Pi
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Amar’e Stoudemire has traded in his jersey and shorts for a dress uniform and a badge. Now 43, the former All-NBA player and recent enshrinee to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, graduated from the Miami Dade College School of Justice’s Basic Law
LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Ollie Bearman is ready to step up as leader on the track at Haas next season, the US-owned team’s principal Ayao Komatsu said on Thursday. The Japanese was speaking to reporters after Haas announced Brazilian rookie Rafael Camara as Esteban Ocon’s replacement on a multi-ye
Oct 15 (Reuters) – FIFA will amend its disciplinary regulations after controversy over its decision to suspend U.S. forward Folarin Balogun’s automatic World Cup ban, the Belgian Football Association (RBFA) said on Thursday after raising the issue with soccer’s governing body. The decision follows c
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Chris Tanev is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, the team announced on Thursday. He exited in the first period of Saturday’s 6-3 win at Colorado, logging just 3:29 of ice time across five shifts after a collision
Ohio Valley Conference coaches and communications directors picked Tennessee State and Southern Indiana as preseason favorites, with Western Illinois tabbed ninth among the men and third among the women.
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Carlos Alcaraz will compete at the ATP 500 Erste Bank Open in Vienna for the first time since 2021 after accepting a wild card invitation. The ATP Tour announced the news on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Alcaraz has had an up-and-down season due to a wr
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Otega Oweh will miss the 2026-27 season with a ruptured right Achilles tendon. The 23-year-old guard underwent surgery on Wednesday in New York, the team announced later that day. Oweh, a second-round pick in the 2026 NBA
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against the visiting Carolina Panthers due to a superficial blood clot in his leg. The Eagles on Thursday released the following statement: “On Thursday, October 8th, Jal
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – The Philadelphia Phillies continued to build their coaching staff on Thursday, naming former New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza as the infield and third- base coach. General manager Dave Dombrowski confirmed the move during his end-of-season news c
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Colorado Avalanche assistant Dave Hakstol has been named head coach at Arizona State while Greg Powers has left the program, the university announced Thursday. Powers was placed on paid administrative leave last month after seven members of the Divis
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Haas has signed 21-year-old Formula 2 driver Rafael Camara to fill its vacant Formula 1 seat starting in 2027. The Brazilian driver will replace Esteban Ocon, who announced last month that he is leaving Haas after two seasons. Camara, who currently l
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Jon Rahm wants out of his commitment with LIV Golf and is willing to leave millions of dollars behind to achieve that, Front Office Sports reported Thursday. The league filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey last month, and per court filings r
TORONTO, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Home runs will be swapped for holes-in-one at the home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays when the domed stadium is transformed into a temporary nine-hole golf course in January with shots launched from the stands at greens on the field below. From January 20 to
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Longtime “Monday Night Football” announcer Troy Aikman said he is looking for his “next landing spot” with his ESPN contract set to expire after February’s Super Bowl. “I’ll broadcast through this season, and I’ll be a free agent at the end of the ye
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Ottawa Senators forward William Eklund will be sidelined 10-12 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a torn tendon in his ankle, Travis Green announced Thursday. Eklund sustained the injury after being hit into the boards by Philadelphia defensema
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Four-time All-Star forward Aliyah Boston of the Indiana Fever is recovering from knee surgery, the team announced Thursday. Boston, 24, had an arthroscopic procedure on Wednesday in Indianapolis to repair the lateral meniscus in her right knee. She w
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Quarterback George MacIntyre will start his second straight game on Saturday when No. 14 Tennessee hosts No. 6 Alabama in Knoxville, ESPN reported on Thursday. MacIntyre stepped in for Faizon Brandon after he injured his shoulder in the Volunteers’ 2
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Four men have been arrested in connection with February’s shooting of 49ers defensive end Keion White at a San Francisco nightclub. San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew announced the arrests Wednesday in the incident that occurred around 4 a.m. on
(changes day to Thursday in first paragraph) Oct 15 (Reuters) – Spain has put forward some of the country’s biggest football stadiums, including Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu and Barcelona’s Camp Nou, as part of its bid to host the 2035 Rugby World Cup, the Spanish Rugby Federation said on Thursda
Oct 15 (Reuters) – Norwegian alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has ruptured his Achilles tendon in a crash during downhill training in Chile, the Norwegian Ski Federation said on Thursday. The 34-year-old is returning home to Innsbruck, Austria, for further medical examinations and to evaluate tr
By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The ATP outlined plans on Thursday to substantially boost its bonus pool and reshape its rankings and calendar from 2028 under a package projected to lift player compensation to $350 million while seeking to ease growing concerns over player worklo
By Ruairidh Ruairidh MADRID, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Spanish downhill skateboarder Diego Poncelet did not just want to set a standing world speed record; he wanted to know what it felt like going 150 kph with no brakes. The two-time world champion finally achieved that goal on September 22 in Canada when
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Malaysia is considering returning as a regular host of a Formula One race, either annually or once every few years, with the government assessing the costs and economic benefits, its sports minister said on Thursday. • Malaysia’s Sepang circuit had hosted a leg of th
SYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The International Surfing Association (ISA) has joined the World Surf League (WSL) in provisionally suspending a male professional surfer over what it described as “serious allegations of abuse within the surfing community”. The WSL suspended the surfer, who it said was co
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Tickets to Game 4 of the National League Championship Series have plummeted 50% with the Los Angeles Dodgers facing elimination at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night. The Dodgers let a precarious 2-1 lead in Game 3 slip away in a 6-
