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yahoo.com - Ira Gorawara and Justin Williams - President Trump to convene panel focused on future of college sports: Sources
President Trump to convene panel focused on future of college sports: Sources
Yahoo!

President Donald Trump plans to convene a panel next week focused on the future of college athletics, sources briefed on the event confirmed Thursday. The roundtable, scheduled for March 6, includes an invite list with dozens of important figures…

forbes.com - Will Yakowicz - Where Is Sports Betting Legal? A Guide To All 50 States
Where Is Sports Betting Legal? A Guide To All 50 States
Forbes

After a flurry of states legalizing sports betting every year for nearly a decade, the pace of legalization has come to a halt. Not one state legalized sports gambling last year while only one state—Missouri—legalized it in 2024. This…

bbc.co.uk - Dan Wareing - Isle of Man's 10-year plan for sport revealed
Isle of Man's 10-year plan for sport revealed
BBC

The Manx government has revealed its 10-year plan for developing sport on the island. The Strategy for Sport 2026-36 aims to get more people involved in sport and physical activity as a way of improving health and wellbeing. The strategy - which…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - JD Sports Fashion advances Thursday, outperforms market
JD Sports Fashion advances Thursday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

JD Sports Fashion PLC JD shares rose 2.35% to 82.04 British pence Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.37% to 10,846.70. JD Sports Fashion PLC closed…

dailymail.co.uk - Lily Jobson - Tom Holland suffers a mystery injury as he sports an orthopedic boot
Tom Holland suffers a mystery injury as he sports an orthopedic boot
Mail Online

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk Tom Holland appears to have suffered an injury as he sported an orthopedic boot after dining at lavish Beverly Hills restaurant Matsuhisa on Wednesday. The English actor, 29, cut a casual figure in…

espn.com - Shwetha Surendran - Sports betting hits record $16.96 billion in revenue in 2025
Sports betting hits record $16.96 billion in revenue in 2025
ESPN

The sports betting industry hit a record revenue figure of $16.96 billion in 2025, the American Gaming Association stated Thursday. Revenue peaked despite growing competition from prediction markets. The association's figures showed that Americans…

vogue.com - Maria Goldbach - Selena Gomez Sports Spring's Subtlest Nail Trend
Selena Gomez Sports Spring's Subtlest Nail Trend
Vogue

Skip to main content She's the woman who gave us butter nails and the toasted manicure. Selena Gomez (and her nail artist, Tom Bachik) are always serving up nail inspiration. The latest? A manicure that will make you feel like it's…

bbc.co.uk - Joe Fay - Why you can't get a signal at festivals and sports matches
Why you can't get a signal at festivals and sports matches
BBC

Ben Jones accepts a certain amount of frustration is part and parcel of being a football fan. But that should be because of the action on the pitch, not because he can't use his mobile phone to call a friend in the stadium, or check the progress of…

independent.co.uk - Harry Latham-Coyle - How World Rugby is planning to make sport 'quicker and simpler'
How World Rugby is planning to make sport 'quicker and simpler'
The Independent

World Rugby, the sport's global governing body, has said it aims to make the game “quicker and simpler” as it focusses on global growth and an improved fan experience. A renewed focus on the two goals comes after the body's Shape of…

independent.co.uk - Kyle Hightower - MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference still raising the bar as it celebrates 20th anniversary
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference still raising the bar as it celebrates 20th anniversary
The Independent

Long before Jessica Gelman was rubbing elbows with everyone from professional sports executives to former President Barack Obama, she was a college basketball player and psychology student at Harvard trying to identify the qualities of athletes who…

tvtechnology.com - George Winslow - Survey: 88% of Sports Execs Bullish on Industry's Prospects
Survey: 88% of Sports Execs Bullish on Industry's Prospects
TV Tech

ZURICH —At a time when sports have become an increasingly lucrative offering for broadcasters and streamers, a new survey of senior sports executives and fans highlights trends and expectations that are likely to boost the industry's…

buzzfeed.com - Michaela Bramwell - Female Athletes, Tell Us About A Time You Felt Mistreated Or Disrespected In Your Sport
Female Athletes, Tell Us About A Time You Felt Mistreated Or Disrespected In Your Sport
BuzzFeed

Since the video of the call went mega-viral, the women's team captain, Hilary Knight told reporters: 'I think this is just a really good learning point to really focus on, you know, how we talk about women,' Knight said. 'Not only in sport, but in…

sportingnews.com - Billy Heyen - ESPN predicts Bills to sign future Hall of Fame WR to help Josh Allen | Sporting News
ESPN predicts Bills to sign future Hall of Fame WR to help Josh Allen | Sporting News
The Sporting News

The Buffalo Bills clearly need help at wide receiver. In basically every article written by any NFL writer this offseason, that's the key theme for the Bills, and so Mike Evans' name has come up again and again as a possibility. ESPN's Aaron Schatz…

skysports.com - Today on Sky Sports Racing: Doncaster, Lingfield, Newbury and Wolverhampton live on Friday
Today on Sky Sports Racing: Doncaster, Lingfield, Newbury and Wolverhampton live on Friday
Sky Sports

In Friday's feature, the Jack Channon-trained Ferrous faces some hot opposition in his bid to go back-to-back in the All Weather Championships Sprint Trial at Lingfield; we also have competitive action from Doncaster, Newbury and Wolverhampton…

wcnc.com - Myles Harris - Matthews sports pioneer Patsy Neal honored by Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Matthews sports pioneer Patsy Neal honored by Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
wcnc.com

MATTHEWS, N.C. — Long before women's sports games filled arenas, Patsy Neal was making history on the basketball court. Now, at 87 years old, her impact is being recognized once again. Neal, a Matthews resident and Georgia native, was…

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