Michigan defeats Alabama 27-20 in OT in the College Football Playoff Semi-final of the 110th Rose Bowl Game on 1 Jan 2024 | 📸 Michigan Sky Media
Welcome back Sports Enthusiasts to another edition from the US OF SPORT DESK:
🏀 NBA
- A look back at some of the best “Around the World” moves from Wemby
- Tyson Beck – Australian trading card artist/designer to the world’s biggest sports athletes, leagues and brands recaps his fastest selling cards of 2023
- How the NBA is addressing its sustainability issues
- The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, from the critically-acclaimed author of Michael Jordan: the Life – it’s 800 pages long so if tl;dr see NYT Review
- Conference and Division Leaders
- NBA Player Stats
- Team Stats
🏆 NCAA
- Michigan Wolverines advanced to their first National Championship game in the BCS/CFP era (since 1998)
- Washington outlasts Texas in the Sugar Bowl in the College Football Playoff semifinals
- CFP National Championship on Tuesday first look: Michigan vs. Washington
- NCAA, ESPN reach broadcast deal for championships that creates women’s basketball payouts
- Caitlin Clark points tracker: When will Iowa basketball star break NCAA scoring record?
- NCAA Basketball
- A Michigan photographer captured a special Rose Bowl photo. Here’s how he did it.
🏈 NFL
- Full roster of NFL Pro Bowl players and schedule for 2024 Pro Bowl Games
- Dwayne Johnson’s XFL and USFL announce new, merged spring football league
- Newly formed United Football League names teams and coaches
- Nominees for Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award – winner to be announced 8 Feb 2024
- Travis Kelce’s managers detail the plan that positioned NFL star to be world famous
- NFL Week 18 picks, schedule, odds, injuries, fantasy tips
- AFC & NFC Division Standings
- Power Rankings
🏒 NHL
- Amazon and NHL unveil new NHL EDGE IQ Ice Tilt metric to help measure momentum during the game
- PWHL latest news
- NHL Standing
- 2024 Juniors
⚾ MLB:
- MLB to open 2024 season in South Korea on 20-21 March
- Mariners sign Catcher/Designated Hitter Mitch Garver to 2-year Major League Contract
- Plans abounding for new sports stadiums across the US, carrying hefty public costs
- Growing number of teams interested in Cease
- NL West Notes: Dodgers, Pham, Harrison, Rockies, D’Backs
⚽ MLS
- JJ Watt told to take Burnley to MLS as NFL legend admits to having American plan for Clarets
- AI-Created Teams Add a Fresh Look to MLS
- Reasons to be optimistic for American soccer in 2024
- NWSL vs USL Super League on a collision course in US soccer
- CSUN’s Jamar Ricketts, UC Irvine’s Luke Pruter Selected in 2024 MLS SuperDraft
- NYCFC to build the first-ever fully electric soccer stadium in the MLS
- Latest expansion news
- MLS Conference and Standings
🎾 Tennis
- Netflix’s next live sports event is coming Sunday, 3 March 2024 – The Netflix Slam, hosted by MGM Resorts International, will stream live from Las Vegas, bringing together two tennis greats Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in a one-of-a-kind exhibition match.
- World’s first pickleball stadium to debut in Fort Lauderdale with 43 pro courts in 2024
- Dunlop releases CX Tennis Racket Series in Jan 2024
- Babolat launches Pure Strike Fourth Generation in late Jan 2024
- ATP Carbon Tracker wraps successful first season; players recognised
- Alex De Minaur beats the Joker and Zverev to book a place in the Top 10
- ATP and WTA Rankings
⛳ PGA
- Golf World Top 100: Best Sustainable Golf Courses in Europe
- Official World Golf Rankings and Earnings
- LIV Golf Leaderboard
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Jon (Founder and Coach – US OF SPORT)
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