🏈 A tackle is kind of a hug?! 😜 Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz first published 20 January 1973.
Welcome back Sports Enthusiasts to another edition from the US OF SPORT DESK:
🍿 Sport in Pop Culture
- After recently being accused of publishing articles by fake AI-generated writers the once iconic Sports Illustrated is laying off almost all its staff after missing its quarterly payment to license and use the SI name was revoked
- How Taylor Swift has helped dads and daughters bond over football #GirlDad – it’s a big deal for one dad over on TikTok
- Sport fashion has come a long way especially for women – gone are the days of “shrink it and pink it” – Kristin Juszczyk wife of 49ers Kyle Juszczyk is reinventing the football jersey by repurposing old jerseys into custom one-of-a-kind pieces as seen on Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift; and if you’re looking for the ultimate gift/look check out the legendary NBA and NFL jacket designer Jeff Hamilton
- Kristin Juszczyk’s fame exposes flaw in the NFL’s business model
🏀 NBA
- Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic died on Thursday
- LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and the choice that haunts the Los Angeles Lakers
- Kawhi Leonard’s new deal: Boost for Clippers, but a blow for free agents?
- A new rule is changing the NBA’s awards race; it could also cost players millions
- Victor Wembanyama is embracing life at center for the Spurs
- Giannis Antetokounmpo Expands Empire With Launch Of Improbable Media
- NBA Stats 2024
🏆 NCAA
- College football transfer portal: Recent winners, top players available, big questions
- Purdue’s Zach Edey is — somehow — still improving as he chases loose balls, a Final Four spot
- Big 12 chaos, Memphis’ win streak and other turbulent storylines this men’s hoops season
- Department of Justice joins lawsuit over NCAA transfer restrictions
🏈 NFL
- Road to the Superbowl
- NFL lost 10M-12M viewers by broadcasting Saturday night’s Dolphins-Chiefs game on Peacock
- City of Detroit its first playoff victory in 32 years
- Flag Football is LA28 Bound!
- Jason Kelce addresses NFL retirement reports and says he’ll announce ‘in a way that’s definitive’
- Jerod Mayo takes the reins in New England
- NFL owners unanimously approve $4.65 billion sale of Denver Broncos to Walton-Penner group
- Best 2023 NFL rookies
- Power Rankings
🏒 NHL
- Seattle Kraken – bringing NHL hockey to Seattle – watch Out on the Pond | Beneath the Surface with Chris Driedger
- NHL rookie rankings: With Bedard injury, a tie at No. 1
⚾ MLB
- MLB’s rule changes led to record 2023 revenue
- DREAM Series participants living Martin Luther King’s legacy of brotherhood, unity
- Latest MLB trade rumours
⚽ MLS
- Here’s how Apple TV could stop MLS’ beef with the U.S. Open Cup
- “MLS needs personalities like Jose Mourinho” – MLS legend says ex-Roma boss can elevate soccer just like Tata Martino amid Al Shabab links
- Apple expands MLS partnership with ‘first-ever, all-access’ documentary series about the 2024 season
- MLS Conference and Standings
🎾 Tennis
- Rafael Nadal joins Saudi Tennis Federation in ambassador role
- Cruz Hewitt given a wildcard in to Australian Open junior boys event
- Australia’s summer of tennis schedule
- ATP and WTA Rankings
⛳ PGA
- French Golf Federation and L’Equipe secure exclusive broadcast rights for LPGA Tour
- U.S. Integrity partners with LIV Golf for sports gaming monitoring, compliance and education
- Official World Golf Rankings and Earnings
- LIV Golf Leaderboard
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Cheers for now,
Jon (Founder and Coach – US OF SPORT)
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