🤣😂 moment with George Kittle and Charlie Woerner waving at the overhead camera during the NFC Championship game
Welcome back Sports Enthusiasts to a bumper edition of sport news from the US OF SPORT DESK:
🍿 Sport in Pop Culture
- Jason Kelce admits plans to buy the rights and revive nostalgic Backyard Sports video game franchise 🎮
- Forget runways, NBA players use game-day tunnels to strut latest styles and score new fans
- Hoops, Rap and Everything Black: Meet the curator behind The Local Gallery NYC, SLAM’s new art gallery
- Snoop Dogg leads a group of potty-mouthed kids as a youth football coach in ‘The Underdoggs’ film
- Steve Aoki remixed the NFL on CBS theme for the Super Bowl 🔥
💰 Business of Sport
- The Olympics on steroids – Peter Thiel is funding the ‘Enhanced Games’ that will welcome athletes using performance enhancing drugs
- Will Fanatics upend the world of sports collectibles?
- Levi Strauss & Co announces 10-Year extension of 49ers stadium naming rights
- Tom Brady was everywhere this week: Rugby star caught a throw from Tom during his Australian speaking tour 🏈 Collectible trading card artist Tyson Beck’s ‘Tom Brady Autograph Card packages’ got blindsided by rumored Fanatics 😤 Tom Brady on merger of Brady Brand and TB12 with NOBULL 🤝 Greg Olsen reacts to Tom Brady taking his job as top analyst at Fox Sports 🎙️ Watch Tom topping his opening tee shot at the first hole at Pebble Beach 🤭
- LIV Golf announces game-changing partnership with Google Cloud and PMY Group
- Health and beauty brands L’Oreal’s NYX and e.l.f. Cosmetics debut, and Dove returns after an 18-year hiatus to air Super Bowl LVIII ads with the rise in female viewership
- Taylor Swift’s romance with tight end Travis Kelce is worth $331 million to the Kansas City Chiefs and NFL
🏀 NBA
- Max Strus received a technical foul after handing the ball to the ref 😯
- Steph Curry, Sabrina Ionescu set for NBA All-Star 3-Point Shootout; format revealed
- NBA Legend reacts to Steph Curry vs. Sabrina Ionescu All-Star Weekend Battle
- Adam Silver, NBA agree to contract to remain Commissioner through 2029
- NBA All-Star voting results 2024: Full list of starters, reserves for Eastern, Western Conference rosters
- Westbrook reaches 25,000 career points and Leonard scores 33 to lead Clippers past Pistons 136-125
- 76ers celebrate Tyrese Maxey’s first All-Star berth, career-high 51 points without Embiid
- Leonard scores 33 points to lead Clippers to 136-125 win over Pistons
- NBA Stats 2024
🏆 NCAA
- NCAA President Charlie Baker talks growing fanbase, gambling and new tier of Division in 1st address
- Caitlin Clark sparks seemingly endless line of fans ahead of Iowa-Northwestern road game with the cheapest seats at US$300
- Nebraska storms back from down 19 to stun No. 6 Wisconsin
- 2024 March Madness: Men’s NCAA tournament schedule, dates
- 2024 NCAA women’s basketball tournament bracket predictions to begin February
- NCAA Mens Basketball rankings
- NCAA Womens Basketball rankings
🏈 NFL / UFL
- The UFL’s San Antonio Brahmas have signed Donald De La Haye aka @Deestroying a YouTube star who while playing college football in 2015 started a YouTube channel, then quit after NCAA told him to choose between demonetizing his channel or lose eligibility. Watch his reaction I Got Signed To A Football Team! (Project NFL Ep.3) as he pursues his pro football dream 🏈
- Fun. Friendship. International closeness. Flag football championships come to America.
- New Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh makes bold J.J. McCarthy-NFL draft prediction
- 49ers overcame Trey Lance trade to build a Super Bowl roster behind Brock Purdy
- Chiefs’ Travis Kelce says he is ready for the Super Bowl circus to begin next week
- Andy Reid reveals longstanding respect for 49ers QB Brock Purdy
- Former 49ers Terry Killens will become the first person ever to both play in and officiate a Super Bowl
- Super Bowl LVIII ticket prices are most expensive in history. Here’s how much it costs
- Official Super Bowl LVIII Program
🏒 NHL
- Anonymous NHL player poll 2024 – Who’s the best player? Best goalie? Most underrated and overrated? Player you’d most like to punch? Best and worst refs? Favorite jerseys? Favorite and least favorite road cities?
- Arizona Coyotes arena situation remains a concern with no plan yet on where to play next season
- Connor McDavid wins the NHL All-Star Skills competition he helped revive
- NHL Rumors: Sean Monahan traded from Canadiens to Jets for 1st-Round Draft Pick
- NHL Standings
⚾ MLB
- Beckham greets Messi, Suarez and Inter Miami team in Hong Kong
- Charlotte, Orlando & more: 5 burning transfer questions around MLS
- Columbus Crew, Kevin Molino mutually terminate contract
- New York Red Bulls name Julian de Guzman sporting director
- MLS Clubs
- MLS Conference and Standings
⚽ MLS
- MLS clubs keen on signing struggling Celtic player
- Divock Origi has only been back in the Premier League for a few months but AC Milan are in talks over a move that would see him head to America
- MLS may need replacement officials after referees vote to strike
- MLS Conference and Standings
🎾 Tennis
- Australian No 1 Arina Rodionova oldest woman to enter the world’s top 100 for the first time after being snubbed for a wildcard into the Australian Open
- India’s Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest ever male player to win men’s doubles grand slam title with Australian Open triumph
- Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev from two sets down in Australian Open men’s final to win first grand slam title
- WTA open to collaborating with ATP for new elite tournament circuit
- Sky Sports Tennis: Channel launching on February 11 as home of ATP, WTA Tours and US Open in UK and Ireland
- ATP and WTA Rankings
⛳ PGA
- PGA TOUR launches PGA TOUR Enterprises, new program that transforms players into equity holders
- Golf Saudi blocks merger between LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
- Netflix ‘Full Swing’ Season 2 announces cast and release date – featuring Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and both Ryder Cup captains
- Jon Rahm explains meaning behind LIV Golf team name Legion XIIIPGA Tour Leaderboard
- LIV Golf Leaderboard
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Jon (Founder and Coach – US OF SPORT)
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