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• First College Football Playoff rankings drop tonight, Miami expected at No. 1
• NFL and TMRW Sports unveil Premier Flag, launching summer 2027
• ESPN’s Michael Wilbon takes indefinite health leave from PTI
• Victor Wembanyama tells 60 Minutes he won’t promote gambling or alcohol brands
• FOS NFL reporter Mark Maske ranks the league’s coaching hot seats
• Bill Belichick declines to address reported split with Jordon Hudson

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• Florida State fires Mike Norvell, who is owed roughly $50 million
• Ernie Johnson tells FOS he wants Inside the NBA to continue after he leaves
• Court clears Russia’s return to international hockey for first time since 2022
• FOS reporter Colin Salao on the Valkyries winning the WNBA title in just their second year
• Tom Brady drops another on-air expletive during Fox NFL Sunday

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• Dream force the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history after a midday win against Valkyries
• Brewers keep their World Series core intact as an MLB lockout looms
• Utah files felony charges against Kalshi and its two cofounders
• Pat McAfee confirms FBI protection at College GameDay
• FOS reporter Ellyn Briggs on what the Cowboys cheerleaders’ new union wants
• Jake Paul books a Christmas Eve return in Dubai one year after his broken jaw

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• Brewers beat Rays for first World Series title in franchise history
• Ernie Johnson says this season on Inside the NBA is his last
• Saquon Barkley tells FOS the NFL made him sell his Polymarket stake
• Big Ten caps school NIL spending at about $49 million
• Pro sports owners pour $100 million into midterms, mostly to Republicans
• FOS reporter Colin Salao on WNBA Finals Game 6’s midday ticket crash
• Almost 15% of NBA players were inactive Wednesday, as star injuries continue to pile up

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• Brewers one win from first title as Game 4 tickets hit $926
• Knicks trade over $300 a share as Rangers split into their own stock
• Jerry Jones says hiring Troy Aikman in front office is “very possible”
• Real NFL stadium sponsors are coming to Madden
• Utah apologizes to Pat McAfee after GameDay social video left ESPN star “uncomfortable”
• Jay-Z named Super Bowl halftime headliner. Will Beyoncé, Eminem, or Dre join him?

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• NBA names Kalshi and Polymarket partners, leaving the NFL as the holdout
• WNBA moves Finals Game 6 to midday at Hawks’ 17,000-seat arena
• LIV Golf’s future hangs on a Saudi fund decision this week
• Aaron Rodgers pitches an NFL international week and jabs owners
• Ballon d’Or website accidentally crowns three winners before the ceremony
• Country music star Luke Bryan’s son Bo commits to play quarterback at Georgia

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• NFL and NFLPA discuss opening a joint review of Jalen Hurts’ medical care
• Brewers set World Series resale records as Rays Game 3 ticket prices fall 28%
• WNBA Finals Game 6 could move to smaller 3,500-seat arena due to scheduling conflicts
• Peyton Manning is not a candidate for the Colts’ GM job
• FOS NFL reporter Mark Maske with the latest on the league’s international push and Troy Aikman saying he would consider a role with Cowboys
• Jaylen Brown fires back at Jayson Tatum: “stay ready at all times”

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• JJ Watt officially named CBS Sports’s lead NFL analyst, replacing Tony Romo
• NFL considers letting TV viewers watch and hear instant replay reviews
• Fox could be cut from World Cup as FIFA looks to bundle English and Spanish rights
• White Sox co-owner Mat Ishbia tells FOS he backs an MLB salary cap and floor ahead of looming labor stoppage
• FOS reporter Eric Fisher previews the small-market Rays-Brewers World Series from American Family Field
• Knicks fans name their newborn son Knickson Fyve

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• ESPN’s Jeff Passan tells FOS that Rays-Brewers small-market World Series won’t stop the MLB lockout
• Maryland fires Mike Locksley, owing him nearly $10 million, the first FBS head coach let go this season
• Ohio State–Indiana and Notre Dame–BYU deliver huge college football TV ratings
• Atlanta Dream sell out 17,000-seat NBA arena for Game 3 of WNBA Finals
• FOS reporter Ellyn Briggs on how Jaguars fans can pay $5,904 to spend eternity at the stadium
• Watching every NBA game this season will cost you up to $771

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• NBA Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady tells FOS the Clippers’ punishment was “warranted”
• Adam Silver says LeBron’s Fanatics helicopter breaks no NBA rules
• Long-shot Brewers and Rays leave sportsbooks sweating after starting season at 35-to-1 and 80-to-1 odds to win World Series
• FOS reporter Mark Maske joins from NFL owners meetings on league clearing the Eagles on Jalen Hurts, plus 49ers owner Jed York returns from suspension
• Jay-Z reportedly picks himself for Super Bowl LXI halftime as U2 lands Thanksgiving Eve game

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• Jalen Hurts’s season ends with blood clots, putting the Eagles’ $255M QB on the sidelines
• Florida opens college basketball season as preseason AP No. 1
• New York launches 88-person committee to explore 2042 Winter Olympics bid
• World Series Game 1 tickets top Super Bowl prices in Milwaukee
• FOS editor-in-chief Dan Roberts on tickets to Knicks’ banner-night opener Tuesday against LeBron and the Sixers averaging nearly $4,000
• Dan Patrick says Colts reached out to Peyton Manning about GM job, ownership stake

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• NBA bans first basket bets and under-heavy parlays ahead of Tuesday's tipoff
• Cathy Engelbert says the next WNBA commissioner needs "very thick skin"
• Michigan benches $10M NIL quarterback Bryce Underwood, freshman Tommy Carr rallies win
• FOS NFL reporter Mark Maske on Troy Aikman no longer consulting with the Dolphins and civil unrest in Paris ahead of the NFL’s first game in France
• Five of AP's top seven college football teams lose, most since the poll began in 1936

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• College Football Playoff nears deal with ESPN to expand to 24 teams in 2027
• Jon Rahm leaves LIV Golf with no extra money, forfeiting over $100M
• Infantino apologizes to FIFA Council, but European leaders still want answers
• NBA’s official Instagram apparently hacked to promote a crypto memecoin
• Troy Aikman eyes his “next landing spot” amid Joe Buck rift, with FOS reporter Ryan Glasspiegel
• Hall of Famer Amar’e Stoudemire graduates police academy, joins Miami-Dade Schools Police

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• Blake Griffin tells FOS the Clippers’ record $30 million fine “fits”
• Joe Buck and Troy Aikman have had tension behind the scenes as Aikman waits on a new ESPN deal
• FIFA set to change the rule that let Folarin Balogun dodge a suspension in World Cup
• SEC refuses to drop its LSU lawsuit, citing the conference’s “stubborn refusal” to follow rules
• Elle Duncan says covering the WNBA has become “toxic” ahead of the Finals
• Pablo Torre buys a mechanical bird from Kelly Clarkson’s feud for charity, after teasing the news at FOS’s Tuned In event

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• ESPN’s Chris Berman believes Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest slowed the NFL’s 18-game push
• Court unseals Korn Ferry memo on Brian Flores, first reported by FOS
• WNBA moves Finals dates so the Dream can play at State Farm Arena
• Mike Tirico defends NBC’s Michael Jordan interview as “completely worth it” and discusses why fans should care about the 2028 L.A. Olympics
• Pablo Torre says NBA owners contacted him about LeBron’s Fanatics helicopter

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• Dan Quinn’s job security in doubt after Commanders’ overtime clock blunder
• Atlanta Dream may host WNBA Finals in league’s smallest arena
• James Madison pays $23M to join the American Conference
• Kentucky owes LSU $500K after fans storm the field after surprise win
• Editor in Chief Dan Roberts previews FOS’s Tuned In event happening today in New York City featuring Pablo Torre, Chris Berman, Mike Tirico and more.
• Michael Jordan’s 1998 Finals jersey sells for record $14 million

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• MLB owners propose eight fewer regular-season games, with top seeds picking their playoff opponents
• Caitlin Clark defends Kelsey Mitchell, who is noncommittal on returning to the Fever
• NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman says the league will expand to 20 teams and beyond
• Shaquille O’Neal tells FOS he doesn’t believe Charles Barkley is leaving Inside the NBA
• FOS reporter Ben Horney on NFL asking the Supreme Court to decide the regulatory status of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket
• Joe Buck to guest-judge Dancing with the Stars’s first Super Bowl Night

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• Jon Rahm’s lawyer says he won’t play in LIV 2.0, calling the terms “unacceptable”
• Colts owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon defends her sideline approach to Front Office Sports Tonight
• WNBA playoffs draw the most-watched first round in league history
• 49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk wins appeal of NFL fines, saying “I don’t even drink beer”
• Latest on Trump’s Georgia-Alabama visit during Tropical Storm Isaias with FOS CFB reporter Kennington Smith
• Disney+ will stream the Super Bowl for the first time

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• EuroLeague owners reject NBA’s collaboration proposal
• Jason Kidd in advanced talks to join ESPN’s NBA Countdown
• Fired Blazers announcer Braiden Bell seeks reinstatement over teenage tweets
• NFL referees union to challenge suspensions of two officials
• FOS editor-in-chief Dan Roberts on LeBron James commuting to Philadelphia by Fanatics helicopter
• Disney seeks $12 million for a 30-second Super Bowl commercial

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NBA Champion Draymond Green joins Olivia Arciniega of Front Office Sports to discuss: • Filming his new VR docuseries Open Season to break the therapy stigma • Why he believes basketball has lost its purity • Building New Media to let athletes control their own stories • Thinking often about retirement without considering it yet • His take on LeBron's Polymarket deal and the salary cap debate Chapters 00:00 Why Open Season was filmed in VR 01:45 Why now is the right time for these conversations 05:01 Being vulnerable with the entire world 08:21 A misconception he hopes Open Season will challenge 10:49 Why basketball has lost its purity 13:39 Building New Media to let athletes tell their own stories 16:06 Thinking about retirement without considering it 19:28 Filling Charles Barkley's seat at TNT 21:05 His take on LeBron's Polymarket partnership 23:08 Reaction to the Clippers salary cap punishment

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