What is Pat McAfee's value to West Virginia, his alma mater he constantly champions?
"Maybe eight figures," WVU AD Wren Baker tells FOS. "I tell Pat all the time how grateful and thankful we are."
World Cup fans are taking over MLB stadiums.
Fans from around the world are attending baseball games across the league, transforming ballparks into soccer-like atmospheres.
From east coast to west coast, the 2026 World Cup group stage has offered both uniformity and sharp local differences.
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Bears quarterback Caleb Williams lost his initial bid to trademark "Iceman"—not to George Gervin or Chuck Liddell, but to an Oregon footwear brand that's held the registration since 1988.
The denial is not final and Williams can appeal.
Lumumba Vea, DR Congo’s living statue, could not attend the country’s World Cup game in Atlanta due to visa issues.
Another supporter carried on the living statue routine for the game instead.
Oregon’s new ad as part of Dante Moore’s Heisman campaign was filmed in Tokyo, Japan, where players are teaching American football to locals.
The campaign’s slogan: “Yes, there’s Moore!”
Fox is projecting NFL-level ratings if the USMNT reaches the 2026 World Cup final.
A U.S. appearance could draw 50M+ viewers—potentially topping both 2025 NFL conference championship games.
Lionel Messi's market value through the years:
2006, age 18: $17M
2010, age 23: $113.8M
2014, age 27: $136.6M
2018, age 30: $205M
2022, age 34: $56.9M
2026, age 38: $17M
Uruguay's football association cancelled its charter flight home for all their players after losing 1-0 to Spain in the World Cup.
Players now have to go back on commercial flights and will not travel together.
The New York Times’s lengthy story on Dianna Russini only raises more questions, and doesn't answer any about her and Mike Vrabel.
But it sure raises a slew of fascinating questions, especially the relationship between The New York Times and The Athletic.
“We have a World Cup in New York City without Italy, Ireland, Poland, and Jamaica."
Italy has missed three-straight World Cups. Ireland hasn't qualified in 24 years. Many Americans—especially Italians in the Northeast—have FOMO not watching their cultures join the party.
Now that James Dolan's Knicks have a championship, the owner is plateauing expectations to keep the team together to avoid the second apron.
"There's certain things in the NBA that you’d have to be suicidal to do," Dolan said. "One of them is the second apron.”
Philadelphians took over the World Cup for an afternoon to cheer for an unexpected team: Ivory Coast.
With many Ivory Coast fans banned from entering the U.S. by the Trump administration, Philly embraced the African side and cheered them on to a 2-0 win over Curaçao.
Polymarket is facing a lawsuit over deceptive marketing.
The suit claims Polymarket paid a variety of celebrities to promote the platform without disclosing that their posts were advertisements.
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