Author: Michael

The actual on-field product across the National Football League has declined in 2024, thanks to defensive dominance, poor quarterback play, and the usual run of injuries. But the league’s popularity on television continues to soar, thanks in large part to audiences that don’t actually care that much about the product they’re watching.
Joe Pompliano posted on X about television ratings for the slate of NFL games on Thanksgiving Day, and they were, as he described, “completely insane.”
The 34.2 million average viewers per game, 37.

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The U.S. 3×3 Women’s AmeriCup Team is out, and there’s one particularly intriguing player on the roster
The 2024 USA 3×3 Women’s AmeriCup Team has been officially announced, and there’s a particularly intriguing selection on the four-player roster: Abbey Hsu, a Columbia University standout.
Next week, Hsu will join Azurá Stevens, Maddie Siegrist, and Brittney Sykes in Puerto Rico for a 3×3 competition, where they’ll compete against other countries in the Americas.

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The Lions have won ten straight games and are on the verge of punching their ticket to the postseason. We break down how they can clinch a spot in the 2025 NFL Playoffs in Week 14.
The NFL kicks off Week 14 with a huge NFC North showdown as the Detroit Lions host the Green Bay Packers. The game kicks off inside Ford Field at 8:20 p.m. on Amazon Prime Video. The NFC North remains wide open, but the Lions are in position to clinch a playoff berth in Week 14.
The Lions path to a playoff berth is simple this week.

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