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This is going to be a must-watch.
HBO released its full trailer for BS HIGH, the new documentary on the 2021 Bishop Sycamore high school football debacle, and it already looks like a must-watch for anyone who even showed a passing interest in one of sports’ weirdest stories of the last decade.

In case you don’t know, or forgot what happened, a small high school called “Bishop Sycamore” enticed players to their program with the promise of major college exposure, selling the dream that they’d go on to play at Alabama and other high profile programs.

NFL legend Tom Brady has become a minority owner of English Championship side Birmingham City.

Lionel Messi scored a second brace in as many games for Inter Miami and passed his stiffest physical test yet during the win against Orlando City.

From wickets to grits, two of the sports biggest stars tell us how the first season of MLC went for them.
The first season of Major League Cricket is in the books, and it was bigger than even the most hopeful fans expected. Two sites in Grand Prarie, Texas and Morrisville, North Carolina sold out all their games, with MI New York winning the inaugural championship over the weekend in a thrilling game against the Seattle Orcas.
Testing the water for cricket in the United States was a fascinating proposition with an uncertain outcome.

Twice former winners Germany crashed out in the opening phase of the Women’s World Cup for the first time after a 1-1 draw with South Korea in their final Group H match on Thursday.

The Cubs have scored an MLB-best 145 runs since the All-Star break, including 36 in the past two games, which is the franchise’s best since 1897.

Tom Brady announced his newest sports ownership venture on Thursday morning, as he is now a minority investor in Birmingham City FC.
The ownership stake in Birmingham City FC is the fifth sports team that Brady has invested in this year, joining the Raiders of the NFL, the Aces of the WNBA, a 2023 Major League Pickleball expansion team and a 2024 E1 World Championship expansion team.
Brady has always had his business interests outside of football, including his TB12 sports nutrition centers and his Brady brand of clothing while he was still an active player.

Michigan State football has new digs for the 2023 season and it looks beautiful. The Spartans got the first look at their new locker room on Wednesday afternoon.
They lost their minds!
Construction got underway on the team’s state-of-the-art, 65,000-square-foot building in April 2022. One portion of the add-on is for all of the athletes, one portion is for Michigan State’s media team and one portion is for football only.

Most importantly, though, is the football team’s part of the building. It is the football building after all.

Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. The World Cup drama this morning was more energizing than any cup of coffee.
In today’s SI:AM:
🇩🇪 Germany’s historic failure
🇶🇦 The plight of Men’s World Cup security guards
🤑 The soulless spiral of college sports
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Would it shock you to learn that star college football players receive better treatment than scrubs?
Go ahead and take a seat because you’re about to learn some potentially life-altering news.
It turns out that star players might actually be treated much better than players who never see the field, according to former Penn State tight end Adam Breneman.
“[Former Penn State coach Bill] O’Brien was like, ‘There’s a scale, dude. Like, if you’re really good at football, like, and make a lot of plays on Saturdays, then you can probably get away with messing some other things up.