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Every NFL team will go to an 18-game regular-season schedule.
And every team, every year, will play an international game.
That’s the league’s looming future mandate for NFL players and their union, relayed in unambiguous terms by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft during a Tuesday appearance with the team’s flagship radio network, 98.5 The Sports Hub.
Speaking in the most assertive tone we’ve heard to date from a league power broker, Kraft married the expected push for an 18th game to the NFL’s quest to expand revenue through international growth.

Jan. 20—JAMESTOWN — It takes two things to win 75% of the events at a high school swimming and diving meet — talent and a full-team effort.
The Blue Jays have both.
Head coach Ben Smith guided the Jamestown High School boy’s swimming and diving team to a 106-79 dual win against Mandan Tuesday night. Jamestown will be back in its home pool on Friday and Saturday hosting the Jamestown Octagon. The invite is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Finn Moser won the 200 and 500 yard freestyle races with times of 1:50.57 and 5:05.30 respectively.

Missouri men’s basketball has faced plenty of ups and downs over its first six games of conference play.
The Tigers provided a crucial boost to their tournament hopes by recording wins over quality opponents in Florida, Kentucky and Auburn. But MU also suffered letdown road losses against struggling Ole Miss and LSU teams, tempering hopes after a 2-0 start in the SEC.
Mizzou hit a new low Tuesday in its roller coaster ride during the month of January, dropping its second straight game in a 74-72 loss to Georgia.

Jimmy Butler’s ACL tear is a devastating blow for the veteran All-Star and cause for a reckoning in Golden State over its plans to compete in the back-end of Stephen Curry’s prime. 
General manager Mike Dunleavy was on hand Tuesday night to address the Warriors’ short- and long-term plans ahead of Golden State’s home game against the Toronto Raptors.
He was asked about Butler’s future with the franchise as well as that of disgruntled forward Jonathan Kuminga, who’s been languishing on the bench amid poor play and a trade demand.

Jan. 20—JAMESTOWN — If you would have walked into Jerry Meyer Arena on Tuesday night, you would have thought the Jamestown High School girl’s basketball team was hosting a clinic on how to shoot 3-pointers.
The Blue Jays picked up conference win No. 2 on Tuesday evening, easily dispatching Minot North 90-61. Head coach Andy Skunberg and his team is now 2-5 in the West Region standings. Jamestown will be back at Jerry Meyer Arena on Friday hosting Dickinson. Tip off time is slated for 5:45 p.m.
The Blue Jays were ringing 3s in the first half, notching 10 from beyond the arc.

The BBWAA gatekeepers just delivered a masterclass in selective morality. On Tuesday, the 2026 Hall of Fame results dropped, and Carlos Beltran was the headliner. 
In his fourth year on the ballot, the suspected ringleader of the most sophisticated cheating scandal in baseball history punched his ticket to immortality with 84.2 percent of the vote. 
Andruw Jones joined him after a nine-year climb, finally clearing the line at 78.4 percent.
Shin-Soo Choo received three Hall of Fame votes, which means he, his agent, and one extremely loyal former teammate probably showed up.

Tennessee Titans rookie wide receiver Chimere Dike has been on the league’s radar for some time now. He was named an AP 2025 All-Pro as a rookie, he was named to The Athletic’s 2025 All-Rookie team, he landed on the Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL and All-AFC teams, and now he’s been named to the PWFA 2025 All-Rookie team as both a kick returner and a punt returner.

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This past Saturday, the UCF Knights put up a valiant effort in their 84-77 loss to the No. 1-ranked Arizona Wildcats.
Tuesday was another top 10 clash, but this time on the road against the No. 9 Iowa State Cyclones. Having back-to-back games against a top-10 opponent isn’t easy whatsoever. In the words of Iowa’s own Slipknot, UCF’s game against ISU in Ames would be a “disasterpiece.”
The Cyclones defeated the Knights 87-57 at Hilton Coliseum. With the loss, the Knights fell to 14-4 overall and 3-3 in Big 12 play. UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins simply put it: “We fell short.

DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson scored two goals, Justin Hryckowian had a goal and two assists, and the Dallas Stars ended a three-game skid while snapping the Boston Bruins’ six-game winning streak, 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Wyatt Johnston, Mavrik Bourque and Esa Lindell also scored for the Stars, who had just three goals in their previous three games. Miro Heiskanen had three assists and Jake Oettinger had 16 saves.
The Bruins trailed 6-0 when Morgan Geekie scored on the power play to end Oettinger’s shutout bid with 7:49 to play.

Felix Auger-Aliassime is the biggest casualty of the Australian Open after the first round of the tournament as the seventh seed retired after suffering with cramp. The Canadian, who reached the semi-finals of the US Open last season, was trailing Portugal’s Nuno Borges 3-6 6-4 6-4 when he retired.
Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds for the tournament, with Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek the second seeds as the first grand slam of the year gets underway.