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Wednesday is an action-packed day of women’s basketball, with multiple top-25 matchups

Fresh off their Sunday upset of defending champs South Carolina, UCLA received the No. 1 spot in the AP Poll for the first time in school history on Monday — a perfect prelude to an exciting week of women’s hoops.

November 27, 2024

Another CFP rankings dropped, with Notre Dame moving up and two SEC teams falling out

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The College Football Playoff (CFP) is fast approaching, with just two more rankings drops, one week of regular-season play, and conference championship action remaining.

November 27, 2024

Northwestern wins its first Field Hockey National Title since 2021 with a 5–0 win over Saint Joseph’s

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After finishing as runners-up in 2022 and 2023, No. 2 Northwestern field hockey claimed the top prize with an impressive 5–0 finals win over No. 4 Saint Joseph’s yesterday, securing the program’s second title in the last four seasons.

November 25, 2024

Notre Dame and UCLA women’s basketball set to rise in AP Poll after upsets

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UCLA and Notre Dame women’s basketball teams ruled the weekend with big upsets over South Carolina and USC, respectively — here’s what you need to know about the giant slayers, plus some men’s hoops updates ahead of today’s rankings drop.

November 25, 2024

Outside of No. 2 Ohio State taking care of No. 5 Indiana, upsets ruled the weekend and shook up the playoff picture

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The College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Show is less than two weeks away and after this weekend’s topsy-turvy results, there are some serious questions about who’s in and who’s out of the 12-team postseason.

November 25, 2024

UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma becomes winningest coach in college basketball history

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What do you get the greatest of all time? A live goat, apparently. UConn celebrated women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma’s 40 years of coaching and NCAA record 1,217th win on Wednesday, honoring the legend with an elaborate ceremony that included countless former players.

November 22, 2024

The Field Hockey Final Four is set with North Carolina, Saint Joseph’s, Northwestern and UMass all earning bids.

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Final Four, here they come. The field hockey championship semis are set for today at 12 p.m. ET (No. 1 UNC vs. No. 4 Saint Joseph’s) and 3 p.m. ET (No. 2 Northwestern vs. UMass) with winners advancing to Sunday’s 1:30 p.m. ET championship game.

November 22, 2024

College

With only four weeks left, college football teams battle for spots in the 12-team playoff

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November 20, 2024

The third of six College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings was released yesterday, bringing with it some serious shakeups for the SEC despite the top five teams holding steady. With the new expanded 12-team playoff format and only four weeks left, it’s crunch time for resume-building wins.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #415

Detailing the Canada Soccer culture probe, plus F1 expands to 11 teams

November 26, 2024

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Detailing the Canada Soccer culture probe, plus F1 expands to 11 teams

Buckle up!

Today’s episode of The GIST of It is a classic two-part breakdown. First, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz dig into the Globe and Mail’s Canada Soccer culture probe, which came as a result of the drone scandal that rocked the Paris Olympics and exposed a longstanding culture of spying in the federation.

Then in part two, the gals hit the track to discuss the latest groundbreaking Formula 1 updates: General Motors will become F1’s 11th team beginning in the 2026 season, making them the first new team since 2017 to join the highest echelon of racing. Vroom vroom.

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