The College Football Playoff will keep its four-team playoff format through at least 2025, CFP executive director Bill Hancock announced Friday.
Driving the news: The CFP management committee, made up of 10 conference commissioners and Notre Dame's athletics director, could not reach the unanimous consensus needed to expand the tournament before the end of its 12-year contract, which means expansion will have to wait until the 2026 season.
Diving deeper into the VR broadcast of the Olympics beyond my first look, I found there was even more to discover and appreciate about its unique view into the Beijing games — but also a longer list of downsides.
Why it matters: Virtual reality has the potential to bring people both closer to the action and deeper behind the scenes. At the same time, it can be more isolating, tiring and blurry than watching a broadcast on a nice TV.
Why it matters: Valieva was cleared to compete in Thursday's individual figure skating competition by a panel of arbitrators, despite having trimetazidine, a banned drug, in her system during the Russian national championships in December.
Olympians must be citizens of the country they represent, and China doesn't allow for dual citizenship. So how are Americans with U.S. passports competing for Team China in Beijing?
State of play: The Chinese government appears to have loosened its strict nationality laws in an attempt to win medals and present a stronger image at the Olympics.
Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva on Thursday failed to make the Olympic podium in the women's individual competition after falling multiple times during the free skate.
Driving the news: Russia's Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova won gold and silver, respectively, and Japan's Kaori Sakamoto took the bronze. Valieva, who was favored to win gold, finished in fourth place.
Hilary Knight made history at the Beijing Winter Games hockey final by making a U.S. Olympic record 22nd appearance on Thursday.
The big picture: Knight also scored in the 3-2 loss to Canada, as Team USA won an eighth silver medal — taking the Beijing Winter Olympics tally to 20. Elsewhere on Day 13 of the Games, the U.S. men's curling team beat Denmark 7-5 to reach the semifinals.
The big picture: It's the third time at the Beijing Games that the Colorado skier hasn't finished a run in what was her final individual event of this Olympics.
Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 in the women's hockey final to win the Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal on Thursday.
Details: Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice and assisted in Sarah Nurse's goal for the Canadians. Hilary Knight scored the first goal for the U.S. and Amanda Kessel added another with 13.5 seconds left.
When Nathan Chen made his medal-winning jumps in team figure skating, viewers around the world knew exactly how high he was flying. That was thanks to new technology from Omega, which uses AI to break down each element of the skater's performance.
Why it matters: New technology helps athletes, judges and fans better understand the fast-paced action of the Olympics.
