The 2026 FIFA World Cup will look quite different compared to last year's tournament — and not only because it will be played in the summer again.
Driving the news: FIFA, the governing body of soccer, on Tuesday approveda new, expanded format for the men's World Cup, which will include 48 teams playing a total of 104 games.
Saint Peter's made the most stunning Cinderella run in NCAA Tournament history last March. A year later, not a single member of that team is going dancing.
Catch up quick: The No. 15 Peacocks beat No. 2 Kentucky, No. 7 Murray State and No. 3 Purdue last year before falling to eventual runner-up North Carolina in the Elite Eight, becoming the first 15 seed to ever make it that far.
From historically overlooked student-athletes at historically black colleges and universities to high-exposure student-athletes at blue-chip schools like the University of Texas, name-image-likeness (NIL) opportunities are fast remaking avenues of cash for young men and women.
Driving the news: Student-athletes are earning far more than they did in the first year of the NIL regime, per industry interviews and public records obtained by Axios.
The Bears and Panthers shook up the National Football League draft on Friday, with Chicago sending the No. 1 pick to Carolina in exchange for the No. 9 pick, a 2024 first-round pick, wide receiver D.J. Moore and two second-round picks.
Why it matters: This is just the seventh time since 1990 — and third time this century — that a team has traded up for the No. 1 overall pick.
South Carolina earned their second straight No. 1 overall seed when the women's NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday night. Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford earned the other three No. 1 seeds.
