Football

Breaking down the NFL’s first five Wild Card Weekend games

But wait, there’s even more high-stakes playoff football on deck: It’s also NFL Wild Card Weekend, giving us five straight days of touchdowns, tackles, and tension. We’ll preview Monday’s tilt between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers in our next newsletter. Until then, here’s a two-minute drill on this weekend’s five games. That NFL bracket won’t pick itself, after all.

January 09, 2026

No. 10 Miami tops No. 6 Ole Miss; will face winner of No. 1 Indiana and No. 5 Oregon in CFP title game

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Settle into your best RBF — the College Football Playoff (CFP) national title game is halfway set following last night’s heart-stopping semifinal, and one more squad will punch their ticket to the January 19th championship tonight. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff.

January 09, 2026

No. 6 Ole Miss and No. 10 Miami clash in College Football Playoff semifinal

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And then there were four. The College Football Playoff (CFP) semis kick off with tomorrow’s 7:30 p.m. ET Fiesta Bowl, featuring No. 6 Ole Miss and bracket-busting No. 10 Miami, followed by the Peach Bowl slated for Friday.

January 07, 2026

The NFL’s 14-team playoff field is officially set

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The Week 18 NFL slate can sometimes be a buffet of meaningless football, with the playoff field often set and teams resting their top talent — but not this year. There was plenty to play for in the regular-season finale, from division titles to all-important playoff seeding. Let’s dig in.

January 05, 2026

NFL, Hallmark partnership illustrates potential scripted media opportunity in women’s sports

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This holiday season, the Buffalo Bills aren’t just playing NFL games — they’re the latest team featured in a holiday-themed Hallmark movie thanks to the channel’s NFL partnership.

December 23, 2025

Four NFC teams punch postseason tickets in Week 16

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There’s just two weeks left in the regular season, and the NFL’s postseason picture is more chaotic than your last-minute trip to the mall. Forget sugarplums — visions of playoff spots are dancing in everyone’s heads.

December 22, 2025

Everything you need to know about the College Football Playoff quarter-finals

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Just like that, the College Football Playoff (CFP) quarter-finals (QFs) are set (and The GIST’s College Football Bracket Challenge is underway) after a thrilling weekend on the gridiron. And if you’re still looking for New Year’s plans, you’re in luck — there’ll be one QF game on New Year’s Eve and three more on New Year’s Day. Never too early to preview the action.

December 22, 2025

Previewing the first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff

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Previewing the first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff

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December 19, 2025

Tick tock — you have until 12 p.m. ET today to enter The GIST’s College Football Bracket Challenge, plenty of time to read this primer then make your picks. The top four College Football Playoff (CFP) seeds (No. 1 Indiana, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 Texas Tech) received a bye to the quarter-finals, while the other eight squads will battle it out in first-round action beginning tonight. Hut hut, here we go.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #521

Meet the real-life “Heated Rivalry” Olympians

January 08, 2026

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Meet the real-life “Heated Rivalry” Olympians

It’s a love story, baby.

Just like everyone on the Internet, today we’re talking about “Heated Rivalry.” However, considering Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams haven’t answered our DMs yet, we’re going in a different direction.

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz detail the real-life “Heated Rivalry” love story from the women’s hockey world — because before there was Shane and Ilya, there was Team Canada captain Caroline Ouellette and Team USA captain Julie Chu. Spoiler alert: They live happily ever after.