Today’s newsletter has everything you need to know before the Toronto Six and Minnesota Whitecaps lace up their knife shoes for tonight’s duel in the desert.

The season kicks off today and will run through November, with two separate weeks off in the summer to accommodate for the Women’s World Cup down under.

The on-court Madness can’t distract from the absolute absurdity off it, with WTF moments spanning track & field, hockey and sports journalism.

The college tourney is attracting record levels of investment, while busting the myth that women’s sports don’t provide a meaningful return.

World soccer’s governing body announced yesterday that it will commit $152M — including $110M in prize money — to July’s Women’s World Cup (WWC), and plans to finally dole out equal earnings to men and women at following World Cups.

We’re breaking down everything you need to know before the bedlam — and bracket-busting — begins.

The top teams, the players to watch and more — after reading this, you’ll be prepared to fill out your entries for The GIST’s bracket challenge.

After a flurry of rumors and cryptic tweets, NFL free agency begins today at 4 p.m. ET, officially opening the trading period.

After a wild college hoops season, the 2022–23 NCAA Tournament, aka March Madness or “The Big Dance,” is finally here.

Mere hours before CanWNT players were set to testify before the Canadian government, Canada Soccer released details of their proposed collective bargaining agreement (CBA) yesterday, shockingly making private negotiations public with no warning.

The drawn out “will they or won’t they” saga between the Baltimore Ravens and star quarterback (QB) Lamar Jackson continued when the team placed a non-exclusive franchise tag on Jackson yesterday. But the move doesn’t mean the drama ends there…

Hope you’re hungry because the first-ever “NBA Courtside Restaurant” is opening this spring in downtown Toronto.