The last few months have seen an unprecedented surge in trading card collecting, and with one of the biggest sporting events — the men’s FIFA World Cup — underway, there’s no better time to get in on the fun.

Just three weeks into college hoops season, the hardwood’s already hot, with some teams scorching up the rankings and some hoping for a mid-season spark.

The 16-team knockout-round picture is beginning to take shape as group play heads into its final few days, but not without some more off-field headlines to accompany the in-game dramatics.

The broadcasting giant unveiled the ACC/SEC Challenge on Monday, an interconference women’s and men’s basketball (WBB and MBB) competition designed to replace both the SEC/Big Ten Challenge and the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

While Canada’s men’s FIFA World Cup–title hopes may have been dashed, the tennis lads were making their own history, hoisting their first-ever Davis Cup yesterday. A victory 109 years in the making.

No. 4 France came to prove why they’re the defending champs, Argentina’s hopes are still alive thanks to a key victory over Mexico and Group E is wide open after yesterday’s second set of Group Stage action.

While the regular season may officially be in the books, Week 13’s rivalries finalized the first step in the FBS postseason — conference title games.

Despite the aforementioned Davies creating a true Canadian Heritage moment by scoring the CanMNT’s first-ever World Cup goal, the world No. 41 squad was eliminated from knockout contention with yesterday’s 4–1 loss to No. 12 Croatia.

Four teams remain in the championship hunt for the gals, while the fellas set their quarter-final field yesterday.

After Wednesday’s 1–0 loss to No. 2 Belgium, No. 41 CanMNT have proven they belong and aim to score their first World Cup tournament win over No. 12 Croatia at 11 a.m. ET on TSN.

Native American mascots in sports and the work being done to eliminate these harmful stereotypes.