The first College Football Playoff rankings (CFP) dropped yesterday, offering an initial look at which teams the Selection Committee thinks should make the expanded 12-team bracket (up from four in years prior).

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals (the last tournament of the WTA Tour) is underway, with two standout players already clinching their spot in the semis and a stacked doubleheader set for this morning. Now that’s a serve.

Yesterday’s Brazilian Grand Prix (GP) brought the drama as multiple weather delays, red flags, and investigations characterized a race weekend that also saw a career-best drive from World Drivers’ Championship (WDC) leader Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. When it rains, it pours.

Women’s footy has finally caught its big break across the pond. Last week, the WSL — the top flight of UK women’s soccer — inked a five-year rights extension with Sky Sports and the BBC worth $84.5M. The deal follows months of speculation and has already been dubbed the “most significant” TV contract for women’s soccer in the UK and Ireland.

On Friday, the Indiana Fever hired former Connecticut Sun head coach (HC) and former Fever player (and HC) Stephanie White. She fills one of seven recent HC vacancies as the league sees unprecedented turnover: Nearly 60% of last year’s coaches are no longer in the same role, the most for any WNBA hiring cycle in history.

From near-upsets to actual upsets and bounce-back to bounce-forward wins, college football had a little bit of everything this weekend. Here’s what you need to know about Saturday’s games before the College Football Playoff rankings drop tomorrow, offering an inside look at the selection committee’s current thoughts on who should make the national championship bracket.

So nice we had to say it thrice: College basketball is so back. And the season is starting off hot thanks to some opening-week top-25 matchups.

From the trickiest of plays to tonight’s 8:15 p.m. ET Monday Night Football showdown between the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs and the high-flying Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Week 9 NFL slate has been a true treat. But with tomorrow’s 4 p.m. ET trade deadline looming and injuries continuing to mount across the league, the on-field action’s taking a backseat on this Monday morning.

Here’s everything you need to know as athletes toe the line for the 2024 TCS New York City (NYC) Marathon in Staten Island and make their way to Central Park. On your mark, get set, let’s scroll.

New month, same jam-packed gridiron action. Here are the Week 10 games to watch with five weeks to go in the regular season.

Women keep stepping up to the plate in the baseball world, and it’s not just in MLB front offices. On Tuesday, the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) announced its launch as the only professional women’s baseball league in the U.S.

In an exclusive with The GIST today, soccer media company Men in Blazers (MiB) announced it will become an official media partner of the NWSL. Its coverage will be led by women’s soccer vertical The Women’s Game (TWG), run by former USWNT star Sam Mewis, who spoke to The GIST yesterday about her experience with the company.