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Oct 28, 2026 - Sports

There is every case to be made for Game 6 of the WNBA Finals being one of the biggest games of the season, for the Atlanta Dream, for the Golden State Valkyries, and for the WNBA as a whole. The ticket market, however, tells a very different story. And the reason for that is straightforward. […] The post WNBA Finals Game 6 Tickets Hit a Season Low as Early Tip-Off Changes the Equation appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Oct 28, 2026 - Sports

The PGA Tour announced an indefinite ban on LIV golfers very early in the breakaway league’s short history. But the ban doesn’t apply to caddies, so Jon Yarbrough, who recently caddied for Phil Mickelson, is returning to the PGA Tour right after his LIV Golf stint amid Lefty’s absence and all the chaos surrounding the […] The post Phil Mickelson’s Ex-Caddie Lands New PGA Tour Gig After LIV Golf Exit appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Oct 28, 2026 - Sports

Even an elite coach would surely struggle at Old Trafford amid the executive chaos and with an unfit, uneven squadIn January 2014 the 13th series of Celebrity Big Brother aired in the UK, the show so popular that its run time was extended by five days before a public vote anointed Jim Davidson the winner. Then, two years later when Brexit happened, people wondered where their tolerant country had gone, lamenting the ephemeral spirit of London 2012 as though the 2011 riots were some kind of fever dream, not a desperate response to decades of structural and institutional racism exacerbated by the cruelty of unnecessary austerity.The truth is that if security is quickly upended, it was built on quicksand to begin with. Which brings us to Manchester United, easing effortlessly from an uplifting third-place finish to some of the worst football in their history. Continue reading...

Oct 28, 2026 - Sports

Call for urgent talks after gaming machines tax increaseBrant Dunshea: ‘thousands’ of betting shops may closeBrant Dunshea, chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, said on Wednesday that the sport’s ruling body will “urgently engage with the government to establish how we can work together to reduce the impact” after John Healey, in his first budget as chancellor, raised the duty on the profits from fixed-odds gaming machines in betting shops from 20% to 25%.The widely expected rise in machine games duty (MGD) was well below the doubling of the rate, from 20% to 40%, recommended this year by the Social Market Foundation thinktank, but Dunshea warned that the move could “still prove devastating for our sport” since it presented a “clear risk” that “hundreds, if not thousands” of betting shops nationwide faced closure as a result. Continue reading...

Oct 28, 2026 - Sports

Report claimed two Welsh sides could join PremJoint statement said ‘resources focused on English clubs’Prem Rugby and the Rugby Football Union have stated they are committed to expanding the top flight with English clubs in response to a report claiming that two Welsh sides could soon join the competition.According to the report, the Welsh Rugby Union is in advanced discussions with Prem Rugby and the RFU over the possibility of turning the Prem into a cross-border competition. Continue reading...