Riot and Overwatch League both announced big news for their competitive leagues this week, but in very different areas. Riot is expanding their collegiate involvement with additional support to varsity-style teams, while Overwatch League will be testing out bringing their matches on the road. Meanwhile, Fortnite Season 7 launches - and we test out Jimmy's luck by opening a whole bunch of Rastakhan's Rumble packs.
Also today - Esports Awards Broadcaster of the Year Clint 'Maven' Evans joins us live from CWL Las Vegas to talk his incredible year and what to expect this weekend. Andreas Shicker of Logitech G breaks down the ongoing Shadow Project collaboration with McLaren to find the best racing gamer in the world.
American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.
Gewn Goldman got to be a Yankees' bat girl on Monday night at age 70 — a full 60 years after she was turned down because of her gender.
At the 2021 U.S. Olympic track trials, Sydney McLaughlin finally outraced Dalilah Muhammad to earn the victory, and the record, that Muhammad kept grabbing whenever they met.
The Tokyo Olympics are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes. Not for fans. And not for the Japanese public.
German soccer clubs are banding together to display rainbow colors during the country’s match against Hungary at the European Championship after UEFA rejected host city Munich’s plan to do the same.
he Supreme Court has decided unanimously that the NCAA cannot enforce rules limiting education-related benefits that colleges offer to student athletes — things like computers and paid internships.
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics.
A sharply limited number of fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics. The decision announced Monday comes as organizers try to save some of the spirit of the Games where even cheering has been banned.
The trend of removing sponsor bottles at European Championship news conferences was started by Cristiano Ronaldo. UEFA has now asked teams to stop it.
Sports remains one of the last things people are willing to watch live, which is making it lucrative for networks and streamers alike — and leagues are asking them to pay up.
