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🚨 Headlines
⚾️MLB media deals:MLBhas struck new three-year media dealswith ESPN, NBC andNetflixthat will run through 2028. Highlights include NBC getting "Sunday Night Baseball," ESPN landingMLB.TVand Netflix streaming the Home Run Derby.
🇫🇷 Football in France:The Saints will reportedlyplay a regular-season game in Parisin the next couple years, which will mark the league's first-ever game in France.
🎾Fed makes the Hall:Roger Federerwas elected to the International Tennis Hall of Famein his first year of eligibility. Truly shocking news, I know.
⚽️NWSL awards:Kansas City Current striker Temwa Chaŵinga became the first player to win back-to-back MVPs, Racing Louisville's Bev Yanez was named Coach of the Year, Gotham FC defender Lilly Reale won Rookie of the Year,and more.
🏈NFL QB headlines:Cincinnati's Joe Burrow (toe)was a full practice participantfor the first time since Week 2; Atlanta's Michael Penix Jr. (knee)is out for the yearwith hisfifthseason-ending injury since 2018; Cleveland's Shedeur Sanderswill make his first career starton Sunday.
🏈 Ole Miss, LSU or Florida?
Lane Kiffin's decision looms over all of college football, and it could come sooner than expected as the Ole Miss head coach very publicly flirts with both LSU and Florida.
From Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger:
Kiffin and Ole Miss seem mired in a staredown, playing out publicly enough to make it wholly unprecedented in the sport. After all, how often has the family of a sitting SEC coach, in the middle of one of the greatest seasons in his school's history, visited not one, but two towns of conference rivals as he debates whether to accept their open head coaching jobs?
That's what transpired on Sunday and Monday this week, when Kiffin's ex-wife and other extended relatives made trips to Gainesville and then Baton Rouge on planes that Florida and LSU sent to Oxford as part of their courtship of the coach.
Just a week ago, during a visit with him in his office, Kiffin sounded like a man genuinely torn, internally struggling with a difficult decision: Remain at a place that's brought you so much happiness and success (54 wins, a more healthy lifestyle, reuniting with his kids), or leave for a historic powerhouse you dreamed of coaching as a child (Florida and/or LSU).
On one side, there's this: "I'm happy every morning I wake up," he said. "I have two of the kids and their mom living here."
And then there's the other side: Kiffin acknowledges that he never grew up believing this place — Ole Miss, tucked in a tiny town in north Mississippi — would be the "final chapter" of his career, that he'd pass on big gigs to remain at a program that hasn't historically competed for championships (zero trips to the SEC title game since its inception in 1992).
Everyone's wondering. Everyone's asking. What Will Lane Do? WWLD? But no one truly knows, possibly not even Lane himself — known historically for his indecision about such moves.
"He's as unpredictable as his play calls," says one industry insider, a nod to Kiffin's mastery as one of the sport's best in-game play-calling wizards. "That's what makes him so good at calling plays," says another. "You don't know what he's going to do next."
Where it stands:Different reports this week have characterized the situation in slightly different ways, but the bottom line is the same: Ole Misswants (perhaps needs) an answer from Kiffinas soon as possible, and preferably before next Friday's Egg Bowl, so it can figure out what's next if he leaves.
⚽️ 2026 World Cup: Who's in?
The biggest World Cup ever kicks off in 203 days, and 42 of the record 48 participating countries havealready clinched their spots.
Who's in?Those 42 countries represent FIFA's six regional confederations in Europe (UEFA), Africa (CAF), Asia (AFC), South America (CONMEBOL), North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) and Oceania (OFC).
UEFA (12): England, France, Croatia, Norway, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland
CAF (9): Algeria, Cabo Verde (debut), Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
AFC (8): Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan (debut), South Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan (debut)
CONMEBOL (6): Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
CONCACAF (6): United States, Mexico, Canada, Curaçao (debut), Haiti, Panama
OFC (1): New Zealand
What's next:The final six spots will be determined via two playoffs in March. In one playoff, 16 European teams will compete for four spots. In the other, six teams from the other confederations will battle for two.
UEFA: Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Wales, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Romania, Sweden, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland
Intercontinental: Jamaica, Suriname, Iraq, DR Congo, Bolivia, New Caledonia
World Cup power rankings:Spain and Argentina lead the pack
✈️ NFL keeping tabs on supersonic flights
With dreams of permanent franchises in Europe, the NFL has quietly been monitoring the return of supersonic flight, WSJ's Andrew Beaton reports ($).
The Concorde, reborn:The Concorde (1976-2003) revolutionized transatlantic travel by cutting flight times between the U.S. and Europe in half. Nearly 25 years after its final flight, commercial supersonic travel is nearing a return thanks to companies like Boom Supersonic.
The NFL staged seven international games this season, and the goal is to eventually get to 16 per year. But if the league is serious about going global, the surest path is to make its teams global.
London is the most obvious choice to land an international team, and commissioner Roger Goodell has even floated the idea of a four-team European division. (Maybe London, Paris, Madrid and Berlin?)
One potential hang-up?Aircraft capacity. Boom's Overture plane is projected to carry 60 to 80 passengers, while NFL teams travel with close to 200 people.
Speaking of global expansion… Bidding for NBA Europe franchises is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2026 as the overseas league prepares for a 2027 launch. NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatumshared more detailson Wednesday at SBJ's Dealmakers conference.
📸 Through the lens
Oklahoma City —The Thunder rolled to another win on Wednesday, beating the Kings,113-99, to improve to 15-1. That matches last year's Cavaliers for the best 16-game start of the decade.
Wild stat: The Thunder are just the second team in NBA history to start 15-1 or better while winning at least 10 games by 14+ points. The first? The 1996-97 Bulls, who went on to win 69 games and a title.
Bologna, Italy —The host nationoverpowered Austria in Wednesday's Davis Cup quarterfinalto move one step closer to a historic three-peat, which no country has accomplished since the U.S. won five straight over 50 years ago (1968-72).
Italian domination: It's been quite a run for the Azzurri, whose women won their second straight Billie Jean King Cup earlier this year.
Storrs, Connecticut —No. 4 Arizona took down No. 3 UConn,71-67, to improve to 5-0 with three wins over ranked teams. Freshman Koa Peat (16-12-3) and senior Jaden Bradley (21-3-2) led the way for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, in Chicago: No. 11 Alabama handed No. 8 Illinois its first loss of the season,winning 90-86in the United Center (home of the Bulls) in the night's other ranked matchup.
Washington, D.C. —The Capitals erupted for seven goals on just 21 shots in a7-4 win over the Oilers. 20-year-old Ryan Leonard tallied his first career multi-goal game and veteran Tom Wilsonmoved into the top 10of Washington's all-time goals leaderboard.
Ovi's heating up: After scoring just three goals in his first 15 games, Alex Ovechkin has scored four in his last five, includingthis beautiful redirectin Wednesday's win.
📺 Watchlist: Thursday, Nov. 20
🏈 Bills at Texans
Buffalo travels to Houston tonight(8:15pm ET, Prime)for a matchup that pits MVP candidate Josh Allen against the league's best defense. Allen, coming off a masterful six-TD performance, faces a Texans team that is allowing the fewest yards (258.1) and points per game (16.3).
⛳️ LPGA Tour Championship
The season finale tees off today(8am, ESPN+; 3pm, Golf)at Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida, where the top 60 golfers will be competing for a $4 million grand prize — the biggest in women's golf.
Who to watch: World No. 1 and defending champion Jeeno Thitikul has won twice this year and finished inside the top seven in each of her last five starts. No. 2 Nelly Korda, who won seven times last year, has eight top-10 finishes but no victories this season.
More to watch:
🏀 NBA: Hawks at Spurs (8pm, NBA) … Atlanta has won eight of its last 11 games.
🏀 NCAAM: Memphis at No. 1 Purdue (6pm, CBSSN); Bucknell at No. 14 St. John's (7pm, TNT); Wake Forest at No. 15 Texas Tech (8:30pm, CBSSN); Rider at No. 2 Houston (9pm, TNT)
🎾 Davis Cup Finals: Czechia vs. Spain (4am, Tennis); Germany vs. Argentina (11am, Tennis) … The winners join Belgium and Italy in the semifinals.
⛳️ PGA: RSM Classic (8:30am, ESPN+; 12pm, Golf) … Georgia's Sea Island Golf Club hosts the season finale, where golfers are battling to get into the top 100 of the fall rankings to earn their full PGA Tour cards for 2026.
⚽️ Women's Champions League: PSG vs. Bayern Munich (3pm, CBSSN); Chelsea vs. Barcelona (3pm, Paramount+) … Two of four games to close out Matchday 4.
Today's full slate.
🏀 NBA trivia
LeBron James (2,561) passed Reggie Miller (2,560) on Tuesday for the sixth-most made three-pointers in NBA history.
Question:Can you name the top five?
Hint:Four are still active.
Answer at the bottom.
📊 Chart of the day
The top 100 most valuable sports teams in the world are collectively worth $554 billion,according to Sportico's latest valuations.
Included in the top 100:32 NFL teams, 30 NBA teams, 14 MLB teams, 10 soccer clubs, 9 NHL teams and 5 F1 franchises.
Trivia answer:Stephen Curry (4,116 three-pointers), James Harden (3,222), Ray Allen (2,973), Damian Lillard (2,804), Klay Thompson (2,732)
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