The race to the 2025 NBA playoffs has been an absolute doozy. In the Eastern Conference, the top three seeds should remain ...

We're almost two months removed from the Philadelphia Eagles rolling to a historic Super Bowl LIX victory against the Kansas ...

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The World Series was the only playoff format. Second-place teams stayed home while the pennant winners competed for the ...

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The Detroit Lions are proposing a change to the NFL's playoff format that is long overdue. If it passes, no more rewarding ...

The chaos of realignment in college athletics has calmed, but every athletic director across the country is preparing for the ...

Magic rookie Tristan da Silva has quickly learned a major difference between college and the pros, and it’s not just the ...

The Green Bay Packers have formally proposed a rule change to ban the tush push and the Detroit Lions proposed that playoff ...

NFL teams have proposed three changes to playing rules, two changes to league bylaws and three changes to league resolutions ...

The high-powered Detroit Lions nearly had to hit the road to open the playoffs in January before winning their regular-season ...

The current structure of the NFL often results in teams with lesser records hosting playoff games, because every division ...