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2 days ago | sportico.com | Scott Soshnick |Kurt Badenhausen

The NFL will not replace longtime executive Brian Rolapp with one person, according to someone familiar with the league’s plan. Rolapp’s vast responsibilities will be divided among current NFL executives, per the source, who was granted anonymity because the details are private. Last week, Rolapp was named the first CEO of the PGA Tour. He spent more than 20 years at the NFL and had been its chief media and business officer since 2017.

2 days ago | sportico.com | Barry Bloom

When Buster Posey took over as president of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants late last year, he promised to rely on his playing pedigree as a three-time World Series-winning catcher to make the Giants relevant again. Sunday, Posey followed through on that promise. He obtained Rafael Devers in a mega-trade with the Boston Red Sox, giving the Giants a big left-handed power bat in the lineup for the first time since Barry Bonds finished his career with the team in 2007.

2 days ago | sportico.com | Lev Akabas

Of the 10 most improbable NBA Playoff comeback victories this century, the 2025 Indiana Pacers have three of them. But Indy, which faces the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday night in Game 5 of the deadlocked NBA Finals, has been defying the odds since before the season started. They are now only two wins from hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy, but BetMGM gave the Pacers 66-to-1 (+6600) odds to win the championship during the preseason, suggesting that their chances were just north of 1%.

5 days ago | sportico.com | Luke Cyphers

On the same day the U.S. men’s national team laid a 4-0 egg against Switzerland in a friendly, getting booed off the field at halftime of a fourth straight loss Wednesday, U.S. Soccer laid a big bet: that the organization can transform the sport at the college level and create a world-class minor league. The juxtaposition was stark. Off the field, U.S. Soccer is aggressively pushing boundaries.

5 days ago | sportico.com | Barry Bloom

BALTIMORE—Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal is everything you can ask for in a starting pitcher, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Thursday night at Camden Yards. What’s so special about the 28-year-old Skubal? “Everything,” Hinch said. “He’s an ace. Everything he brings to the table on any given night is either near or at the top of the league.