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Deadspin | Penn State G Freddie Dilione V transfers to Georgia Mar 10, 2026; Chicago, IL, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions guard Freddie Dilione V. (5) brings the ball up court against the Northwestern Wildcats during the first half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Georgia added its first player from the transfer portal this cycle when Penn State guard Freddie Dilione V signed with the program Thursday. Dilione led the Nittany Lions with 14.0 points per game, including 14.1 ppg in Big Ten Conference play. Across 32 games (15 starts), Dilione also put up 3.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per contest. In all four categories, he set career highs in his third season of college basketball. In 81 games (43 starts) with Tennessee (2023-24) and Penn State (2024-26), Dilione has career averages of 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. He joins a Georgia program that returns four players with at least eight starts — Blue Cain, Kanon Catchings, Marcus “Smurf” Millender and Kareem Stagg — but lost top scorer Jeremiah Wilkinson and big man Somto Cyril to the portal. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Penn #State #Freddie #Dilione #transfers #Georgia

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Deadspin | Penn State G Freddie Dilione V transfers to Georgia Mar 10, 2026; Chicago, IL, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions guard Freddie Dilione V. (5) brings the ball up court against the Northwestern Wildcats during the first half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Georgia added its first player from the transfer portal this cycle when Penn State guard Freddie Dilione V signed with the program Thursday. Dilione led the Nittany Lions with 14.0 points per game, including 14.1 ppg in Big Ten Conference play. Across 32 games (15 starts), Dilione also put up 3.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per contest. In all four categories, he set career highs in his third season of college basketball. In 81 games (43 starts) with Tennessee (2023-24) and Penn State (2024-26), Dilione has career averages of 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. He joins a Georgia program that returns four players with at least eight starts — Blue Cain, Kanon Catchings, Marcus “Smurf” Millender and Kareem Stagg — but lost top scorer Jeremiah Wilkinson and big man Somto Cyril to the portal. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Penn #State #Freddie #Dilione #transfers #GeorgiaMar 10, 2026; Chicago, IL, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions guard Freddie Dilione V. (5) brings the ball up court against the Northwestern Wildcats during the first half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images

Georgia added its first player from the transfer portal this cycle when Penn State guard Freddie Dilione V signed with the program Thursday.

Dilione led the Nittany Lions with 14.0 points per game, including 14.1 ppg in Big Ten Conference play. Across 32 games (15 starts), Dilione also put up 3.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per contest.


In all four categories, he set career highs in his third season of college basketball.

In 81 games (43 starts) with Tennessee (2023-24) and Penn State (2024-26), Dilione has career averages of 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

He joins a Georgia program that returns four players with at least eight starts — Blue Cain, Kanon Catchings, Marcus “Smurf” Millender and Kareem Stagg — but lost top scorer Jeremiah Wilkinson and big man Somto Cyril to the portal.


–Field Level Media

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Mar 10, 2026; Chicago, IL, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions guard Freddie Dilione V. (5) brings the ball up court against the Northwestern Wildcats during the first half at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images

Georgia added its first player from the transfer portal this cycle when Penn State guard Freddie Dilione V signed with the program Thursday.

Dilione led the Nittany Lions with 14.0 points per game, including 14.1 ppg in Big Ten Conference play. Across 32 games (15 starts), Dilione also put up 3.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per contest.

In all four categories, he set career highs in his third season of college basketball.

In 81 games (43 starts) with Tennessee (2023-24) and Penn State (2024-26), Dilione has career averages of 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

He joins a Georgia program that returns four players with at least eight starts — Blue Cain, Kanon Catchings, Marcus “Smurf” Millender and Kareem Stagg — but lost top scorer Jeremiah Wilkinson and big man Somto Cyril to the portal.

–Field Level Media

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Deadspin | LIV CEO claims ‘business as usual’ amid reports of demise <div id=""><section id="0" class=" w-full"><div class="xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0"><img src="https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/28173565.jpg" srcset="https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/28173565.jpg" alt="Golf: LIV Golf Riyadh - Third Round" class="w-full" fetchpriority="high" loading="eager"/><span class="text-0.8 leading-tight">[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Feb 6, 2026; Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA; Jason Kokrak in action during the third round of play at LIV Golf Riyadh at the Riyadh Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters via Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> </span></div></section><section id="section-1"> <p>LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil admitted the nascent golf league’s finances are “managed very tightly” and said structural changes are on the way, but he remained adamant Thursday that the league will not fold.</p> </section><section id="section-2"> <p>O’Neil was interviewed by LIV employees on the TV broadcast of the first round of LIV Golf Mexico City, a day after the Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was on the verge of cutting its funding for the league it helped launch in 2022.</p> </section><section id="section-3"> <p>O’Neil, who has been in the position for 16 months after succeeding LIV’s initial CEO Greg Norman, did not address Saudi Arabia or its funding in the interview.</p> </section><section id="section-4"> <p>“For us, we’re business as usual,” O’Neil said. “If you want to ask me if this business is tough, I would say absolutely. If you asked me if we’re managed very tightly, I would say absolutely. Can this be challenging? Absolutely, and that’s what we signed up for, not just me, you, everyone here that’s with us down in Mexico City. We signed up for this adventure, and it is the ride of a lifetime, or should I say, round of a lifetime.”</p> </section><section id="section-5"> <p>Both O’Neil and LIV broadcasters have poked fun at the report and the speculation that ensued. At the top of the broadcast, David Feherty called the reports “absolute nonsense” while Arlo White made LIV out as victims by adding, “It must be exhausting trying to will the LIV Golf league out of existence.”</p> </section><section id="section-6"> <p>As for O’Neil’s interview, he seemed to confirm that LIV executives met in New York this week while refuting the idea that they were “summoned” on an emergency all-call.</p> </section><section id="section-7"> <p>“I live in New York so it was easy to summon myself there, but it was a lot of reaching and grabbing for headlines and clickbait and stories,” O’Neil said.</p> </section><br/><section id="section-8"> <p>O’Neil hinted more than once at structural changes coming to LIV Golf, though it is unclear if that pertained to format, business structure or something else. LIV has already shed its 54-hole tournament format, moving to a traditional 72 holes in order to receive limited Official World Golf Ranking points.</p> </section> <section id="section-9"> <p>“How we go forward is what I’m really excited about,” O’Neil said. “I talked about some structural changes. They’re coming. You can ask just about the 50 people I met in Augusta (at the Masters). I rolled out the plan. We have one, and it is going to — it might surprise some people. But I will tell you, this notion of bringing teams to market, I had two calls this morning. This notion of do you have to raise money? Probably. This is business.</p> </section><section id="section-10"> <p>“But if we keep the trajectory going the way we are and the revenue growth going, this is going to be a really good business for a really long time.”</p> </section><section id="section-11"> <p>More than once, O’Neil touted LIV Golf’s global appeal. 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The good news for us is we know how to put on a show. We know how to grow the game. …</p> </section><section id="section-14"> <p>“We have the hard stuff good. But will there be a change in how we operate? Of course. I would have told you that last year and six months ago. We are looking to blend a version of LIV and the national opens, the great national opens around the world. We think they’re the most underappreciated, undermarketed, underdeveloped assets in golf, and the reason is it gets us on the ground to grow the game of golf.”</p> </section><section id="section-15"> <p>–Field Level Media</p> </section></div> #Deadspin #LIV #CEO #claims #business #usual #reports #demise

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Netflix is finalizing a deal to stream the NFL Honors ceremony in 2027, Front Office Sports reported.

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Netflix is reportedly “likely” become the ceremony’s exclusive broadcast partner following a ratings report estimate of 3.7 million viewers for the February 2026 primetime broadcast on NBC.

Spokespersons for Netflix and the NFL did not comment on the report.

Netflix continues to expand its relationship with the league. After airing Christmas Day doubleheaders in each of the past two seasons, multiple reports have said the streaming giant has acquired three additional NFL games during the 2026 season.


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The Portland Fire’s roster doesn’t include many big-name WNBA players.

One of two expansion teams to join the league this season, their roster is headlined by strong role players like Bridget Carleton, Carle Leite, and Emily Engslter, players who have never been primary options in the WNBA, and fought tooth and nail to make it.

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Thanks to a Sarah Ashlee-Barker game-winning putback layup, the Fire defeated the New York Liberty 98-96, toppling a veteran squad that boasts stars like Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones.

Important disclaimer: the Liberty have not been healthy to begin the season; two of their most important players — Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally — are both sidelined. Still, few would have predicted that the Fire, who fell to the Chicago Sky on opening night, would come away with their first win of the season on Tuesday against.

Bridget Carleton did everything she could to ensure it would happen. The 28-year-old was selected No. 1 overall in the expansion draft, and subsequently signed a 3-year, $3.75 million maximum contract.

Some scoffed at the size of that deal — she’d never before averaged double-figures, and while she was a strong role player for the Minnesota Lynx, she appeared to be just that: a role player.

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But the victory was far more than just Carleton’s doing.

The 22-year-old Carla Leite appears to be a rising star of her own. Leite showed flashes of potential in her rookie season on the Golden State Valkyries, but is already seeing more opportunities in Portland. She led the way with 21 points in the season opener, and followed that up with another 21-point performance on Tuesday, hitting 8 of 14 field goal attempts alongside 6 assists.

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Immediately, Ashlee-Barker’s teammates piled on top of her in celebration, while the fans at Moda Center went berserk.

A Fire team that didn’t even have players just a few months ago had toppled one of the most talented squads in the WNBA.

And, the fire they played with on Tuesday night suggested it just might be the first of many big-time victories in their inaugural season.

#Portland #Fire #won #game #perfect">The Portland Fire just won their first game, and it was perfect The Portland Fire’s roster doesn’t include many big-name WNBA players.One of two expansion teams to join the league this season, their roster is headlined by strong role players like Bridget Carleton, Carle Leite, and Emily Engslter, players who have never been primary options in the WNBA, and fought tooth and nail to make it.But on Tuesday night in Portland, as streamers inundated the stands, the roster’s relative name recognition didn’t matter.Thanks to a Sarah Ashlee-Barker game-winning putback layup, the Fire defeated the New York Liberty 98-96, toppling a veteran squad that boasts stars like Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones.Important disclaimer: the Liberty have not been healthy to begin the season; two of their most important players — Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally — are both sidelined. Still, few would have predicted that the Fire, who fell to the Chicago Sky on opening night, would come away with their first win of the season on Tuesday against.Bridget Carleton did everything she could to ensure it would happen. The 28-year-old was selected No. 1 overall in the expansion draft, and subsequently signed a 3-year, .75 million maximum contract.Some scoffed at the size of that deal — she’d never before averaged double-figures, and while she was a strong role player for the Minnesota Lynx, she appeared to be just that: a role player.But, in Tuesday’s win, the Fire’s Carleton vision came to fruition. The Canadian sharpshooter tallied a career-high 26 points on 9-16 shooting, hitting 5 of 11 three-point attempts, while also racking up 4 steals. In her 33 minutes on the floor, the Fire outscored the Liberty by 12 points.But the victory was far more than just Carleton’s doing.The 22-year-old Carla Leite appears to be a rising star of her own. Leite showed flashes of potential in her rookie season on the Golden State Valkyries, but is already seeing more opportunities in Portland. She led the way with 21 points in the season opener, and followed that up with another 21-point performance on Tuesday, hitting 8 of 14 field goal attempts alongside 6 assists.Leite’s most pivotal play came with just 27 seconds to spare, when she blew past Jonquel Jones for a clutch-time layup to tie up the ball game.Then, it was Sarah Ashlee-Barker who quickly became a franchise hero; the second-year forward corralled Carleton’s missed three-point attempt, and beat the buzzer with the putback.Immediately, Ashlee-Barker’s teammates piled on top of her in celebration, while the fans at Moda Center went berserk.A Fire team that didn’t even have players just a few months ago had toppled one of the most talented squads in the WNBA.And, the fire they played with on Tuesday night suggested it just might be the first of many big-time victories in their inaugural season. #Portland #Fire #won #game #perfect

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