Andrew Kerth Alabama plays at Kentucky on Saturday, September 12 at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. It is the first SEC conference game of the season for both teams and the opening night of the league’s new nine game conference schedule. WEEK 2 · SEC OPENER Alabama at Kentucky, 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, Sept. 12 · ABC … Read more
Oklahoma plays at Michigan on Saturday, September 12 at noon ET on FOX, the Big Noon Kickoff game. The Sooners opened with a 51-0 win over UTEP. Michigan needed a disputed second put back on the clock and a 47 yard Hail Mary to get past Western Michigan 13-12. WEEK 2 · BIG NOON KICKOFF … Read more
Both are quadrennial world championships, and they alternate so one arrives every two years. The World Cup is the bigger field at 16 teams and is run by FIBA. The Olympic tournament is smaller at 12 teams and sits inside the Games. Winning the World Cup earns direct entry to the next Olympics, which is … Read more
Teams accumulate rating points and never lose them. Every game awards points to both sides, the winner gets multipliers for opponent quality, playing away and margin of victory, and later tournament rounds are worth more. To stop the totals growing forever, every team’s points are cut by 33 percent before each major event. BASKETBALL · … Read more
Sixteen teams, four groups of four, and only the group winners get a free pass. Second and third place teams play a single elimination qualification round for the remaining four quarterfinal spots, and last place in each group goes home. From the quarterfinals on it is straight knockout. FIBA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP · FORMAT Win … Read more
FIBA Women’s World Cup games today, Sunday, September 13: Spain vs. Germany for bronze at 10:30 a.m. ET on truTV, then the United States vs. France in the final at 2 p.m. ET on TNT. Times, channels, semifinal scores and how to watch.
USA vs. France for the FIBA Women’s World Cup title, 2 p.m. ET Sunday in Berlin. Start time, TV channel, how both teams got here and the result when it is final.
The updated FIBA Women’s World Cup bracket: the United States beat Spain 76-66 and France beat Germany 86-64 in Saturday’s semifinals. USA vs. France for gold Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on TNT, Spain vs. Germany for bronze at 10:30 a.m. ET on truTV.
A naturalized player is one who obtained the passport of the country she represents after turning 16. Every national team may carry exactly one on a 12 player roster. The label has nothing to do with heritage or how long she has lived there. It is purely about the date on the document. BASKETBALL · … Read more
A player must hold the legal nationality of the country she represents. How she got that nationality usually does not matter, but when she got it matters enormously. The dividing line is her 16th birthday, and it decides whether she counts as a local player or against a team’s single naturalized player slot. BASKETBALL · … Read more