The original Riyadh location raised familiar questions about Saudi Arabia's use of major sports events to improve its international image. It was then relocated to Los Angeles with 12 days notice after security concerns surfaced from fallout of the U.S. and Israel launching attacks in nearby Iran…

Major upsets have a strange power in sports. They generate emotion in people who otherwise wouldn't care — and in doing so, draw attention where interest was previously thin.

Smyth’s journey to the league was unconventional. After years of successful play in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), he got an opportunity in the NFL's International Player Pathway (IPP) Program in January 2024.

The premise was simple: a fun piece of content designed to drum up engagement from British or UK-based American football fans in advance of the Jaguars game against the Los Angeles Rams in Wembley Stadium. 

This 2025 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays is primed to be more than just a baseball showdown. This best-of-seven clash pits a Canadian team against an American team at a particularly heated moment in US-Canadian relations... and it’s hard not to see the geopolitical undertones.