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What's in a Name? With the Washington Football Team scheduled to reveal its new brand identity next week, Morning Consult gauged NFL fans' opinions on nine names the franchise was reportedly considering in the late stages of its rebranding process. NFL Fans Voice Preference for D.C. Franchise's New Name

Top Stories​ Arizona State University is in advanced talks with the Arizona Coyotes to allow the NHL team to use the school's new multipurpose arena as its temporary home while it awaits the approval and construction of a proposed arena in Tempe, ASU's Chief Financial Officer Morgan Olsen confirmed. The school's new arena will only seat 5,000 spectators, making it significantly smaller than other NHL facilities, and Olsen said the Coyotes would be required to pay for "the addition of NHL-level enhancements." (PHNX) Formula 1 and Las Vegas-area officials and businesses are working out the details and logistics of bringing a race to The Strip, according to sources who said that an official announcement could come in the first half of 2022. F1, which has held its lone U.S.-based race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin since 2012, has already agreed to add a race in Miami beginning this year and reportedly wants to run the race in Las Vegas as soon as 2023. (Sports Business Journal) The congressional committee investigating the NFL's handling of allegations that the Washington Football Team fostered a "toxic workplace culture" will hold a roundtable discussion on Thursday, during which several former team employees will tell their stories and answer questions about their experiences. The hearing is scheduled to be held the day after the team reveals its new identity following an 18-month rebranding process. (The Washington Post)

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Draymond Green signs with TNT as potential Charles Barkley heir apparent Andrew Marchand, New York Post The three-time NBA champion with Golden State has inked a multiyear deal with Turner under which he will serve as an analyst, while he keeps playing. Green has long been viewed as a potential heir apparent to Charles Barkley on the "Inside The NBA" studio show. NBC's Peacock Tweaks Should Pump Young Blood Into Winter Olympics Anthony Crupi, Sportico Comcast earlier this month announced it will stream the entirety of the 2022 Winter Games on its Peacock platform, an all-inclusive offering that will replicate the linear-TV experience. According to the 8-K Comcast filed with the SEC, Peacock has amassed 24.5 million monthly active accounts, of which 9 million are paid subscriptions. Beijing 2022: NBC Sports Will Deliver Live 4K/HDR/ATMOS Primetime, Prime Plus Broadcasts of Winter Olympics for the First Time Jason Dachman, Sports Video Group For the first time ever for a Winter Olympics, NBC Sports will provide live coverage of the NBC broadcast network's Olympics primetime and Prime Plus shows in certain markets in 4K UHD with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and ATMOS sound. NBC moving EPL show to SoFi Stadium during Super Bowl week Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times NBC is moving its Premier League studio show from Stamford, Conn., to a set outside the Inglewood stadium for seven days of programming. The decision to take the program out of the studio was made in part to highlight the network's Super Bowl coverage, but also because of a demand for studio space at NBC Sports' home in Connecticut.

COLLEGE SPORTS AAC hopes to wrap up exit talks with UCF, Cincinnati and Houston by spring Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel UCF, Cincinnati and Houston accepted bids to join the Big 12 last September but are contractually required to remain with the AAC through 2024. All indications are that the three schools would prefer to leave in 2023. Pac-12 finances: As COVID whacks the budgets, Cal and UCLA experience wildly different outcomes Jon Wilner, The San Jose Mercury News Cal finished the 2021 fiscal year with a $3.5 million surplus, according to an audited statement of revenues and expenses. UCLA ended the 2021 fiscal year with a loss of $62.5 million. Pac-12 to begin hosting conference softball tournament championship in 2023 James Crepea, The Portland Oregonian The conference's nine softball schools will begin hosting a championship softball tournament beginning in 2023, the league announced Thursday. Secrets of the college football transfer portal: 'There's definitely tampering going on' David Ubben, The Athletic None of the coaches The Athletic spoke with on the condition of anonymity for this story oppose free transfers or NIL, but the two seismic rule changes have combined to create an environment they feel is untenable and, on the issue of transfers specifically, could end up hurting the careers of more players than it helps.

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