📰🏟️ Battle of the Sexes
Plus: LIV Golf → LXXII Golf…
Good afternoon. Today’s edition is chock-full of top sports stories. Let’s get right to it.
1) Ohio St. leads inaugural College Football Playoff poll
The first CFP rankings of 2025 were published late last night…and it looks a lot like the AP rankings when it comes to the first several teams.
- The top-five rankings in the CFP poll were the exact same as Sunday’s AP poll—#1 OSU, #2 Indiana, #3 Texas A&M, #4 Alabama, #5 Georgia—but after that, they diverged a little bit.
- Last night's CFP poll is the first of five rankings that will be released before the official rankings come out on Sunday, December 7, to decide the 12-team playoff field.
2) Tennis’ “Battle of the Sexes” returns to the spotlight
Aryna Sabalenka, the #1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, will face off against men's #652 Nick Kyrgios in Dubai for a "Battle of the Sexes" exhibition match on December 28.
- The court will reportedly be modified to level the playing field between Sabalenka and Kyrgios, with the dimensions of Sabalenka’s side being 9% smaller.
- It represents the fourth “Battle of the Sexes” match in tennis history, with the most famous being a legendary 1973 battle where Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in front of ~90 million TV viewers.
3) World Series G7 was the most-watched game in 34 years
An average of 51.0 million viewers across the US, Canada, and Japan tuned in to see the Dodgers’ World Series-clinching Game 7 victory on Saturday, the MLB announced this afternoon.
- The US led the way with 27.4 million average viewers, while nearly half of Canada’s entire population watched Game 7 at some point (18.5 million viewers).
- Overall, the 2025 World Series featured the largest international audience in history.
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4) LIV Golf is switching to standard 72-hole events
LIV Golf—which was named after its shortened, three-day tournament style (LIV = 54 in Roman numerals)—announced plans to switch from 54-hole events to the standard 72-hole system starting next season.
- LIV officials say the change is aimed at getting the tour recognized by the Official World Golf Rankings, which would allow LIV players to qualify for majors and other top events.
- The tour will continue to run both individual and team competition elements.
5) Iconic halftime performer Red Panda is back in action
Rong Niu, better known as Red Panda, returned to an NBA court on Tuesday for the first time since breaking her wrist in July.
- Niu is a veteran acrobat whose bowl-flipping unicycle act has been a fixture of NBA, WNBA, and NCAA halftimes since the early ‘90s.
- Red Panda’s legendary performances have earned calls for her induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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