By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Geographically dispersed Games are well on their way to becoming the norm, USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland said on Thursday, as the growing ​scale of the Olympics complicates infrastructure plans for hosts. IOC ‌of...

By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) - They say defense wins championships, and the two teams headed to the WNBA Finals, ​the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries, ‌led the league with three All-Defensive selections apiece on Thursday. A...

By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) - Attorneys for Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs filed a civil suit on Wednesday that seeks a permanent injunction to restrict access to surveillance video and other documents stemming from his ...

By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) - The College Football Playoff is nearing a deal to double its number of participating ​teams, going from 12 to 24, according ‌to rights holder ESPN. The new format would come into effect in 2027 and is p...

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The NFL is developing a tech platform geared toward flag football training, the league's senior vice president for global flag football Brian Flinn said ​on Thursday, as it continues an aggressive push into t...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Celebrated actor Al Pacino will receive a lifetime achievement award for his career achievements and humanitarian work next year, the actors' union SAG-AFTRA announced on Thursday. The American actor...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - For Austin Abrams, Disney's 20th Century Studios survival film "Whalefall" is about more than just a young man being trapped inside an enormous ​sperm whale. "I feel like what... drew interest for me...

By Prathik Jayaprakash and Anzar Mehraj Oct 14 (Reuters) - Netflix is laying off 6% of its workforce, or roughly 1,000 employees, in its biggest cuts since 2022, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters, as ​the streaming pioneer faces tough comp...

By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Actor and comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadcasters, was a ruthless predator who raped or abused six women to satisfy his voracious sexual appetite, prosecutors said on Wed...

By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Hollywood star Pedro Pascal said learning to play the cello convincingly for Tony Gilroy's "Behemoth!" was the most challenging task of his career, joking ​he would rather relive one of his most brutal ...