Category: Sports (en)

Ryan Reynolds owned 25% of the company Mint Mobile and it was bought by the company T-Mobile for a maximum amount of 1.35 billion dollars. This is a huge amount of money, and Reynolds’ part could help him with his desire to invest in the Ottawa Senators.

The deal will be formalized within the next year, and T-Mobile also gets Ka’ena Corp. and its subsidiaries, as well as its Mint Mobile, Ultra Mobile international wireless service and Plum wholesale brands.

https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1636015767740186626

T-Mobile believes it could “leverage Mint’ s leading digital marketing expertise as part of its expanded portfolio to reach new customer segments and geographies.”

Unsurprisingly, Mint Mobile founders David Glickman and Rizwan Kassim will remain with T-Mobile to manage the brands, which will be separate business units. In Reynolds’ case, he will retain his role as Mint spokesperson.

Moreover, via social media, Reynolds shared a video through which he exclaims about T-Mobile:

I only want the best for Mint Mobile customers. Think I’ve found it. pic.twitter.com/nSNmGKLmN2

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) March 15, 2023

The FIFA Council has finally approved the format for the 2026 World Cup, which includes 12 groups for the North American tournament. In total, there will be 48 teams.

The nations will be distributed in 12 groups of four, for a total of 104 matches between the group stage and the knockout rounds.

FIFA approves World Cup format for 2026:

▪️ 104 games
▪️ 48 teams
▪️ 12 groups of 4, 3 games played
▪️ 8 maximum games (up from 7)
▪️ Top 2 teams in each group plus 8 best 3rd-placed sides advance pic.twitter.com/2uHLLOC7Eo

— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 14, 2023

This increase in teams has been discussed since the idea of a 40-team World Cup was floated in 2013.

And it was in 2017 that the FIFA Council approved the structure for a 48-team expansion.

Since its birth in 1930, the World Cup has grown from 13 representatives to 32, in 1998, and starting in 2026, 48 countries will be vying for soccer’s biggest prize!

Soccer is becoming more and more popular around the world and the quality of the sport is improving, so this increase makes perfect sense for the future.

As the gap between the best and worst teams widens, the results could be uneven in the group stage and maybe even in the round of 16.

But no matter, the World Cup will expand to 48 teams starting in 2026.

New York Mets star pitcher Edwin Diaz tore his patellar tendon while celebrating his team’s big win (Puerto Rico) against the Czech Republic in the World Baseball Cup. A crushing 5-2 victory.

The visual sequence overwhelms us with emotion because the pain seems unbearable. To see Diaz break down in tears like that is also very emotional.

https://twitter.com/usatodaysports/status/1636425149405642756

This news is also terrible for New York Mets fans as they will be without their star closer for (most likely) the entire MLB season.

Following Diaz’s last out to close the game, his teammates immediately joined him on the mound to celebrate, and that’s when Diaz collapsed in pain.

The Mets’ organization said the 28-year-old underwent successful surgery today and will be out for about eight months.

Last year, Diaz had 32 saves and 118 strikeouts with an excellent 1.31 ERA.

Get well soon, Edwin!

Tiger Woods‘ last girlfriend, Erica Herman, with whom he has been for the past six years, has decided to sue the golfer regarding a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement (NDA) that she believes is no longer valid.

This type of agreement is signed by two entities and allows one of them to keep certain information confidential. However, in the case of assault or harassment, the validity of the contract would no longer hold.

At least that’s what the law says.

According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, the lady claims that Woods made her sign an “NDA ” in August 2017 and this said pact would now be wrongly applied on her.

Tiger Woods' latest girlfriend of about 6 years is taking the golf legend to court over an NDA she claims he made her sign … and she's citing a law that prohibits NDAs when there's evidence of sexual assault or harassment. https://t.co/axd3TIFVXP

— TMZ (@TMZ) March 8, 2023

The 47-year-old golfer is reportedly blackmailing his ex-girlfriend to keep quiet about their relationship by defending himself on the clause (the NDA) she signed almost six years ago.

Again, it should be noted that the NDA in question becomes unenforceable, under the federal Speak Out Act, if an argument surfaces that involves assault or harassment of any kind.

In short, Herman is looking for details from the court as she would be eager to share some bad experiences with Tiger Woods…

It doesn’t look good for Tiger, who is not responding to reporters at the moment.

Two NHL insiders, Kevin Weekes and John Buccigross, exchanged a few tweets last Wednesday and they quickly caught the attention of fans.

The nature of the tweets: they suggested that Gary Bettman and the NHL would be willing to open their doors to Atlanta and Houston.

No, once again, Quebec City is not part of the speculation!

👀 🤐.@espn @NHL @NHLNetwork @TSNHockey @DKSportsbook #HockeyTwitter https://t.co/g8aLnSVQgJ

— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) March 5, 2023

Obviously, some people have investigated to get the truth and this is the case of the informant Frank Seravalli, who contacted directly Bill Daly, Gary Bettman‘s right hand man.

According to Seravalli’s information gathering, the expansion project is not the NHL’s priority, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t listening to people who are showing interest, such as Atlanta and Houston.

Daly added that none of these cities are ahead of other bids such as Quebec City, Kansas City, Portland and Saskatoon, which are also cities that want to host an NHL franchise.

Nevertheless, according to Weekes, it looks like Atlanta has a head start, even though it lost its Thrashers in 2011, who are now the Winnipeg Jets.

By the way, could the former Winnipeg Jets, the Arizona Coyotes, come to Atlanta?