Foles, Matthews Join Netflix Studio for Week 1 Game

Netflix, which is expanding its NFL coverage to five annual games through 2029, confirmed on Monday that former Eagles quarterback Nick Foles and former linebacker Clay Matthews will host the studio broadcast for the Week 1 clash between the 49ers and Rams in Australia. Joining them will be host Elle Duncan and analyst Michael Irvin, with on‑field reporters Noah Eagle and Luke Kuechly, and former NFL Network host MJ Acosta. newsbetting.bond

If the collaboration proves successful, the same lineup may return for the remaining Netflix games, including Thanksgiving Eve, one of the two Christmas matchups, and the Week 18 Saturday showdown.

Cowboys TE Fant carted off with knee injury

Cowboys tight end Princeton Fant was carted off from Monday's practice after an apparent left knee injury. The 2023 undrafted free agent from Tennessee was unable to put weight on his left leg after being blocked backward into running back Israel Abanikanda during the team's first padded practice.

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Fant was scheduled for an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. The Cowboys have other tight ends on roster including Jake Ferguson, Brevyn Spann-Ford and Luke Schoonmaker.

Saudi Arabia Prepares for 2034 World Cup Amid PIF Sports Shift

Saudi Arabia, selected as the venue for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, claims full readiness to host 64 teams, highlighting new infrastructure and logistical plans. The move follows a shift in the Public Investment Fund’s strategy toward sports, abandoning its support for the LIV golf circuit and halting the proposed artificial ski tracks and luxury complex for the 2034 Winter Asian Games.

While football remains a Jewel in the PIF portfolio, the focus now incorporates sustainability, control and infrastructure-driven growth. Notably, Saudi football’s top‑tier club Al‑Kholood is owned by U.S. investor Ben Harburg, reflecting the country’s expanding international sports partnerships.

Jerry Jones would be "open to" selling a minority share of Cowboys to Mark Cuban

The man who once warned the NFL that "pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered" could be looking for a spot at the trough.

Via Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, former Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he's "open to" buying a piece of the Cowboys. And Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he's "open to" selling one to Cuban.

“That’s exactly why if you’re me, you would be open to that is because of the man,” Jones told Watkins. “I have all the respect in the world for him and I know what he did for the Mavericks and what he’s done for basketball. He’s in additional to financial boatstreams of your team, you want to associate with the highest quality of [a person] who loves the game and then also at the same time wants to do something about it. Mark leads the way in that.”

“I’m sure our Harbinger fund would be open to it,” Cuban told Watkins on the possibility of buying an interest in the Cowboys.

The Harbinger fund, however, isn't one of the private-equity funds approved to buy slices of NFL teams. Besides, Jones may want Cuban as a partner, not Cuban's private-equity fund.

The conversation apparently arises from recent comments from Cowboys executive Stephen Jones regarding the possibility of selling a minority stake in the team. But being "open to" the possibility and turning it into a done deal are two different things. Jones may want much more than Cuban would pay, for example.

Cuban made his prediction that the NFL was 10 years away from implosion in 2014. Since then, franchise values have exploded. And there's no end in sight.

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Earlier this year, Jones provided the best response possible to Cuban's pigs/hogs line: "When the ducks quack, feed ‘em."

The simple reality is that the ducks keep quacking, as loud as ever. And the pigs turned hogs will eventually grow into a new species that's bigger than any other porcine creature that ever walked the earth. And Cuban apparently had realized, as to the NFL, that if you can't beat 'em, feed 'em.

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Foles, Matthews Join Netflix Studio for Week 1 Game