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ESPN reported that its viewership for round one of NCAA Women's March Madness was the most consumed on record and was up 70 percent compared to last season.
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"If you're involved in the same group that decides who goes to the College Football Playoff and where they're ranked, some would say that's a road you cant go down."
"This was really terrible to see somebody paid for his opinion, respected in the profession, come up this short and be this wrong and this dumb on something like this."
"We look forward to honoring the content that moved audiences in 2026 and continuing the Gracies’ long-standing investment in the people who will shape what comes next.”