Teamworks Acquires PFF's Enterprise Business, Cementing Position as the Leading AI Platform in American Football​

About Teamworks
Teamworks is the leading operating system for elite sports, trusted by more than 7,000 organizations worldwide. The company combines enterprise SaaS with proprietary data and advanced analytics to deliver intelligent products that power player evaluation, game strategy, performance development, and daily operations. By unifying workflows, video, and secure data sources into a single AI-driven platform, Teamworks serves as both the technology backbone and the intelligence engine for modern sports organizations.

Founded in 2006, Teamworks has expanded its data and AI capabilities through strategic acquisitions, including Zelus Analytics, Telemetry Sports, Sportlogiq, and PFF's enterprise business.

About Pro Football Focus
Since 2006, PFF has built the world's most comprehensive sports data and analytics database, relied on by top industry professionals and fans alike to power winning decisions. PFF analyzes every player and every play of every game to calculate player grades, in-depth performance stats, and rankings for the NFL, fantasy football, and NFL Draft. PFF is transforming sports strategy and decision making across fantasy, betting, in the front office, and on the field.



On March 30, 2026, Teamworks officially announced the acquisition of Pro Football Focus (PFF)'s enterprise (B2B) business. As part of the transition, PFF owner and CEO Cris Collinsworth will serve as an advisor to Teamworks while retaining full control of PFF's independent consumer-facing business.

Key Details of the Acquisition

• Segmented Sale: Teamworks acquired the data and analytics platform used by all 32 NFL teams and over 240 Division I programs.
• Independent Consumer Arm: The consumer business (including PFF.com, podcasts, fantasy football, and betting tools) was not included in the sale and will remain under Collinsworth's leadership.
• Ownership Stake: Collinsworth and PFF’s minority investors, such as Silver Lake and Western & Southern Financial Group, will become shareholders in Teamworks.
• Workforce Impact: Approximately half of PFF's employees were expected to move to Teamworks, primarily those on the data side, while others faced layoffs during the transition.
• Broadcast Integration: The split ensures that PFF player grades can continue to be featured on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, as the consumer media arm remains under Collinsworth's control.

The deal is reportedly worth more than $100 million, though specific financial terms were not officially disclosed.

Just sayin': Who knew Cris Collinsworth was the primary owner of PFF?

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Current offers- Penn State, Pitt, Akron, Wayne State

Ohio State is also showing interest.

Statistical Note…
-First WGH player to record two pick 6’s in a single season since 2001 (Rob Massucci)

Long family history of athletes…
-Father Alfie Burch played football at Michigan.
-Brother Elijah played football at Ashland & Mount Union while his sister Faith Burch played basketball at Cleveland State & Youngstown State.
-First cousin T.J. Burch is a standout at guard for Wright State.
-Cousins Daniel “Boom” Herron (Ohio State), David Herron (Michigan State), and Prescott Burgess (Michigan) all played in the NFL.

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With the off season upon us. I figured I’d start an interesting thread about the travel sports community at the youth level. Now I’ll admit, I personally don’t have a child under 12(my daughter is 25) playing youth sports. She did competitive dance and cheer, so it was similar. It just always baffled me how much this stuff costs for so few of them to ever earn a college scholarship and for many to even burn out by HS.

Parents are spending $1000s a year for 8-10yos is just insane to me. I have co worker who’s 10yo is playing travel soccer, and I’m talking out of state to FL, TX, NC, etc and he’s not even in MS! I don’t know how this helps or if this kid will even make a college roster as he’s playing year round(inside footsall in winter and outside in spring and summer). AAU bball tourneys have kids playing up to 9gms a weekend in their off season. So from April to July some kids are playing 2-3 games a day on the weekend, that’s an NBa season as a teenager! They all have become a racket, to where the majority of kids pays for the very few talented ones. And the kids who can’t afford to play and need development are being moved aside for the kid who lives in the suburbs and parents can afford every few imaginable.

Just sayin': In case you would like to remember and/or just read about the times Ohio State did make the Final Four.

Ohio State has made 10-11official appearances in the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four, with the 1999 trip vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Their most recent appearance was in 2012, with a storied history including three straight trips from 1960–62 and 1944–46, and a national title in 1960.

Ohio State Final Four Appearances:

• 1939: Lost in the Championship game to Oregon.
• 1944: Lost in the Semifinals to Dartmouth.
• 1945: Lost in the Semifinals to NYU.
• 1946: Lost in the Semifinals to UNC.
• 1960: Won National Championship vs. California (Coach Fred Taylor).
• 1961: Lost in the Championship game to Cincinnati.
• 1962: Lost in the Championship game to Cincinnati.
• 1968: Lost in the Semifinals.
• 1999: Vacated (Originally reached Semifinals under Coach Jim O'Brien).
• 2007: Lost in the Championship game to Florida (Coach Thad Matta).
• 2012: Lost in the Semifinals to Kansas (Coach Thad Matta).
  
  The Buckeyes have four National Runner-up finishes (1939, 1961, 1962, 2007) in addition to their 1960 championship title

Looking Back at Ohio State Basketball's 11 Trips to the Final Four​

It was considered quite the accomplishment to even make the NCAA Tournament field this year after Chris Holtmann's squad went 18-13 during the regular season but deep tournament runs aren't as scarce in program history as one might think.

Yes, Ohio State owns just one national title, coming way back in 1960, but the school boasts 11 Final Four appearances which is good for sixth-most in NCAA history.

For perspective, that's three more than both Indiana and Michigan and one more than Michigan State. (I'm, of course, counting the vacated 1999 Final Four but it happened, I saw it.)

With the 2019 Final Four set to tip-off this Saturday, here's a look at Ohio State's 11 trips in school history.

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THE FIRST EVER...​

Ohio State's first Final Four came in 1939 which also served as the first ever version of the NCAA Tournament.
Only eight teams were invited to participate, while the NIT hosted its own six-team field, and the Buckeyes did work beating Wake Forest and Villanova over a two-day stretch in Philadelphia to reach the title game.
In Evanston, Illinois nine days later, Ohio State fell 46-33 to the Oregon Webfoots in the title tilt as Jimmy Hull became the only Buckeye not named Jerry Lucas to win the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award. Interestingly, both came in losing efforts.
Harold Olsen's squad (who is a hoops legend you should read about) went 16-7 on the season and 10-2 in Big Ten play to earn a bid in the Big Waltz or whatever they called it back then.

THREE IN A ROW​

With coach Olsen still at the controls, Ohio State made it to three-straight Final Fours from 1944 through 1946.
Two-time All-American Dick Grate paced the '44 and '45 squads to Final Four trips leading both to 10-2 records in conference play.
With the field still just at eight teams, Ohio State beat Temple in Madison Square Garden to reach the 1944 Final Four but fell to Dartmouth, 60-53, the following day. The next season, Grate led the Buckeyes to a win over Kentucky vaulting them into the Final Four but two days later they would fall to New York University, again in Madison Square Garden, in a 70-65 overtime heartbreaker.
In 1946, Ohio State again made the eight-team field and won the first game, a 46-38 decision over Harvard, before again losing its Final Four match up in overtime, this time against North Carolina. The Buckeyes did go on to beat Cal in the third-place game.
Olsen hung up his whistle after the '46 season and his 259 career wins at Ohio State rank third on the school's all-time list behind Thad Matta (337) and Fred Taylor (297).
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No idea where else to put this but Buckeye sports are in a tailspin currently.

#25 Women's Lacrosse currently on BTN beating the dogshit out of Oregon at Jesse Owens field, 19-1!

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Who's next at UNC? Potential candidates to replace Hubert Davis, their priorities​

Hubert Davis is out at North Carolina, just five days after the Tar Heels' catastrophic collapse against VCU. After entering the season on the hot seat, a signature win against Duke in February and a 24-8 record seemed to have kept Davis safe from dismissal after entering the NCAA tournament as a 6-seed.

Especially given the season-ending injury to star forward Caleb Wilson, all signs pointed to Davis returning to Chapel Hill regardless of what happened in March. Then the Tar Heels blew a 19-point lead to 11-seed VCU in the second half of their first-round game, with Davis mismanaging down the stretch of regulation.

Davis' head coaching tenure at Carolina comes to an end after five seasons, a stretch that included a national championship game appearance in 2022 and an ACC regular-season championship in 2024.

So what's next in Chapel Hill?

When Roy Williams retired in 2021, the job was perceived to be among the best in the entire sport. After an up-and-down half decade, the question is whether that's still the case. Industry sources still consider Carolina to be the same elite, blue-blood destination it was when Davis took the helm in 2021.

"I think there's plenty of money if they want," one source told ESPN. "The history, the tradition, the facilities. No doubt it's still [at the top]. It's North Carolina."

"It's still Carolina, man," another said. "It's the brand."

The position comes with challenges this time, though. Longtime athletic director Bubba Cunningham is leaving his post this summer and will be succeeded by former NASCAR executive Steve Newmark. The department also faces the question of whether to renovate the Dean Smith Center or move the basketball team elsewhere. And with Bill Belichick in town, the football program is getting its fair share of resources -- and attention.

Let's take a look at which candidates could be on the radar, plus what they would be inheriting.

Who is up next?​

When Williams retired, North Carolina opted to keep it in the family, promoting Davis to the top job after nine seasons on Williams' staff. Davis, of course, also played for the program under Dean Smith from 1988 to 1992. It's unlikely the school will select another former Tar Heel this time.

Expect Carolina to take some massive swings.

Billy Donovan is expected to be at or near the top of the list. The Chicago Bulls head coach hasn't coached at the college level since 2015, spending the past 11 years with the Oklahoma City Thunder (2015-20) and Bulls (since 2020). He has rejected opportunities to return to college before, but he could be more open to the idea now that the Bulls are going to miss the playoffs. He led Florida to two national championships (2006 and 2007) and took the Gators to two additional Final Fours (2000 and 2014). One complicating issue with Donovan would be timing; the Bulls' last game is April 12.

Brad Stevens also wouldn't be a surprising target. The Boston Celtics president of operations hasn't coached at the college level since 2013, or in any capacity since 2021. But he led Butler to back-to-back national title game appearances in 2010 and 2011, then made seven trips to the NBA playoffs at the helm of the Celtics before transitioning into the front office in 2021.

Industry insiders also believe the best of the best in the college ranks are likely on the short list: Arizona's Tommy Lloyd, Michigan's Dusty May, Iowa State's TJ. Otzelberger, Florida's Todd Golden and Alabama's Nate Oats. Texas Tech's Grant McCasland could also be in the conversation. The Tar Heels could even gauge interest from UConn's Dan Hurley, like Kentucky (and the Lakers) did a couple of years ago.
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Just sayin': I think they should go for Dusty May.....

Ohio State Reportedly Hires Longtime NFL Pass Rush Consultant, Taekwondo Instructor Joe Kim to Work With Defensive Line​

Ohio State has added a longtime NFL assistant and renowned taekwondo instructor to its defensive staff.

Joe Kim, who’s worked for 11 different NFL teams as a pass rush consultant and skill development coach, has joined Ohio State’s staff to work with the defensive line, Lettermen Row reported Tuesday.

Kim spent last season at Illinois as the Fighting Illini’s skill development coordinator. He’s the second new assistant to join the Buckeyes from Illinois this offseason, following special teams coordinator Robby Discher from Champaign to Columbus.

Joe Kim’s Coaching History

In addition to more than 30 years of coaching experience at the NFL and collegiate levels, Kim is also a renowned taekwondo instructor. According to his bio from last season at Illinois, Kim “is recognized as one of the most successful taekwondo instructors and coaches in the United States, having produced over 250 black belts as well as several national and international champions.”

Kim, who worked alongside Ohio State defensive coordinator Matt Patricia in his last NFL job as the director of skill development for the New England Patriots, received high praise from former Alabama coach Nick Saban during a 2024 episode of ESPN’s College GameDay.

“He teaches players how to attack a source, how to use and read a body position for weakness and strength. He’s the pass-rush guru,” Saban said, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss.
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Seemed appropriate to create this thread.

Current projected roster:

SR (2)
F Devin Royal
F/C Josh Ojianwuna
G Jimmie Williams

JR (6)
CG John Mobley Jr.
CG Justin Pippen
G Curtis Givens III
F/C Andrija Jelavic
G Braylen Nash
CG Taison Chatman
G Gabe Cupps
SF Colin White
C Ivan Njegovan

SO (1)
F Amare Bynum
SG/SF Mathieu Grujicic

FR (4)
SF Anthony Thompson
F Alex Smith
G Myles Herro
C Vuk Lazarevic

I believe 2 scholarships are open at this time.
My projected starting lineup as of now is Mobley-Pippen-Thompson-Bynum-Ojianwuna.

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Buckeyes play Thursday in Greenville, SC. If they get past TCU the probable opponent is Duke in a Saturday game.

Buckeyes move on to take on the top-seeded team from Up North.

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Ohio State Reportedly Promoting Executive Vice President and Provost Ravi Bellamkonda to President​

Ohio State is promoting from within to replace Ted Carter.

Ohio State executive vice president and provost Ravi Bellamkonda will be the university’s new president, Sheridan Hendrix of The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday. His promotion will be formally announced by the Ohio State Board of Trustees during a public meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Bellamkonda has been Ohio State’s executive vice president and provost, serving as the chief academic officer of the university, since January 2025. Bellamkonda previously served as the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University.

Bellamkonda, who holds a Ph.D. from Brown University and also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at MIT, started his professional career as a professor at Case Western Reserve University and was later a professor and associate vice chair for research at Georgia Tech, a president of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the dean of engineering at Duke.

Bellamkonda’s promotion comes just three days after Carter resigned as Ohio State’s president. Carter, who had been Ohio State’s president since January 2024, resigned after the university learned that Carter had “an inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business.” According to multiple reports, the relationship in question was with Kristanhe Vlachos, the host of The Callout Podcast, who started an LLC in December that listed the offices of WOSU, a public broadcasting service owned by the university, as its headquarters.

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SmoovP said:

Arkansas has a lot to offer, even though it's been 14-15 years since we were really relevant.

A proud tradition: 1 NC, 1 Runner-up, a handful of Final Fours. Eddie Sutton and Nolan Richardson both had a lot of success here.

A rabid fanbase.

Outstanding facilities in Bud Walton Arena - a 20,000 seat house.

Plenty of money and the willingness to spend it.

And a Top 5 ranked recruiting class coming next year.

Mike Anderson is a non-starter. The hand-check rule has killed the 40 Minutes of Hell style of play. He hasn't had a lot of success at Missouri and he wouldn't come anyhow.

Some names that are floating around:

Bill Self (I know, but it's a persistent name that comes up)
Tubby Smith
Tim Floyd
Billy Gillipsie
Buzz Peterson
Mike Anderson (see above)

I can't get excited about any of those names, but I'd take Tubby if that's all I had to choose from.

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Arkansas to honor Nolan Richardson with statue outside arena​

Former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson, who led the Razorbacks to the 1994 national title, will be immortalized with a statue outside Bud Walton Arena, the school said Wednesday.

Richardson was on the court at halftime of No. 20 Arkansas' 105-85 win over Texas in the team's regular-season home finale Wednesday night when athletic director Hunter Yurachek surprised him and told him the school had commissioned a statue to commemorate his achievements.

Per the school's announcement, work on the statue is set to begin soon.

"Coach Richardson's impact on the game of basketball and our state is immeasurable," Yurachek said in a statement. "He represented Arkansas with a toughness and intense work ethic that endeared him to our fans while changing the lives of numerous athletes, coaches and staff under his direction. His '40 minutes of Hell' changed college basketball and led to the 1994 national championship that changed Arkansas and our university forever. Coach Richardson will stand tall outside the arena for the rest of time."

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Richardson and Arkansas were not on good terms when they divorced in 2002. But the two sides have repaired the relationship over the years. The university renamed the floor at Bud Walton Arena "Nolan Richardson Court" in 2019. Richardson praised Calipari's hiring in 2024 after he left Kentucky, and he has been around the program since Calipari's arrival.
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