Hilary Knight, Marie-Philip Poulin and their fellow U.S. and Canadian national team stars now have an idea of where they will be playing when the Professional Women’s Hockey League launches in January.

The new league unveiled its ‘Original Six’ franchises on Tuesday, putting each one of them in NHL markets with track records of supporting hockey and, specifically, the women’s game.

Boston, New York City’s tri-state area and Minneapolis-St. Paul were the U.S. sites selected as homes for the yet-to-be named teams. The Canadian franchises will be in the nation’s three largest northeastern cities of Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

There’s much to work to do — from the hiring of GMs, coaches and support staffs to holding a 15-round draft on Sept. 18 — since the PWHL was founded a mere two months ago after Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, the league’s primary financial investor, eliminated the competition by purchasing the assets of the now-defunct Premier Hockey Federation.

Each team will feature a 23-player roster, and is required to have a minimum 28 players for training camps, which open in November. Players have already ratified a collective bargaining agreement that runs through 2031 and features a salary range of $35,000 to $80,000.

The PWHL wasn’t prepared to announce the arenas in which teams will play.

The inaugural season will feature each team playing a 24-game schedule, which is expected to overlap with the women’s world championships in April, with the playoffs expected to run into June. Next year, the schedule will expand to 32 games per team.

Basketball: The Dominican Republic, Australia and Italy advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup. Ten teams have reached the final 16 with six berths to be determined Wednesday. Defending champion Spain, the U.S., Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Montenegro already had advanced.

College football: Coach Ryan Day announced that junior Kyle McCord with start at QB for No. 3 Ohio State’s season opener against Indiana on Saturday. McCord had been in a battle with sophomore Devin Brown to replace last season’s starter, C.J. Stroud, who was the No. 2 selection in the NFL draft.

NFL: The Colts didn’t trade RB Jonathan Taylor before the final roster deadline after not finding what they felt was a fair-value offer, ESPN reported. Taylor, 24, will remain on the physically unable to perform list as he recovers from ankle surgery, making him ineligible to play in at least the first four games of the season. The Colts’ next-best chance to deal Taylor could be before the league’s Oct. 31 trade deadline. ... Bills pass-rusher Von Miller will remain on the physically unable to perform list and miss at least the first four games of the season. Miller, 34, injured his right ACL on Thanksgiving in a game against the Lions.