Dublin will host Ireland’s first NFL regular-season game when the Pittsburgh Steelers play at historic Croke Park in 2025, the league announced Friday, two days before the Chiefs and Eagles meet in the Super Bowl.

The Irish capital joins Madrid and Berlin as first-time hosts next season as the league expands its global footprint. It announced earlier this week that an NFL game would be played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia in 2026.

The Steelers have long-standing ties to the Emerald Isle and a partnership with the Gaelic Athletic Association, which operates Croke Park, the principal national stadium of Ireland. The date and Pittsburgh’s opponent will be announced this spring.

Pro basketball

Brown calls his final game at 91 >> Hubie Brown took his first college coaching job in 1968 and now at 91 is set to work his final game as a broadcaster, never stopping teaching the sport in more than 55 years since.

Brown will work ABC’s telecast of Sunday’s game between Philadelphia and Milwaukee, where he got his first NBA opportunity as an assistant coach with the Bucks teams featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson in 1972.

For the next five decades, he’d move from the coach’s box to the TV table and back, earning induction in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005 for his contributions to basketball.

Men’s basketball

Indiana coach Woodson won’t return for 2025-26 season >> Indiana coach Mike Woodson won’t return next season, the school announced.

The 66-year-old Woodson has been under fire most of the past two seasons because his teams have underperformed. Indiana did not make last year’s NCAA Tournament for the first time since Woodson returned to his alma mater for the 2021-22 season, and they could miss the 68-team field again this season.

Baseball

Flaherty, Tigers finalize $35M, 2-year contract >> Pitcher Jack Flaherty finalized a $35 million, two-year contract to return to the Detroit Tigers.

Flaherty gets a $5 million signing bonus payable on Feb. 11 pending confirmation of terms between Major League Baseball and the players’ association, and a $20 million salary this year.

His deal includes a $10 million salary for 2026 that would escalate to $20 million if he makes 15 or more starts this season.

Rengifo beats Angels in salary arbitration >> Infielder Luis Rengifo beat the Los Angeles Angels in salary arbitration for the second time in three years and will earn $5.95 million instead of the team’s offer of $5.8 million.

Rengifo set career highs last season with a .300 batting average and 24 stolen bases.

Soccer

Record January transfers valued at $2.35B >> Fueled by England and Saudi Arabia, clubs spent a record $2.35 billion on international transfer deals in a booming January trading period for men’s soccer, FIFA said.

The 5,863 international transfers — those between clubs in different countries that are processed by FIFA — also was 900 more than the previous highest, which was recorded last year.