diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/FeaturedGameCard.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/FeaturedGameCard.kt
index bcb5bc4..7bfe706 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/FeaturedGameCard.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/FeaturedGameCard.kt
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ fun FeaturedGameCard(
                         bottomEnd = 16.dp
                     )
                 ),
+            isFeatured = true,
             onClick = onClick
         )
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/GameCard.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/GameCard.kt
index 7c7da7b..1f0cbcd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/GameCard.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/components/GameCard.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.draw.shadow
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.painter.Painter
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
 import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import coil3.compose.AsyncImage
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ fun GameCard(
     sportIcon: Painter,
     topCornerRound: Boolean,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    isFeatured: Boolean = false,
     onClick: () -> Unit
 ) {
     val cardShape = if (topCornerRound) {
@@ -116,7 +118,9 @@ fun GameCard(
                     Text(
                         text = team,
                         style = heading2,
-                        color = GrayPrimary
+                        color = GrayPrimary,
+                        maxLines = if (isFeatured) 1 else Int.MAX_VALUE,
+                        overflow = if (isFeatured) TextOverflow.Ellipsis else TextOverflow.Clip
                     )
                 }
                 Row(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/ScoreRepository.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/ScoreRepository.kt
index 43cce31..6e8dd19 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/ScoreRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/ScoreRepository.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.update
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import javax.inject.Singleton
+import com.cornellappdev.score.util.isValidSport
 
 /**
  * This is a singleton responsible for fetching and caching all data for Score.
@@ -45,34 +46,35 @@ class ScoreRepository @Inject constructor(
                 val games = result.getOrNull()
 
                 val gamesList: List<Game> =
-                    games?.games?.mapNotNull { game ->
-                        /**
-                         * The final scores in the past game cards are obtained by parsing a String
-                         * result from the GameQuery, which is oftentimes in the format
-                         * Result, CornellScore-OpponentScore (e.g. "W, 2-1"). Not all of the strings
-                         * are in this format (e.g. 4th of 6, 1498 points for women's Swimming and
-                         * Diving), but in this case, the cornellScore and otherScore parameters of
-                         * the game and associated card should be null, and as of right now,
-                         * null-scored games are filtered out.
-                         */
-                        val scores = game?.result?.split(",")?.getOrNull(1)?.split("-")
-                        val cornellScore = scores?.getOrNull(0)?.toNumberOrNull()
-                        val otherScore = scores?.getOrNull(1)?.toNumberOrNull()
-                        game?.team?.image?.let {
-                            Game(
-                                id = game.id ?: "", // Should never be null
-                                teamLogo = it,
-                                teamName = game.team.name,
-                                teamColor = parseColor(game.team.color).copy(alpha = 0.4f * 255),
-                                gender = if (game.gender == "Mens") "Men's" else "Women's",
-                                sport = game.sport,
-                                date = game.date,
-                                city = game.city,
-                                cornellScore = cornellScore,
-                                otherScore = otherScore
-                            )
-                        }
-                    } ?: emptyList()
+                    games?.games?.filter { game -> isValidSport(game?.sport ?: "") }
+                        ?.mapNotNull { game ->
+                            /**
+                             * The final scores in the past game cards are obtained by parsing a String
+                             * result from the GameQuery, which is oftentimes in the format
+                             * Result, CornellScore-OpponentScore (e.g. "W, 2-1"). Not all of the strings
+                             * are in this format (e.g. 4th of 6, 1498 points for women's Swimming and
+                             * Diving), but in this case, the cornellScore and otherScore parameters of
+                             * the game and associated card should be null, and as of right now,
+                             * null-scored games are filtered out.
+                             */
+                            val scores = game?.result?.split(",")?.getOrNull(1)?.split("-")
+                            val cornellScore = scores?.getOrNull(0)?.toNumberOrNull()
+                            val otherScore = scores?.getOrNull(1)?.toNumberOrNull()
+                            game?.team?.image?.let {
+                                Game(
+                                    id = game.id ?: "", // Should never be null
+                                    teamLogo = it,
+                                    teamName = game.team.name,
+                                    teamColor = parseColor(game.team.color).copy(alpha = 0.4f * 255),
+                                    gender = if (game.gender == "Mens") "Men's" else "Women's",
+                                    sport = game.sport,
+                                    date = game.date,
+                                    city = game.city,
+                                    cornellScore = cornellScore,
+                                    otherScore = otherScore
+                                )
+                            }
+                        } ?: emptyList()
                 _upcomingGamesFlow.value = ApiResponse.Success(gamesList)
             } else {
                 _upcomingGamesFlow.value = ApiResponse.Error
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/Sport.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/Sport.kt
index 54d682c..5e8fd07 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/Sport.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/model/Sport.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.cornellappdev.score.model
 
 import androidx.annotation.DrawableRes
+import com.cornellappdev.score.util.isValidSport
 import com.cornellappdev.score.R
 
 enum class Sport(
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ enum class Sport(
                 GenderDivision.FEMALE -> Sport.entries.filter { it.gender == GenderDivision.FEMALE || it.gender == GenderDivision.ALL }
                 GenderDivision.ALL,
                 null -> Sport.entries
-            }
+            }.filter { isValidSport(it.displayName) }
 
             return listOf(SportSelection.All) + filteredSports.map { SportSelection.SportSelect(it) }
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/util/GameDataUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/util/GameDataUtil.kt
index 985b9b5..a25e9ee 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/util/GameDataUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/util/GameDataUtil.kt
@@ -102,3 +102,12 @@ fun parseResultScore(result: String?): Pair<Int, Int>? {
     }
 }
 
+val validSports = setOf(
+    "Baseball", "Basketball", "Field Hockey",
+    "Football", "Ice Hockey", "Lacrosse", "Soccer"
+)
+
+fun isValidSport(sportName: String): Boolean {
+    return sportName in validSports
+}
+
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/HomeViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/HomeViewModel.kt
index 8ac4cf7..ee6159b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/HomeViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/HomeViewModel.kt
@@ -23,13 +23,20 @@ data class HomeUiState(
         get() = when (loadedState) {
             is ApiResponse.Success -> loadedState.data.filter { game ->
                 (selectedGender == GenderDivision.ALL || game.gender == selectedGender.displayName) &&
-                        (sportSelect is SportSelection.All || (sportSelect is SportSelection.SportSelect && game.sport == sportSelect.sport.displayName))
+                        (sportSelect is SportSelection.All ||
+                                (sportSelect is SportSelection.SportSelect && game.sport == sportSelect.sport.displayName))
             }
 
             ApiResponse.Loading -> emptyList()
             ApiResponse.Error -> emptyList()
         }
-    val upcomingGames: List<GameCardData> = filteredGames.take(3)
+    val upcomingGames: List<GameCardData>
+        get() = when (loadedState) {
+            is ApiResponse.Success -> loadedState.data
+
+            ApiResponse.Loading -> emptyList()
+            ApiResponse.Error -> emptyList()
+        }.take(3)
 }
 
 @HiltViewModel
@@ -72,7 +79,7 @@ class HomeViewModel @Inject constructor(
         applyMutation {
             copy(
                 selectedGender = gender,
-                selectionList = Sport.getSportSelectionList(gender)
+                selectionList = Sport.getSportSelectionList(gender),
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/PastGamesViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/PastGamesViewModel.kt
index 023b90b..84493d8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/PastGamesViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cornellappdev/score/viewmodel/PastGamesViewModel.kt
@@ -23,13 +23,20 @@ data class PastGamesUiState(
         get() = when (loadedState) {
             is ApiResponse.Success -> loadedState.data.filter { game ->
                 (selectedGender == GenderDivision.ALL || game.gender == selectedGender.displayName) &&
-                        (sportSelect is SportSelection.All || (sportSelect is SportSelection.SportSelect && game.sport == sportSelect.sport.displayName))
+                        (sportSelect is SportSelection.All ||
+                                (sportSelect is SportSelection.SportSelect && game.sport == sportSelect.sport.displayName))
             }
 
             ApiResponse.Loading -> emptyList()
             ApiResponse.Error -> emptyList()
         }
-    val pastGames: List<GameCardData> = filteredGames.take(3)
+    val pastGames: List<GameCardData>
+        get() = when (loadedState) {
+            is ApiResponse.Success -> loadedState.data
+
+            ApiResponse.Loading -> emptyList()
+            ApiResponse.Error -> emptyList()
+        }.take(3)
 }
 
 @HiltViewModel
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ class PastGamesViewModel @Inject constructor(
         applyMutation {
             copy(
                 selectedGender = gender,
-                selectionList = Sport.getSportSelectionList(gender)
+                selectionList = Sport.getSportSelectionList(gender),
             )
         }
     }