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Auburn edges Alabama to remain No. 1 in AP poll
Auburn barely edged out rival Alabama to remain No. 1 and Florida jumped three places to give the Southeastern Conference the top three spots in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday. ,Auburn (21-2) earned 34 first-place votes to remain ahead of Alabama (20-3), which received 23 first-pla...
Stubbs: 5 Daytona 500 storylines to watch
The stars of the NASCAR Cup Series will once more descend on the birthplace of NASCAR for the 67th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday. Since 1959, the "Great American Race" has provided fans with thrill after thrill. Here are five storylines to follow during Speedweeks.,1. Twenty years of trying, Part 2?,...
Nick Sirianni: 2023 collapse fueled Super Bowl title run
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni, fresh off his first Super Bowl title, said Monday that he's "grateful" for the team's collapse late in the 2023 season.,Sirianni made the remarks in the aftermath of the Eagles' 40-22 dismantling of the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City ...
Ex-Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel named Ohio Lt. Gov.
Jim Tressel, who coached Ohio State to the 2002 national championship, was named lieutenant governor of Ohio on Monday. ,Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tapped Tressel to replace Jon Husted, whom DeWine chose to replace Vice President J.D. Vance in the U.S. Senate. ,"My criteria, No. 1, the most important thi...
Hornets sign F Moussa Diabate to 3-year deal
The Charlotte Hornets signed forward Moussa Diabate to a standard three-year deal. ,Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the Hornets in their Sunday announcement. Diabate had been playing on a two-way contract. He was set to become a restricted free agent after the 2025-26 season. ,Diab...
LIV golfers receive pathway to Open Championship
Players from the LIV Golf League now have a qualification pathway into the Open Championship, the R&A announced Monday.,The leading player in the top five of the LIV Golf standings at the end of June who is not already exempt will earn a spot in the 153rd Open Championship on July 17-20 at Royal Por...
Hawks G Trae Young named All-Star replacement
Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young was named on Monday as a replacement for injured Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game.,Young, 26, will make his fourth All-Star appearance on Sunday at Chase Center in San Francisco, where the new format features a four-team, thr...
Super Bowl LIX Viral Reactions: Kendrick Lamar Dissed Drake, Jalen Hurts Wins Ring
Here's Deadspin's social media roundup of viral reactions from Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, where Kendrick Lamar dissed Drake and Jalen Hurts won MVP....
Top Sports Events To Look Forward to After Super Bowl LIX
The Super Bowl is in the rearview mirror, but don't sleep on February's slate of sports, as these events will be must-see TV to round out the month....
Best NBA Sports Betting Picks, Predictions for Monday February 10th
Monday February 10th blesses us with 10 NBA games the day after the Super Bowl, so these are Deadspin's expert NBA betting picks and predictions....
Fab Five: Teams with strong chance at being Super next season
Drudgery from many outside the vocal and red-clad territory of Chiefs Kingdom sprouted over the prospect of Kansas City earning an unprecedented Super Bowl three-peat this season.,Not to worry. Someone else can hoist the Lombardi Trophy, after all, as the Philadelphia Eagles proved with a 40-22 rout...
MVP Jalen Hurts, Eagles find multiple ways
NEW ORLEANS -- Jalen Hurts was comfortable sharing the spotlight from September through January., ,But on the second Sunday night in February when it mattered most, the Eagles' quarterback stepped to the forefront and earned the Most Valuable Player Award in Philadelphia's 40-22 victory against the ...
FlyQuest takes lower bracket in Championship of The Americas
FlyQuest won two matches to claim the lower-bracket title at the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 1 in Los Angeles on Sunday.,FlyQuest defeated Team Liquid, and both of those teams have qualified for the Cross-Conference tournament, which will start on Saturday and run...
Travis Kelce sets Super Bowl catches record, but will he return to Chiefs?
Travis Kelce set the Super Bowl record for most career receptions, but now the focus is on whether he will catch any more passes.,The longtime star tight end of the Kansas City Chiefs is no sure thing to return to the club in 2025 as retirement talk has hung in the air most of this season.,Kelce's f...
Eagles, Chiefs, Ravens jockey for shortest odds for Super Bowl LX
Sportsbooks have not come to a consensus on the favorite to win Super Bowl LX next year.,After the Eagles' dominant 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in Super Bowl LIX, Philadelphia grabbed favorite status at BetMGM (+650) and DraftKings (+600).,But both the Chiefs and Eagles had the s...
Super Bowl notebook: Chiefs fall flat in bid for first three-peat
The Kansas City Chiefs were vying to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls.,Instead, they became the ninth squad to come up short while attempting to score the elusive three-peat.,Kansas City was the only one of those teams that won consecutive Lombardi Trophies to return to the...
Eagles stymie Chiefs, fly to 40-22 victory in Super Bowl LIX
NEW ORLEANS -- The Philadelphia Eagles earned their second Super Bowl championship in franchise history Sunday, using two first-half interceptions to build a 24-0 halftime lead and defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 at Super Bowl LIX in the Caesars Superdome.,The Eagles, who had previously won Supe...
Team Vitality claim IEM Katowice grand final
Team Vitality knocked out Team Spirit in three straight maps to win the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event in Poland on Sunday.,Vitality claimed the top prize of $460,000, which was revised upward from $400,000 over the weekend. Spirit pocketed $216,000 as the runner-up.,Vitalit...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz, Denis Shapovalov win titles
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain outlasted third seed Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to win the ABN AMRO Open on Sunday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.,It marks the World No. 3's first tournament win of the new year and his 17th ATP singles title.,In a tightly contested match, Alcaraz won two-...
Saquon Barkley breaks two yardage records for regular season and postseason
NEW ORLEANS -- Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley eclipsed two NFL records against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in Super Bowl LIX.,Barkley set a new mark for yards from scrimmage accumulated over the regular season and the playoffs on the game's first play from scrimmage.,Later on i...