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Without Egor Demin, BYU renews rivalry with Wyoming
BYU will rekindle an old rivalry against former conference foe Wyoming on Saturday with Egor Demin sidelined for a second consecutive game.,Demin -- a projected lottery pick in the 2025 NBA Draft -- suffered a knee contusion against Providence on Dec. 3 and missed the Cougars' 95-67 victory over Fre...

Georgia rides hot streak into Atlanta to face Grand Canyon
Looking to extend the program's best start to a season since 2006-07, Georgia faces Grand Canyon in Atlanta on Saturday.,The Bulldogs (8-1) have won three in a row, but they haven't played since Dec. 3, when they earned a 69-48 home win over Notre Dame as part of the SEC/ACC Challenge.,Keying Georgi...
Juan Soto’s $765M Deal Raises the Question: Where Does It Stop?
Juan Soto’s $765M deal with the New York Mets sets a new record in pro sports, but does it highlight a growing culture of greed in professional athletics?...
AJ Dybantsa to BYU Shows NIL Is Out of Control in College Sports
Projected 2026 NBA Draft No. 1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa signed with the BYU Cougars on First Take, proving that NIL is out of control in the landscape of college sports....

Playoff Picture: Texans, Steelers can clinch spots Sunday
Two more AFC teams can clinch playoff spots on Sunday, but there's more math than meets the eye in the NFC. ,The pecking order in the AFC is not fully established but the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs (12-1) opened up a two-game advantage on AFC East champion Buffalo (10-3) with the Bills' lo...
Georgia’s Playoff Hopes Dim as Carson Beck’s Injury Forces Unproven Gunner Stockton into Spotlight
Georgia’s College Football Playoff run faces uncertainty after Carson Beck's injury, thrusting untested Gunner Stockton into the spotlight....
Predicting the Entire College Football Playoff, Start To Finish
The College Football Playoff bracket is officially set. So we gave our entire prediction of how the entire playoff will unfold, with the Oregon Ducks as an early favorite....
Juan Soto’s $765 Million Contract With New York Mets Is Everything That’s Wrong With Baseball
Congratulations to Juan Soto for signing a $765 million deal with the New York Mets, but this massive signing is everything that's wrong with baseball....

College Football Playoff field: What went right, what went wrong
After a thrilling conference championship Saturday and a drawn-out reveal show Sunday, the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff field is set.,The first true tournament in FBS history has plenty to love -- and elements to loathe.,What Went Right: Unique opening-round matchups,Whether the first ...

College Football Playoff betting guide: First-round odds, title favorites
Sunday's inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff bracket reveal officially set the stage for the most anticipated postseason the sport has ever seen. ,Eight more spots in the playoff field have created two extra rounds to determine a national champion, which could come from the Big Ten, the South...

Meet the 12 CFP Title Contenders: No. 8 Ohio State
8. Ohio State Buckeyes,10-2 (7-2 Big Ten regular season),What's next: First round vs. No. 9 Tennessee,Head coach: Ryan Day (Sixth season; 66-10 overall),About Day: The 45-year-old was a quarterback at the University of New Hampshire from 1998-2001 when Chip Kelly, now the offensive coordinator at Oh...

Meet the 12 CFP Title Contenders: No. 7 Notre Dame
7. Notre Dame,11-1,What's next: vs. No. 10 Indiana, Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ET,Head coach: Marcus Freeman (third season, 30-9 overall),About Freeman: An All-Big Ten linebacker at Ohio State, Freeman was hired as defensive coordinator of the Fighting Irish in 2021 and elevated to the top spot 11 months later...

'Quite a debate': Alabama, Miami first teams out of CFP field
Getting whipped by a downtrodden Oklahoma squad came back to haunt Alabama. So did a historic loss to Vanderbilt.,That's because the Crimson Tide (9-3) were passed over for the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff when the selections were announced on Sunday.,Alabama appeared in good shape to ...

SMU in, Alabama left out of College Football Playoff
When this college football season began, who envisioned the first 12-team College Football Playoff featuring byes to Boise State and Arizona State while waving bye-bye to 18-time national champion Alabama?,Oregon, Georgia, Mountain West titlist Boise State and Big 12 champ Arizona State secured the ...

Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State top CFP seeds
Oregon is the No. 1 seed in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, as expected, followed by Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State.,The CFP selection committee unveiled the field of 12, with the first four spots assured of going to conference champions, on Sunday afternoon, with the discus...
Ryan Day’s Ohio State Buckeyes Stagger Into Playoffs With Redemption as Only Lifeline
Ohio State's only path at redemption against Michigan is winning the National Championship this season, which seems unlikely unless Ryan Day can convince his team to win....
Shake-Up in the NBA Cup: Six New Teams Hit the Quarterfinal Stage
The 2024 NBA Cup knockout round features six new teams in the quarterfinals, with the Bucks, Knicks, and star-studded matchups highlighting the race to Las Vegas....
Slumping New York Rangers Don’t Require Drastic Move
There's no denying that the New York Rangers are in a funk, but they don't need to fire a coach or make a big trade to right the ship moving forward....

CFP rankings: Alabama in position for final playoff bid
The picture is getting a little clearer for the first edition of the 12-team College Football Playoff.,Tuesday's rankings reveal placed Alabama (9-3) at No. 11, ahead of No. 12 Miami (10-2) and No. 13 Ole Miss (9-3), and the Crimson Tide are in position to receive the final spot in the playoff field...

NFL playoff standings, big picture entering Week 14
All eyes are on the NFC North pecking order with a Thursday showdown between the Lions and Packers in Detroit kicking off Week 14. ,The Lions (11-1) already registered a win over Green Bay (9-3) at Lambeau Field and begin their second pass through the division with a 3-0 record in the North. The Vik...