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Column: Major champions talk signature shots. And one that stands out to them 
Tiger Woods is not done for the year. Still to come is what he referred to as the “fifth major,” which is 36 holes at the PNC Championship with his son. Those other majors have long been in the books and still have lasting memories of shots that will be...
NCAA President Charlie Baker calls for new tier of Division I where schools can pay athletes
LAS VEGAS — NCAA President Charlie Baker is asking members to make one of the most dramatic shifts in the history of college sports by allowing highly resourced schools to pay some of their athletes. In a letter sent to more than 350 Division I schools Tuesday, Baker said he...
Buckeyes' McCord, OU's Gabriel, Oregon State's Chiles top names in portal as 30-day window opens
Ohio State’s Kyle McCord and Oklahoma’s Dillon Gabriel led a parade of quarterbacks into the transfer portal Monday, the first day of a 30-day window football players can put their names out in search of another opportunity. Oregon State’s Aidan Chiles, Boise State’s Taylen Green, Arizona State’s Drew Pyne, Baylor’s...
Heisman finalists: LSU QB Daniels, Oregon QB Nix, Washington QB Penix Jr., Ohio St WR Harrison Jr. 
LSU’s Jayden Daniels, Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., transfer quarterbacks who have played at least five college seasons, and Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists Monday night. The Heisman has been given to the nation’s most outstanding college football player...
Scottie Scheffler rolls to 3-shot victory in Hero World Challenge; Tiger Woods finishes 18th 
NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler has made great gains in his putting. Add that to the rest of top-ranked game, and he made it look easy Sunday. He closed with a 4-under 68 for a three-shot victory in the Hero World Challenge. Scheffler, a runner-up in the Bahamas the last...
The Orange Bowl is for the snubbed as Florida State, Georgia will square off ahead of CFP
MIAMI LAKES, Fla. — Florida State won every game this season. Georgia won 29 in a row, including back-to-back national championships, then lost by a field goal. And neither was deemed good enough by the College Football Playoff committee. A trip to the Orange Bowl is what two very angry...
College Football Playoff is set: Top seed Michigan vs. Alabama in Rose Bowl, Washington vs. Texas in Sugar Bowl
The final season of the four-team College Football Playoff turned out to be the most controversial with an unprecedented snub. Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama were selected Sunday, and Florida State became the first unbeaten Power Five conference champion to be excluded from the field. Michigan will face Alabama in...
No SEC? Unbeaten P5 but left out? Final 4-team College Football Playoff will be unlike any other
The four-team version of the College Football Playoff is going out with drama and controversy. Championship weekend created as many questions as answers for the CFP committee and the selections Sunday will be the first in the 10-year history of the system where the field is truly hard to predict....
No. 2 Michigan beats No. 18 Iowa for Big Ten title, likely to claim top playoff seed
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh celebrated his return to the sideline Saturday by hugging players and evasively running to avoid a Gatorade bath. Blake Corum and J.J. McCarthy were already reflecting on bigger goals. And when the confetti came streaming down over the Wolverines, they made sure everyone knew...
No. 4 Florida State beats No. 15 Louisville for ACC title, but could miss playoff at 13-0
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Florida State coach Mike Norvell said the possibility of leaving his unbeaten Seminoles out of the College Football Playoff shouldn’t even be discussed. It almost certainly will be. Florida State made things as difficult as possible on the CFP selection committee, using a dominant defensive performance to...
No. 8 Alabama knocks off No. 1 Georgia 27-24 for SEC title; both teams await postseason fate 
ATLANTA — Alabama is again the top dog in the SEC — and perhaps headed to the College Football Playoff — after ending Georgia’s 29-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory over the No. 1 Bulldogs in the conference championship game Saturday. Now, the big question: Is Georgia’s bid for...
Scottie Scheffler builds a 3-shot lead in the Bahamas. Tiger Woods is happy with his recovery 
NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler made two eagles Saturday in his round of 7-under-par 65 that gave the No. 1 player in the world another chance to win the Hero World Challenge. Tiger Woods will be around at the end but only to hand out the trophy. Scheffler was never...
No. 7 Texas bids farewell to Big 12 with title win over Oklahoma State 
ARLINGTON, Texas — Quinn Ewers and the Texas Longhorns are leaving the Big 12 with bookend championships and still hoping for a chance at the College Football Playoff. As for their fans, it was good riddance to the commissioner they felt was rooting against them. Longhorns fans heartily booed and...
Miami (Ohio) upsets No. 23 Toledo to win MAC championship
DETROIT — Rashad Amos ran for two touchdowns, Graham Nicholson kicked three field goals and Miami (Ohio) upset No. 23 Toledo, 23-14, in the Mid-American Conference championship game Saturday. The RedHawks (11-2) last won the MAC title in 2019 when they beat Central Michigan. It is the first time Miami...
No. 3 Washington rallies to beat No. 5 Oregon and secure playoff spot
LAS VEGAS — Michael Penix Jr. passed for 319 yards and a touchdown, Dillon Johnson ran for 152 yards and two TDs and No. 3 Washington wrapped up a spot in the College Football Playoff, beating No. 5 Oregon, 34-31, on Friday night in the Pac-12 Championship. The game was...
Tiger Woods putts into a bunker and loses ground in Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods opened with four birdies in seven holes. The closing stretch was another struggle Friday in the Hero World Challenge, which included a putt that went off the green and into the bunker. It added to a 2-under-par 70 that left Woods 10 shots behind Scottie...
Oregon State, Washington State, Mountain West agree to schedule
Oregon State, Washington State and the Mountain West announced a football scheduling agreement Friday for the 2024 season that gives the two remaining Pac-12 schools six opponents each and positions them to operate as a two-team conference for at least a year. All 12 Mountain West schools will be involved,...
No. 7 Texas seeks title, CFP chance in Big 12 farewell vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State
ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas won the championship game in the Big 12’s inaugural 1996 season and now will try to bid farewell to the conference with a bookend title. On the way out, the seventh-ranked Longhorns (11-1, No. 7 CFP) are the league’s last hope for the four-team College Football...
No. 1 Georgia hopes to stay on top vs. No. 8 Alabama in SEC championship game
ATLANTA — When Kirby Smart returned to his alma mater as head coach, Alabama was the top dog. Now, the roles are reversed. The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs are the two-time defending national champions and haven’t lost a game in nearly two years. Everyone is chasing them. Alabama included. “To...
Strong final kick for Pac-12 as Oregon, Washington meet for potential playoff spot
LAS VEGAS — For a conference just about on its last legs, the Pac-12 is having a heck of a final kick. No. 3 Washington (12-0) and No. 5 Oregon (11-1), two of the four conference teams ranked in the AP Top 25, meet Friday for an almost certain spot...
No. 16 Iowa embraces underdog role vs. No. 2 Michigan in Big Ten title game
INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa defensive end Joe Evans spent six years defying the odds. After one season as a walk-on linebacker, he switched positions, earned a scholarship in 2020, shared the team lead for sacks in 2021 and 2022, returned this year as a team captain and wound up earning third-team...
Florida State focuses on ACC title game vs. Louisville, not playoffs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Florida State wasn’t dominant against its archrival, but the No. 4 Seminoles were effective enough to remain unbeaten — and to pop back into the College Football Playoff’s top four. The No. 4 Seminoles are tabling those playoff talks for now with No. 15 Louisville on the...
Indiana Hoosiers agree to deal with Curt Cignetti as new football coach
Pittsburgh native Curt Cignetti learned the coaching profession from his College Football Hall of Fame father. Now, like his father, he’s about to get his chance on the big stage. The Indiana Hoosiers hired Curt Cignetti as their new coach, school officials announced Thursday. Shortly after the announcement, James Madison...
Bubba Wallace hit by depression following best friend Ryan Blaney's NASCAR championship
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It was 3:42 a.m. in North Carolina as Bubba Wallace’s best friend celebrated winning his first NASCAR championship across the country in Arizona. Wallace could have stuck around and partied with Ryan Blaney, but he instead flew directly home to sit alone in the dark. Wallace was...
Sanders wins Sportsperson of Year award from Sports Illustrated for starting turnaround at Colorado
DENVER — Deion Sanders reinvigorated a fanbase and put a downtrodden football program back on the map in his first season at Colorado. For that, the Buffaloes coach was named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated. It was a roller-coaster inaugural season as Sanders took over a 1-11 Colorado...


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