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By Kevin Dotson, Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Saturday featured a trio of College Football Playoff (CFP) first round matchups. Oregon rolls past James Madison No. 5 seed Oregon had no real trouble getting past No. 12 seed James Madison, winning 51-34 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, in the final CFP game on Saturday.

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The fight that people could barely believe was real ended in a way that everyone expected. Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua beat YouTuber-turned boxer Jake Paul by knockout on Friday night, seemingly breaking the American’s jaw in the process. The predictable result in the ring stood at stark

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-five games into the 2024-25 season, the Indiana Pacers, returning Eastern Conference Finalists, had a 10–15 record and a slew of injuries. Star Tyrese Haliburton took the brunt of the blame — in one January article, published the day the Pacers finally crept over .500, The Ringer questioned his

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina and his two children died after a small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in North Carolina on Thursday, in a disaster which killed a total of seven people. Biffle, who is considered one of NASCAR’s 75 greatest drivers with 19

By Frank Nunns OConnell, CNN (CNN) — The Seattle Seahawks came back from a 16-point, fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Rams 38-37 in an overtime thriller on Thursday night to officially clinch a playoff spot for the first time since the Pete Carroll era. With both teams coming into the matchup at 11-3

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — Upon arriving at the James Madison University campus in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains in 1999, Jeff Bourne spied a 12,500-seat football stadium on a campus that only started playing the sport a little more than 25 years earlier. He somehow saw a future. He ignored the lackluster three-win season

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — As the calendar flips toward Christmas, the NFL kicks the pressure up another notch. Saturday games are back, playoff math is everywhere, and for many teams it’s simple: Win now or start planning January vacations. Here are five things to know heading into a pivotal Week 16. Packers-Bears: A

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Jake Paul facing Anthony Joshua in a professional boxing match is a scenario that no one could have ever seen coming even five years ago. Back in 2020, Joshua was still flying high at the top of the heavyweight division having won his world titles back off Andy Ruiz

By Starre Vartan, CNN (CNN) — When Olympian Tess Howard put on her new uniform for Great Britain’s women’s field hockey team in 2021, she felt something she hadn’t expected at the height of her athletic career: embarrassment. The compression tank top and short, snug skort were meant to be performance wear. Instead, the top

By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — The Pittsburgh Steelers eased past the Miami Dolphins 28-15 to extend their Monday Night Football home win streak to 23 and remain top of the AFC North with just three games remaining in the NFL regular season. In freezing 17-degree conditions in Steel City’s Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh quarterback

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) Summer Olympics have promised that there will be affordable tickets for the Games that start in less than three years time. On Monday, LA28 announced fans would be able to register for tickets from January 14, 2026 and that at least one

By Aditi Sangal, CNN (CNN) — Multiple human rights organizations are petitioning the National Basketball Association (NBA) to drop Dubai’s government-owned Emirates airline as a sponsor of the league’s in-season tournament, the Emirates NBA Cup, due to allegations of sportswashing. “The NBA is letting itself be used as a pawn to distract people from what

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler may have achieved a lot in his golf career already, but the American just keeps picking up more titles and awards. On Monday, Scheffler was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year after a string of impressive performances in 2025. The 29-year-old claimed

By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — The theme of the 2025 NFL regular season has been one of extreme unpredictability: Super Bowl favorites performing below usual standards, unexpected comebacks and breakout teams taking the league by storm. Those themes took center stage once again on Sunday as there were some thrilling matchups in the

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Fernando Mendoza’s remarkable season at the helm of the nation’s top-ranked team was rewarded with college football’s most coveted individual award on Saturday. The Indiana Hoosiers quarterback won the 2025 Heisman Trophy, beating out Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, and Vanderbilt quarterback Diego

By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The Indianapolis Colts announced Saturday that Philip Rivers has been signed to the team’s 53-man active roster ahead of a Sunday showdown against the Seattle Seahawks. The 44-year-old Rivers joined the Colts’ practice squad earlier in the week following a season-ending injury to starting quarterback Daniel Jones. Multiple NFL

By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — In the past three years, the University of Michigan athletic department: Chose not to renew the contract of its men’s ice hockey coach, Mel Pearson, after an investigation found that the program had a “toxic environment,’’ including pressuring students to lie on Covid-19 contact tracing forms and verbally assaulting

CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Fired University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore faces charges of a felony count of home invasion and multiple misdemeanors related to his arrest on Wednesday just hours after he was dismissed. Moore was charged with third-degree home invasion, which is a felony. He was also charged

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Fired University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore faces charges of a felony count of home invasion and multiple misdemeanors related to his arrest on Wednesday just hours after he was dismissed. Moore was charged with third-degree home invasion, which is a felony. He was also charged with

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — With the men’s World Cup kicking off in around six months, fans should be getting excited to go watch their national team play in North America next summer. But, after the latest phase of ticket sales was launched this week, doing so might cost them more than they had