NBA Power Rankings: Celtics and Clippers riding high into the new year

Ranking best NFL playoff games in wild-card round, plus Prisco's final regular-season Power Rankings

Here's everything you need to know about the NFL for Jan. 7

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Celtics vs. Nuggets odds, score prediction, start time: 2025 NBA picks, Jan. 7 bets by proven model

SportsLine's model just revealed its NBA picks and predictions for Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics on Tuesday night

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NFL Power Rankings: Where things stand entering the playoffs

The postseason is here, and 14 teams are in the field. Here's a look at who can challenge the champs, plus offseason glimpses for the rest of the league.

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NBA Power Rankings: Cavaliers-Thunder is a battle of the best two teams, but who's No. 1?

Cleveland and Oklahoma City are on pace to win 73 and 70 games, respectively, and will face each other for the first time this season on Wednesday night.

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Can Ghana's new president meet the voters' high expectations?

Yahoo News - 4h

NFL Power Rankings: Super Bowl picks still intact, but big misses on preseason top 10, Vikings and Broncos

Pete Prisco shares his Power Rankings heading into Week 1 of the 2025 playoffs and mocks himself for some preseason misses

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Women's college basketball Power Rankings: Utah reenters top 25 after beating Audi Crooks, Iowa State

The Utes are building an impressive resume, which includes an upset win over Notre Dame

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Ghana’s Mahama Resumes Power After Eight Years in Opposition

Yahoo News - 8h

FirstFT: US corporate bankruptcies hit 14-year high

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump reiterates ambition to buy Greenland and Wall Street’s top regulator steps down

Financial Times - 9h

US corporate bankruptcies hit 14-year high as interest rates take toll

Consumer companies such as Party City hit by persistent inflation and weak spending

Financial Times - 15h

Record year for wind power in 2024

Wind provided more electricity than ever last year across England, Wales and Scotland.

BBC News - 16h

Women’s college basketball power rankings: Is Maryland a Final Four team?

Conference realignment in women’s college basketball came into full effect this week. The theoretical matchups fans anticipated during the offseason are finally starting to play out on the court, ...

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Celtics vs. Thunder odds, line, spread, time: 2025 NBA picks, Jan. 5 predictions from proven model

SportsLine's model just revealed its NBA picks for Boston Celtics vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday

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Terror act shatters the New Year in New Orleans

Just hours into the first day of 2025, a 42-year-old Texas man purposely drove a rented pickup through a dense crowd of revelers on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, then opened fire on police officers. ...

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MLB Power Rankings: Where every team stands in the new year

Although there are still free agents to be signed, let's reassess the standings now that we're in the middle of the offseason.

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Mortgage rates inch up to start the year at a near six-month high. Will the housing market become more affordable in 2025?

The 30-year mortgage rate averaged at 6.91%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.

MarketWatch - 3d

DraftKings tests a subscription service as it looks to offset high New York taxes

DraftKings is testing the subscription service in New York, which is tied for the highest tax rate on sports wagering in the country.

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Houston Rockets vs. Boston Celtics: How to watch NBA online, TV channel, live stream info, start time

How to watch Rockets vs. Celtics basketball game

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U.S. Car Sales Hit a Five-Year High in 2024

Years of effort ironed out supply chain problems, eliminated shortages, but lower interest rates made the difference in the return to pre-pandemic sales levels.

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NBA Power Rankings: Knicks surging ahead of showdown vs. Thunder, Lakers climbing as LeBron turns 40

Elsewhere, the Cavs might be the best No. 2 team in the history of Power Rankings

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Celtics vs. Timberwolves odds, line, prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, Jan. 2 best bets from proven model

SportsLine's model has simulated the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Boston Celtics matchup 10,000 times and revealed its picks for Thursday

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How to watch Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Clippers: TV channel, NBA live stream info, start time

How to watch Thunder vs. Clippers basketball game

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10-year Treasury yield ends not far from 7-month high as new trading year begins

Yields on U.S. government debt ended little changed on Thursday, leaving the benchmark 10-year rate near its highest level since late May.

MarketWatch - 4d

How to watch Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Boston Celtics: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Thursday's NBA game

How to watch Timberwolves vs. Celtics basketball game

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U.S. dollar index hits more than two-year high as markets brace for Trump return

Optimism around the U.S. economy was in focus as markets reopened following disrupted trade over Christmas and the New Year's holiday.

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College basketball power rankings: Why Iowa State deserves to be No. 3 behind Auburn, Tennessee

The Tigers and Volunteers remain at the top as SEC play begins, while Utah State and St. Bonaventure join the power rankings

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NBA MVP Rankings: The top 5 contenders in the award race at the start of the new year

A lot has changed since the last time we checked in on the MVP race.

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Women's college basketball Power Rankings: Cal enters top 25 amid chase for best start in program history

Michigan, meanwhile, is trending down after consecutive losses to USC and UCLA

CBS Sports - 5d

Predicting NBA's next five years: Champions, MVPs, breakout players, trades, expansion, more for 2025-2029

This is what the second half of the 2020s will look like in basketball... we think

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Rangers vs. Celtic live stream, odds, pick: Old Firm prediction, TV channel, where to watch online, time, news

The heated rivalry never disappoints, and you can watch the action on CBS Sports Network and Paramount+

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NBA Power Rankings: Celtics and Clippers riding high into the new year

Our NBA insiders break down this week's Power Rankings and where all 30 teams stand heading into 2025.

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Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus the biggest offseason contract situation to watch

How high did the Raiders rise and how far did the Texans fall in our Week 18 Power Rankings?

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Cruise ship stomach bug illnesses hit 12-year high: CDC

Cruise ships saw the highest number of stomach bug illnesses since 2012 with 16 outbreaks that impacted 1,894 passengers.

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Threadbare facilities, high mortality, cats in the corridors: the realities of life for new Rohingya mothers in Cox’s Bazar

In the world’s largest refugee site, a lack of healthcare coupled with rising gang violence makes the journey to motherhood a perilous one. Photographs by Thomas Cristofoletti/Ruom for the ...

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