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LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier announces return for senior season; first-year starter was potential first-round pick

Nussmeier's return is huge for Brian Kelly, especially after losing Bryce Underwood to Michigan

CBS Sports - 9h

Trump’s tariffs are the opening rounds of Trade War II

Trade’s importance to America’s security and global standing shouldn’t be underestimated.

MarketWatch - 15h

2025 Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: First look at Head-to-Head (H2H) points shows Paul Skenes going in Round 1

It's also clear that Juan Soto's move to the Mets isn't bringing down his value

CBS Sports - 19h

First look at all four first-round games: X factors, key players and more

How all eight teams can win their first-round matchups.

ESPN - 21h

College Football Playoff format: 12-team bracket, 2025 schedule, dates, byes, first-round games

The CFP Committee will debut the first 12-team bracket on Sunday. Here's everything you need to know

CBS Sports - 1d

2025 College Football Playoff bracket: When first 12-team schedule begins, bowl games, championship dates

How the 11 games of the first 12-team College Football Playoff are set up

CBS Sports - 1d

College Football Playoff ticket prices: Notre Dame vs. Indiana has highest get-in price of first-round games

Tickets for SMU vs. Penn State are significantly more affordable

CBS Sports - 1d

Michigan DL Mason Graham, a likely first-round pick, declares for 2025 NFL Draft

Graham had seven tackles in Michigan's win over Ohio State.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

2025 NFL Draft Order: Updated first round picks, projections by team in Week 15

The 2025 NFL draft doesn't begin until April 24 in Green Bay, but we can begin looking at the likely draft order now.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Patel, Gabbard make rounds on Capitol Hill

Several of President-elect Donald Trump's team picks for his second term in the White House, Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, are on Capitol Hill for meetings with senators ahead of their confirmation ...

CBS News - 2d

College Football Playoff first-round games: How early weather forecasts look in South Bend, other campus sites

Three first round games could face below-freezing temperatures in the CFP

CBS Sports - 2d

Here’s the Bracket for College Football’s First-Ever 12-Team Playoff

The playoff selection committee awarded the final at-large berth to S.M.U. ahead of Alabama.

The New York Times - 3d

Five Champions Cup learnings from round one

BBC Sport looks at five things we learned from the opening round of the 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup.

BBC News - 3d

First 12-team College Football Playoff set, Oregon seeded No. 1 and SMU edges Alabama for last spot

SMU captured the last open spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff, bumping Alabama to land in a bracket that placed undefeated Oregon at No. 1

ABC News - 3d

Home teams highly favored in CFP first round

All four higher-seeded home teams opened as touchdown or greater favorites for the first round of the inaugural 12-team CFP, according to ESPN BET odds.

ESPN - 3d

College Football Playoff first-round schedule, betting odds: Oregon opens as slight national title favorite

Four teams have odds of +450 or better to win it all.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Grading the College Football Playoff Selection Committee's first 12-team bracket: How did they do?

Handing out the CFP report card on Selection Sunday

CBS Sports - 3d

Texas (vs. Clemson), Penn St (SMU), Notre Dame (Indiana) and Ohio St (Tennessee) will host first-round CFP games

ABC News - 3d

Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State are the top four seeds in the first 12-team College Football Playoff

ABC News - 3d

Bowl projections: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State headline first 12-team College Football Playoff

Projecting the first 12-team College Football Playoff bracket ahead of the committee's reveal on Sunday

CBS Sports - 3d

2024 NFL playoff picture: Projecting the 14-team bracket; Steelers, Ravens to square off in wild-card round?

Also, a look at every team's chances of getting in the postseason

CBS Sports - 3d

No. 1 Oregon outlasts No. 3 Penn State 45-37 for Big Ten title and 1st-round bye in playoffs

Dillon Gabriel threw four touchdown passes and No. 1 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 45-37 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship, giving the Ducks a first-round bye and almost certainly ...

ABC News - 4d

No. 1 Oregon beats No. 3 Penn State 45-37 for Big Ten championship and first-round bye in College Football Playoff

ABC News - 4d

No. 5 Georgia beats No. 2 Texas 22-19 in overtime for SEC title and first-round bye in College Football Playoff

ABC News - 4d

College Football Playoff bracket: Does Arizona State or Boise State deserve a first-round bye?

The first two conference champs to punch their ticket to the CFP are the subject of another debate

CBS Sports - 4d

Arizona State player's vicious targeting leads to ejection, first-half suspension for College Football Playoff

Sun Devils defender Shamari Simmons is key playmaker at nickel

CBS Sports - 4d

Romania's top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidate

A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the ...

ABC News - 5d

Donald Trump vs the media...Round 2!

How will Trump’s next White House deal with journalists?

BBC News - 5d

Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election

Ruling follows revelation of declassified intelligence alleging Russia ran online campaign to promote far-right outsider. A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s ...

The Guardian - 5d

Driving force behind Chargers' dramatic turnaround and likely playoff berth in Jim Harbaugh's first season

The Chargers are likely playoff-bound and here's why

CBS Sports - 5d

Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round

The move comes after allegations of Russian influence via social media on the first round of voting.

BBC News - 5d

Brock Bowers 'just a different cat,' Raiders HC says; a closer look at first-round TE's historic rookie season

Bowers currently leads the entire NFL with 84 catches in his rookie season

CBS Sports - 6d

2025 NFL mock draft: Former first-round pick has Cowboys adding elite playmaker, Travis Hunter landing in AFC

Travis Hunter unsurprisingly goes No. 1

CBS Sports - Dec. 4

Rams were shocked to land former first-round pick off waivers after the Commanders cut him ahead of Week 13

Emmanuel Forbes is headed to Los Angeles

CBS Sports - Dec. 3

Man United visit Arsenal in FA Cup 3rd round

Holders Manchester United will travel to record 14-times winners Arsenal in the FA Cup third round in January.

ESPN - Dec. 3

Matthew Stafford suffers lateral ankle sprain and Rams add former first-round pick

Matthew Stafford suffers a lateral ankle sprain in the Rams' victory over the Saints and the Rams add depth at cornerback with signing of former No. 1 pick.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 2

Romanian constitutional court validates first round of presidential race after vote recount

A top Romanian court has validated the first round of a presidential race in which a far-right outsider emerged as the frontrunner, plunging the country into a week of turmoil amid allegations of ...

ABC News - Dec. 2

Arsenal host holders Man Utd in FA Cup third round

Holders Manchester United are drawn away to record 14-time winners Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup.

BBC News - Dec. 2

Romania to hold presidential runoff as court certifies shock first-round result

Moscow-friendly ultranationalist Cǎlin Georgescu to face Elena Lasconi in vote that could upend Ukraine policy. Romania’s constitutional court has validated the shock first-round result in the ...

The Guardian - Dec. 2

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