There will be a surprising winner of the college football national championship when Indiana and Miami meet in Miami Gardens, Florida in the College Football Playoff title game. The Hoosiers and Hurricanes started at No. 19 and No. 10, respectively, in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll and took very different journeys to reach Monday night’s matchup. Indiana blew through ...
Sean McDermott’s nine-year run in Buffalo ended Monday, Jan. 19, when the Bills fired one of the most successful coaches in franchise history after another heartbreaking playoff loss. The Bills’ decision to move on from the McDermott-Josh Allen era again reordered the NFL’s list of longest-tenured head coaches, as 10 teams have split with their coaches since the start of ...
With the NFL playoffs’ divisional round now complete, the conference championship matchups are replete with favorites and heavyweights. Yet it wouldn’t be fair to say that things have gone as expected in the postseason. The surprising developments certainly rolled in on Jan. 18, when the New England Patriots bested the Houston Texans 28-16 in a contest that featured eight turnovers. ...
The Syrian army’s rapid-fire conquest of important areas and towns previously controlled by the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), culminated on Sunday in a fragile ceasefire agreement with a stern warning from a powerful U.S. Senator and experts about the reported crimes of forces controlled by President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Jim Risch, R-Idaho., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Fox ...
C.J. Stroud struggled badly during the Houston Texans’ 28-16 loss to the New England Patriots in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. ESPN color commentator Troy Aikman believes that could bring about a moment of reckoning for the Texans as they look to get over the hump with their 24-year-old old quarterback. ‘DeMeco Ryans and Nick Caserio, they’ve got ...
The Denver Broncos won a playoff game for the first time since Super Bowl 50 in their 33-30 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills. However, they Broncos also suffered a brutal loss during the contest. Starting quarterback Bo Nix suffered an injury that will sideline him for the remainder of Denver’s playoff run. Nix has started the last 36 games ...
The Chicago Bears pushed the Los Angeles Rams to the brink in their first divisional round appearance since 2010. Quarterback Caleb Williams led a game-tying touchdown drive to knot the game 17-17 with 18 seconds to go. In overtime, Chicago’s defense forced a three-and-out, giving the Bears a chance to make the NFC championship game. On second-and-8 midway through the ...
AI-assisted summary A controversial interception in overtime led to the Denver Broncos’ 33-30 playoff victory over the Buffalo Bills. The play, where Ja’Quan McMillian took the ball from Brandin Cooks, was upheld after an automatic review. Bills coach Sean McDermott questioned the ruling, believing Cooks should have been ruled down by contact. DENVER – Was the pick legit? Even worse ...
For two Americans Abroad, their goals over the weekend had been a long time coming. Haji Wright and Luca Koleosho both ended droughts by scoring from close range, providing a welcome boost amid a difficult run. Elsewhere, injury concerns cropped up for other U.S. men’s national team players. Let’s kick off this week’s Five with two players who will feel ...
After meeting with President Donald Trump, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Friday that Venezuela will hold ‘free and fair’ elections ‘eventually’ as Nicolás Maduro’s vice president Delcy Rodriguez continues to rule the country after his capture. Machado did not offer a timeline for how long the current interim government would be allowed to rule, only that elections would happen ...