Expanded College Football Playoff’s unintended consequence: Rivalry games don’t matter
For all of the excitement an expanded College Football Playoff has created, there is at least one unintended consequence that ...
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The Browns gave Deshaun Watson what he wanted. Now they’re paying the price
CLEVELAND — To grasp how the Cleveland Browns spiraled into one of the worst teams in the NFL, it’s important ...
Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Ohio State, Notre Dame can give first 12-team Playoff storybook ending
ARLINGTON, Texas — And now, 15 thoughts from Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24 and Ohio State 28, Texas 14 ...
The Los Angeles fires are a human disaster long in the making
As the community of Pacific Palisades in the city of Los Angeles burned to the ground Tuesday night, LA Mayor ...
Cavs, Thunder show a new way forward in rebuilt NBA
CLEVELAND — The obscurity that blankets the two best teams in the NBA was shattered Wednesday night with one resounding roar. ...
The Giants are a franchise adrift, and John Mara has no clue how to get them back on course
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — John Mara is lost. That’s the only conclusion to come to after listening to the New ...
Jerod Mayo firing was as much about his command off the field as the Patriots’ play on it
FOXBORO, Mass. — As far back as July, when Jerod Mayo arrived at the practice fields out behind Gillette Stadium ...
Smart — not harsh — policing is the key to a safe and orderly city
If you’re familiar with the Broken Windows theory of policing, you may have learned of it, perhaps indirectly, from Malcolm ...
Trump will boost US energy with historic Cabinet pick
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be his secretary of Energy — and rare is ...
Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Rust Belt schools get their CFP revenge in quarterfinals
And now, 16 thoughts from an unanticipated three-day College Football Playoff quarterfinal bonanza.1. Let me start by acknowledging the awful ...
What is Labour’s case against a full, judge-led investigation into appalling ‘grooming gangs’ scandal and its causes?
Why no probe?GIVEN how keen it has always been on public inquiries, we have to wonder why the Government now ...
Fans should be encouraged to boo (responsibly). Nowadays, it’s the best form of expression
The New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills have played some exciting, compelling games over the years, going all the way ...
Penn State powers into CFP semis to carry Big Ten flag, while SEC no longer looks untouchable
GLENDALE, Ariz. — For about 15 years, the SEC ruled postseason college football, but so far in 2024 postseason games, ...
Joe and Hunter’s latest deceit: Letters
The Issue: Photos revealing President Biden lied about not interacting with Hunter’s Chinese associates. The presidency of our nation should ...
It’s time for the Patriots to fire Jerod Mayo and set sights on Mike Vrabel
FOXBORO, Mass. — Jerod Mayo’s walk back to the locker room was slow. It was an eerie evening here. Foggy, ...
Labout must lock up career criminals for longer, get them off our streets and crush crime
RIGHT now it feels like we’re living through a crime wave.People are living in fear walking down their high street ...
Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Don’t blame Playoff committee for first round getting out of hand
And now, 12 Final Thoughts from the first weekend of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.1. The first on-campus Playoff ...
Deshaun Watson and Donovan Mitchell: Cleveland’s 2 big gambles with very different results
They arrived within six months of each other, two stars summoned to Cleveland as franchise saviors and the final pieces ...
Jesus’s birth that we celebrate again and again tells a story of deep hope and wisdom for everyone
CHRISTMAS seemed to arrive even earlier than usual this year.A work colleague posted a photo of Newcastle shopping centre’s “How ...
College Football Playoff’s successful arrival proves sky didn’t fall — as so many said it would
In 1993, an 11-1 Notre Dame squad finished second in the polls to a 12-1 Florida State team the Fighting ...
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