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NFL MVP watch 2020: Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes ... or someone else? Ranking the top five candidates

It's fitting that in a year where several NFL teams' playoff fates will be decided in the final game of season, the MVP race is culminating in thrilling fashion with late-year heroics that may ultimately define who walks away with the prestigious award. And entering ...

Wait, what did Mike Tomlin say? Deciphering the Steelers coach's (many) slogans

PITTSBURGH -- In more than a decade as the Pittsburgh Steelers' coach, Mike Tomlin's index of signature sayings has grown every season. And for the first time -- at least in recent memory -- he debuted a new one as he described the difference in his team ...

Johnny Manziel agrees to join Fan Controlled Football startup league

Johnny Manziel has agreed to resume his playing career with a startup league called Fan Controlled Football, he told ESPN this week. The league, scheduled to begin play in February, will feature 7-on-7 games where fans set rosters, call plays and interact in ...

Offensive Player Rankings, Week 17: Six players who need a fresh start in 2021

As a free agent quarterback back in 2008, I'll never forget the meeting I had with Tom Coughlin during a visit with the New York Giants. The first thing the then-Giants head coach said to me was: "How important is this to you?" That question stuck with me ...

Texas' Ehlinger leaves Alamo Bowl following shoulder injury

SAN ANTONIO -- — Texas has been tested all year, but losing senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger to a shoulder injury was an obstacle the Longhorns never anticipated. The same spirit that pushed the team through this entire chaotic season helped the ...

Duke women's basketball -- Many questions remain after Blue Devils cancel season

The Duke women's basketball team announced on Dec. 25 that it was canceling the rest of its 2020-21 season because of COVID-19 concerns. But questions remain about how the program made that decision and what's next for it and its players, especially ...

Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy says Tylan Wallace's limited Cheez-It Bowl action pre-planned to protect against injury

Oklahoma State senior receiver Tylan Wallace did not play in the second half of Tuesday's 37-34 Cheez-It Bowl win over Miami because the coaching staff wanted to protect their star receiver. Wallace, a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2018, caught six passes for ...

NBA: What to make of the new Golden State Warriors through four games

Steve Kerr sat down in front of the computer screen and tried to spin the kind of positivity that has been hard to feel throughout 2020. After watching his young team grind through an underwhelming 116-106 win over an undermanned Detroit Pistons squad on ...

No. 10 Iowa beats No. 16 Northwestern 87-72 in Big Ten game

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- — Fran McCaffery knows he doesn't have to tell Jordan Bohannon all that he has accomplished in his career at Iowa. Yet the Hawkeyes coach felt the to talk to Bohannon after his recent struggles. "Just to remind him how great he is, and ...

NFL Power Rankings, Week 17: Steelers back in top 10, Patriots hit new low

Is the Power Rankings gap between Kansas City and the rest of the top five shrinking? The Chiefs barely survived against the Falcons in Week 16, while the Bills, Packers, Saints and Ravens all romped in impressive fashion. K.C. might be in cruise control as ...