Author: Shawn Christopher

NFL

Vikings blow lead, but beat Bears in OT

The Minnesota Vikings did everything they could in the final half-minute of regulation to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. But – much like the Kansas City Chiefs did in Charlotte on Sunday, at a game happening at the

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McCaffrey out vs. Jets

Surprise, surprise, fantasy football players: The sure thing became the unsure thing just a little while ago. San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey, one of the league’s biggest stars, is out for Monday night’s opener in Santa Clara against the

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Texas' Jerrick Gibson scores on Michigan on Saturday, an eventual 31-12 win for the Longhorns over the defending national champion Wolverines. (Photo by AARON J. THORNTON, courtesy of GETTY IMAGES)
College

Texas crushes defending champ Michigan

So much for that, “Hey, I know they made the playoff, but Texas is in REAL TROUBLE when they go to Ann Arbor!” thing. Instead, it was the Michigan Wolverines, who looked absolutely nothing like the national championship team a

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey (above) promised at SEC Media Days in July in Dallas that the league would announce its tiebreakers, in the event of a tie at the top without divisions this season. The league made good on that promise Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by VIRGINIA HAGLER-LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
College

With divisions gone, SEC announces tiebreakers

For the first time since the year before Antonio Langham picked off Shane Matthews and sent Alabama to the 1992 national title game to face Miami (1992 Alabama vs. Florida), the Southeastern Conference won’t have divisions. No SEC West, no

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