Author: Tim Runn

After routing their respective semifinal opponents Friday, the No. 1 seed Alabama Crimson Tide (13-1) and No. 3 seed Georgia Bulldogs (13-1) will play for the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, Jan. 10, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The two powerhouses last met, of course, just four weeks ago in the SEC Championship Game. Georgia, which lost that battle, rebounded in resounding fashion versus No. 2 seed Michigan on New Year’s Eve. The Bulldogs scored on their first five possessions and stifled the Big Ten champs’ vaunted rushing attack in a 34-11 triumph in the…

Through 3 QuartersThe Los Angeles Lakers were expected to win this one, and they are just one quarter away from fulfilling that expectation. After three quarters it’s looking more and more like their high-powered offense is just too much for the Portland Trail Blazers as the Lakers lead 101-77. Los Angeles has been led by small forward LeBron James, who so far has posted a double-double on 36 points and 13 rebounds in addition to four assists. LBJ is close to surpassing his season high of 39. One thing to keep an eye out for is Stanley Johnson’s foul situation…

It took 99 races before Chase Elliott scored his first career NASCAR Cup victory on Aug. 5, 2018, at Watkins Glen International.Elliott led 52 laps, including the final 34, and finished a startling seven seconds in front of second-place Martin Truex Jr. that day.Chase Elliott won the Xfinity Series championship in 2014, becoming, at 18, the youngest driver to win a major NASCAR title.Chase Elliott could count the close calls as they stacked up in the early years of his NASCAR Cup career.And, if he wasn’t counting, other people were.In 2016, his first full season at stock car racing’s top…

See ya 2021! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Let the new year commence! There’s so much to look forward to prospect-wise as we turn the calendar to 2022. We here at MLB Pipeline want to wish all of you a happy new year by taking a look at a prospect for each team we can’t wait to see make his big league debut in the coming season. Cheers! Blue Jays: Gabriel Moreno, C (No. 1, MLB No. 32)An easy one here. There’s a case to be made that Moreno was on track to make a…

We hope our annual tradition of spotlighting the best portraits Golf Digest has run the previous year is something you’ve come to look forward to. We sure enjoy the chance to glance back at what’s come to life in our pages from the talented network of photographers we employ. We’ll begin our look back with this image from Dustin Johnson from our Masters Preview (Issue 3). • • • The conventional wisdom on Dustin Johnson, 36, goes something like this: He doesn’t say much, so he must not be very intelligent. When asked at last year’s Masters about his favorite…

Story Links Wheeling, W. Va. – The last few seasons have been filled with trials and tribulations for everyone, and that has been no different here at Wheeling University. The coaches, student-athletes, and administration have fought through many challenges surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic to allow our teams to compete day in and day out in a safe manner. Despite all the trials, there have been several highlight moments throughout the 2021 season as Wheeling continues to push forward and uphold the university’s mission of Life, Leadership, and Service with and among others. All 19 varsity sports were in action this…

New Delhi: Chetan Sharma, India’s chief selector, on Friday quashed rumours of a rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, saying that things are absolutely fine between the two stars of Indian cricket.There were reports of a rift between Kohli and Rohit since the former was sacked from the ODI captaincy and replaced by the latter. However, while addressing a virtual press conference to announce India’s ODI squad for South Africa, the chief selector cleared the air.Asked if they planned to have Kohli and Rohit sit down to iron things out, Chetan said, “But about what? Things are absolutely fine.…

By Charles Brun: Tyson Fury took to social media on Friday to hint about his next fight in 2022, referring to himself as the “Saudi Arabian King.” If Fury is fighting in Saudi Arabia next, Dillian Whyte could be out of luck. WBC heavyweight champion Fury’s mention of Saudi Arabia could be interpreted as meaning that his next fight will be in that country, and it likely WON’T be against his mandatory Whyte. It’s not looking at all good for Whyte now that Fury is talking about fighting in Saudi Arabia because that’s not a big enough match-up to be…

Former world No. 3 Pam Shriver thinks it will take one more year before we get a clearer picture of what Emma Raducanu’s consistency level is going to be. Raducanu, 19, put up an astonishing run at this past US Open to become the first qualifier in tennis history to win a Grand Slam. “I think 2022 is going to continue to be a challenge for her. I think it’s going to be 2023 when we have a clearer idea of what her consistency level is going to be. I might be wrong, but it was such a sudden, unnatural…

NHL senior executive vice president Colin Campbell says the league would like to try to preserve as many full-capacity home games as possible for Canadian fans, but acknowledges other factors are at play in redoing the schedule during the current COVID-19 surge. “You’d like to give the fans the opportunity to go to as many games as they can. They’ve already been shortchanged in the last year and a half … shortchanged completely watching hockey here in Canada,” Campbell said in an interview on the Real Kyper and Bourne show on Sportsnet 590 The Fan on Friday. “It’s a rite…