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UPDATED with quarterfinal results: The College Football Playoff bracket was finalized December 8, setting the stage for the first year of a 12-team postseason that will crown a national champion January 20 in Atlanta. After an intense final week of the regular season that saw No. 1 Oregon solidify…

UPDATE, with moment of silence: Though flags outside New Orleans’ Superdome flew at half-staff, security officers with bomb-sniffing dogs greeted visitors and President Joe Biden delivered pre-game videotaped words of consolation and support, the postponed 2025 Sugar Bowl football game between the Georgia…

UPDATED, 11:32 AM: Today’s Sugar Bowl college football matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has been postponed for 24 hours until Thursday night, Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley has just announced. The game had been planned for tonight at Caesars Superdome in New…

UPDATED: As expected, Netflix boasted quite an impressive audience for its two Christmas Day NFL matchups. The Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans games, the first-ever NFL games on the streamer, put up an unduplicated audience of nearly 65 million U.S. viewers on December 25, according to Live+Same…

CBS Sports anchor and commentator Greg Gumbel has died of cancer. He was 78.  His family confirmed his death in a statement to CBS News: Related Stories News Hollywood & Media Dea…

While LeBron James is one-half of a long-discussed debate about the greatest of all time, there’s no question that the NBA’s Yuletide matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors delivered — ratings- and thrill-wise. Per the league, the game was the most-watched NBA Regular Season and…

Don’t fret if you missed Beyoncé’s halftime performance during Netflix’s first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday. Netflix revealed that her performance dubbed “Beyoncé Bowl” will stream as a standalone special later this week. This live performance took place in Beyoncé's hometown of Houston during…

It was a white Christmas on Wednesday as Beyoncé made a Houston homecoming in classic Texas style. Clad in all white, the 32-time Grammy winner rode into NRG Stadium on a white horse, performing “16 Carriages” and her cover of the Beatles’ “Blackbiird” to kick off her A Cowboy Carter Christmas NFL…

ESPN is mourning the death of Zach Jones, a research manager for SportsCenter, who died December 22, two years after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He was 41. SportsCenter anchor Randy Scott announced Jones’ death Monday during a broadcast. “You may have never seen him on your screens…

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said talks about a contract renewal with the Disney-owned sports outlet have been “constructive,” but he firmly denied a report his renewal may be worth $120 million. The popular commentator, a ubiquitous presence across ESPN who also harbors ambitions to explore new…

Although Key & Peele has long been off the air, not much has changed in the world of college football. Nearly a decade after the Comedy Central show ended, Keegan-Michael Key referenced a classic sketch as he appeared on TNT‘s College Football Playoff Kickoff Show during Saturday’s game between SMU…

Netflix is doubling down on live sport by inking a landmark deal to stream the FIFA Women's World Cup. The streaming service has scored U.S. rights to the 2027 and 2031 installments of the soccer tournament. It is the first time Netflix has bought up a sports competition in…