College Football Playoff picks after Week 9
Just three days until the first playoff rankings — and a week before Alabama-LSU shakes everything up — here’s how our experts see the top four. Source: espn
Just three days until the first playoff rankings — and a week before Alabama-LSU shakes everything up — here’s how our experts see the top four. Source: espn
OLIVER HOLT – CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: As a player, Hoddle was the most gifted midfielder of his generation and yet he was destined to be regarded as a man ahead of his time. Source: dailymail.co.uk
The NFL has fined Buccaneers safety Jordan Whitehead $26,739 for unnecessary roughness against Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield. Source: espn
Rajon Rondo returns from his three-game suspension on Saturday, but Lonzo Ball will continue to start for the Lakers at guard, sources told ESPN. Source: espn
Pittsburgh teams and athletes reacted with sorrow Saturday following the shooting deaths of 11 people during a baby-naming ceremony at a city synagogue. Source: espn
A helicopter believed to belong to by Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has crashed next to the King Power stadium and burst into flames on impact. Source: dailymail.co.uk
The UFC has agreed to release Demetrious Johnson so he can sign with ONE Championship, which has agreed to release Ben Askren to sign with UFC, sources told ESPN. Source: espn
JONATHAN McEVOY IN MEXICO CITY: Lewis Hamilton set himself for a fifth world title by qualifying third fastest for the Mexican Grand Prix, with title rival Sebastian Vettel alongside him. Source: dailymail.co.uk
Roland Griffin, Iona’s top returning player, has been kicked off the team but told Stadium he punched assistant coach Garfield “Ricky” Johns multiple times in self-defense. Source: espn
Going bold to win the day is the only way Alex Cora’s team knows. But when the strategy backfired in the late innings of Game 3, it quite possibly turned one Boston defeat into a pair of stumbles. Source: espn