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The game was relocated from the Rose Bowl to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. on ESPN. Alabama (11-0) is making its sixth CFP appearance and is looking for a sixth national championship under coach Nick Saban. The Crimson Tide ranked second in the FBS with 49.7 points per game with an offense that features quarterback Mac Jones, running back Najee Harris and receiver DeVonta Smith....

The arguments between fans of Alabama (11-1) and Ohio State (10-2) about who the last College Football Playoff spot should go to might break the Twitter server. That’s how the board looks. The ACC and SEC championship winner will get in. If TCU beats Oklahoma, that could help both Alabama and Ohio State, according to the scenario generator on FiveThirtyEight.com. MORE: Watch college football live and on-demand with fuboTV...

How much have you practiced against scenarios like the Kick Six? MORE: Kirk Herbstreit: Jalen Hurts, Auburn D key to Iron Bowl Saban didn’t take the bait, instead talking about his team’s special teams practice schedule this season. “On Friday we’ll try to cover as many of those special situations as we can,” Saban said. “We’ve always done that.” The reporter, of course, wanted Saban to talk about that Kick Six game....

‘Man Utd need be like Liverpool’ In order to stave off the threat of being caught by not only Manchester City in fourth but Arsenal and Manchester United further back they need to maintain consistency. The problem is that both Arsenal and United are within six points of Liverpool and both have played two games fewer. That six-point advantage could be wiped out very quickly as Jurgen Klopp’s side rue another cock-up against Bournemouth midweek....

“Nobody really knows, I almost died,” he said on Nashville radio station 104.5 The Zone. “I had two brain aneurysms that were nearly rupturing. I went and talked to my doctor in Florida, and he was like, ‘Man, your blood pressure is through the roof. I’m going to admit you.’ They did a lot of tests and found the aneurysm that was rupturing at that point.” MORE: Players diagnosed with CTE | Congress looks into NFL’s CTE ‘veto power’...

Despite surrendering a two-out solo home run to Salvador Perez in the eighth inning, Estrada was masterful in just his third career postseason start. The Blue Jays lineup — which was uncharacteristically quiet on Tuesday — awoke in the fourth inning, posting four runs. PHOTOS: Best moments of ALCS | MORE: Blue Jays stay alive Toronto trailed the Rangers 2-0 in the ALDS, and will have to come back from a similar deficit in this series if they are going to keep their season going....

Actually, no. Let’s just all focus on what Pete Rose is doing. MORE: Top ALCS photos | Did Fox Sports jinx the Royals? Hey, what’s going on over here? Oh no. He’s figured out time travel. And then there’s this. Don’t look directly into his eyes. He will put you in a trance. Can’t . . . stop . . . staring . . .

Following the Capitol riots on January 6 in which five people died and dozens were arrested, the House charged Trump with articles of impeachment on Monday for “inciting an insurrection” by challenging the 2020 election results. “He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coordinate branch of government,” the impeachment documents state. “He thereby betrayed his trust as president, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States....

On Thursday, Baldwin discharged a prop gun on the New Mexico set of his Western film Rust, leading to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring writer-director Joel Souza. The following day, the actor, who is also a producer on the movie, took to Twitter to express his “shock and sadness” following Hutchins’ death, as he revealed that he is “fully cooperating” with the police investigation. However, Owens shared her own statement on the micro-blogging platform, saying that the horrific incident was “poetic justice” for Baldwin’s criticism of former President Donald Trump and his supporters....

Moreover, add of all his aforementioned success to the numerous charity work he is involved in, this is a man who is loved by Singaporeans just as much as local legend Fandi Ahmad. In 2012, Đuric became a taxi driver for 12 days to raise $2,657 for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. His modest and unassuming nature has always been at the heart of what he does. While his success in Singapore is widely known, it was his little-known journey to the island that has made the man what he is today....

The Super Eagles sit in the second position in the Group D standings with three points in two games, but, they still stand a chance of getting eliminated if they lose to desperate Jorge Sampaoli’s side at the Saint Petersburg Stadium. Iwobi has appeared twice in the World Cup campaign but Ogu still awaits his first-ever appearance at the global showpiece. With the 22-year-old keen to earn a starting role against the La Albiceleste, he, however, insists his side’s victory is top priority....

CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams argued on Friday that the award of nearly $50 million in damages Jones has been ordered to pay to the parents of a victim of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting will play into a “martyrdom complex.” A court this week ordered Jones to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose six-year-old son Jesse Lewis was killed in the shooting, and a further $45....

Stone, a longtime ally of Trump, appeared on Jones’ InfoWars show to discuss the security he got while attending the demonstrations on January 5 and 6, shortly before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. During the show, Jones said he paid for the “broke” Stone to fly to D.C. to attend the rallies and offered to pay for his security, which members of the far-right militia group Oath Keepers ultimately provided for Stone....

Morgan, a star for the U.S. women’s national team and Orlando Pride, was described by Orange County sheriffs as “highly intoxicated” when she was asked to leave an Epcot restaurant on Sunday. She was among three soccer players — including Orlando City’s Giles Barnes and his teammate Donny Toia — to be removed from the park for being “verbally aggressive” toward another group. Morgan took to Twitter on Wednesday to acknowledge her mistakes and promised to “make sure it does not happen again....

“I think, we as stewards of the game have to take a lesson from last year’s All-Star game, what happened yesterday, and absolutely open up the floodgates because the greatest part in the game, we’re not highlighting,” Rodriguez said while appearing on ESPN’s Golic & Wingo. “Which is, the conversations that are happening real-time in-between the lines, in the dugouts, the strategies.” Rodriguez’s comments come just a day after two Chicago Cubs stars Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo were mic’d up during a spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels, with each player providing comedic commentary during their at-bats....

More than a dozen people have alleged that Wang, 37, sexually assaulted them at nightclubs and various events. He vigorously denies all the accusations. Attorney Lisa Bloom, who has worked on a number of high-profile sexual assault cases, is representing 11 of the accusers. A 12th man, Keaton Bullen, told the BBC on February 24 that he was sexually assaulted by Wang in a New York City nightclub in 2019....

Reminding her party that their control over the House, Senate and White House could easily change in a matter of months, Ocasio-Cortez urged her fellow Democrats to move quickly and push as much legislation through while they can. “During the Obama admin, folks thought we’d have a 60 Dem majority for a while. It lasted 4 months. Dems are burning precious time & impact negotiating w/GOP who won’t even vote for a Jan 6 commission....

The New York congresswoman has published a total of six legislation proposals which aim to tackle the “stark inequalities” which exist in the U.S. The package of ideas includes The Place to Prosper Act, designed to create a stable rental housing market to protect tenants and rein in corporate landlords. There is also The Recognizing Poverty Act which would ensure the Department of Health and Human Services adjusts the federal poverty line to account for stipulations such as “geographic cost variation, costs related to health insurance, work expenses for the family, child care needs, and new necessities, like internet access....

Georgia, which had been carried by Republican presidential candidates in every election going back to 1996, appears to have gone blue for President-elect Joe Biden. Although the southern state will carry out a recount, Biden leads President Donald Trump there by just over 14,000 votes. Analysts expect the result to hold, as recounts rarely change more than a few hundred votes at most. Both of Georgia’s Senate races are also going to runoffs, as none of the candidates secured more than 50 percent of the overall vote....