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Dec. 11, 2025, 8:13 p.m. CTThe Texas Tech football team’s first Big 12 championship and first appearance in the College Football Playoff are primarily attributable to a relentless defense.That unit got its due on the USA TODAY Sports All-America team released on Thursday, Dec. 11. Edge defender David Bailey and linebacker Jacob Rodriguez were named to the first team, and defensive tackle Lee Hunter made the second team.Bailey is second in the FBS and first among Power Four conference defenders with 13 1/2 sacks. Rodriguez has been credited with 117 tackles and has been a turnover machine with seven caused…

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The Buccaneers blew a chance to take control of the NFC South on Thursday. Kim Klement Neitzel / Getty ImagesWith a 29-28 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on “Thursday Night Football,” the Tampa Bay Buccaneers put their playoff hopes in jeopardy and made a path to the postseason a little clearer for a division rival.After starting 5-1, the Bucs have lost six of their last eight games. Their Week 14 loss to the New Orleans Saints cost them their solo lead in the NFC South, tying them with the Carolina Panthers at 7-6.Tampa Bay had a 70 percent chance of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Details of the detention of former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore surfaced Wednesday and included allegations of stalking and a possible mental health crisis. Audio of a 911 dispatch call obtained by Fox News Digital details allegations of an alleged “domestic” assault in which police said the victim claimed “there’s a male at the location and the house attacking her” and noted that the suspect had been “stalking her for months.” Head coach Sherrone Moore of the Michigan Wolverines looks on prior to the game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Wrigley…

Even as she racked up strong finishes, Lindsey Vonn spent much of her unlikely comeback season a year ago saying she still needed time to get used to her equipment and get back in shape for the grind of World Cup Alpine ski racing. There were better things ahead, she said.No one can doubt it now.The American Alpine legend, at 41, became the oldest woman to win a World Cup race, taking the top spot Friday in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the first downhill race of a season that is building toward the 2026 Olympics.Starting 17th, Vonn opened slowly and…

Arne Slot will hold talks with Mohamed Salah today as the Liverpool head coach insisted: “I have no reasons for not wanting him to stay.”The Dutchman says the outcome of those discussions at Kirkby will determine whether the third-highest goalscorer in the club’s history returns to the squad for Saturday’s home Premier League clash with Brighton & Hove Albion.Salah’s future at Anfield was thrown into doubt after his incendiary comments following last weekend’s game at Leeds United and subsequent exclusion from the squad for the mid-week Champions League away win at Inter.“I will have a conversation with Mo this morning…

To subscribe, please click hereWant a copy of today’s edition? Here’s a map of single-copy locationsSports Editor Matt Daniels with a look at what’s going on around the area: ProvidedThe Rantoul St. Malachy eighth-grade girls’ basketball team will play Carrollton St. John at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in a Class 1A state quarterfinal game at Clinton Junior High School. Three reasons we love sports today➜ 1. Congrats to Marco Casillas of the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ wrestling team and Madi Spesard of the Georgetown-Ridge Farm girls’ basketball team. The duo is our latest high school Athletes of the Week, powered by Copper…

FRIDAY SPORTS, DECMEBER 12, 2025MITCHELL KERNELS— Mitchell Kernels gymnastics host O’Gorman for a dual at the high school gym on Friday at 6 pm. — Mitchell Kernels boys and girls wrestling will compete at the Rapid City Invitational this weekend, starting on Friday at Noon CST and continuing on Saturday. — Reserved season courtside seats for the upcoming Mitchell High School basketball season are now on sale. For $200 per seat, fans get admission to all home games, including postseason contests, except for Hoop City Classic games. Only 40 seats are available. To reserve, contact the MHS Activities Department or visit…

The Michigan Wolverines have had some success bringing NFL coaches to Ann Arbor. In recent years, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Macdonald, Jesse Minter, and Wink Martindale, among others, have come from the NFL to coach Michigan. Could the Wolverines be looking at another NFL candidate to fill their head coach vacancy?According to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, Michigan is showing interest in Cleveland Browns’ OC Tommy Rees. Cabot believes Rees would take the interview if Michigan were to call him, since he interviewed with Penn State prior to it hiring Matt Campbell as the Nittany Lions’ new head coach. Jeff Lange /…

Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has submitted his 28-man final squad list ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of NationsHe will lead the three-time AFCON winners to the showpiece after failing to seal a spot at the 2026 FIFA World CupNigerian sports journalist Favour Itua said Chelle has no excuse not to win with the calibre of players in the teamSuper Eagles coach Eric Chelle has submitted Nigeria’s 28-man squad list for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. The Malian tactician successfully met the December 11 deadline set by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).Nigeria sealed qualification…