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1+ min ago (395+ words) Kirby Smart has done everything Georgia wanted him to do as head coach. However, despite his one victory coming in a national championship game, he still has a poor record against Alabama football, where he previously worked as defensive coordinator under Nick Saban. Smart has gone 1-7 against his former employer. That includes multiple losses in the SEC championship game, where the teams will meet on Saturday. With another matchup against the Crimson Tide coming up, Georgia players fielded questions Monday about facing Alabama. CJ Allen said he had considered the fact that he had never beaten the Tide. "No doubt," Allen said Monday. "That's something I definitely kind of think about. It's crazy you ask that because I actually talked to my mom last night on the phone about a team I haven't beaten in the SEC championship." Alabama visited…...

1+ min ago (398+ words) Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss said he was just doing his job after a hard hit on Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart sparked tension in Monday's game at Gillette Stadium. Dart, who returned to action after missing two games due to a concussion, escaped the pocket and ran to his right when Elliss lowered his shoulder and sent the rookie signal caller flying out of bounds in the first half. "Make sure to slide," Elliss simply said when asked what kind of message that type of hit sends to opposing teams' QBs following New England's 33-15 win over the Giants. Added Elliss: "During the play, I saw the scramble, I started chasing him [Dart] down. He started tiptoeing on the sidelines and I thought he was just going to go out of bounds, but then I saw him tiptoeing, stay in bounds" what…...

4+ min ago (396+ words) Dec. 2With high school basketball season upon us, let's take a look back at what went down in the Greater Western Ohio Conference last season and see what it might tell us about this winter: 2024/25 Champions: Centerville (14-9, 11-3 GWOC) Game of the Year: Springfield 64, Centerville 57, Jan. 24, 2025 The Wildcats swept the season series against the Elks with an overtime win on the road. Centerville overcame a four-point deficit in the final minutes, but Springfield outscored them 16-9 in the extra period. Charles Cunningham had 22 points with 6 threes in the win for Springfield and Quenta Wafer added 21. Ethan Greenberg led Centerville with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Centerville got its revenge in the postseason in an 18-point first round win. Postseason results: Beavercreek won a district title in Region 4, as did Miamisburg in D-II, Region 8. Centerville, Northmont and Wayne all won one. Top returner: Springfield junior Charles…...

5+ min ago (292+ words) Midway through the first quarter of Monday night's matchup between the Giants and Patriots, New England linebacker Christian Elliss put a hard, legal hit on Jaxson Dart as the quarterback was headed toward the sideline to cap a scramble. While a scuffle broke out, only tight end Theo Johnson was flagged for the play for unnecessary roughness after taking exception to how hard Dart got rocked. Elliss noted after the game that he was just doing his job " which is true. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday as the Giants begin their Week 14 bye, Dart shared his own view of the play after watching it on film. "It was a good hit " good hit," Dart said, via SNY. "I appreciate my guys having my back. That's just something that I know they'd do for me, and I'd do the same for…...

6+ min ago (564+ words) Kicker Younghoe Koo provided a signature moment for the 2025 New York Giants. Fittingly, it wasn't a good one. Koo had a chance to pull the Giants to within one score of the New England Patriots with a 47-yard field goal attempt during the second quarter Monday night in Foxborough, Mass. The ball was snapped. With several receivers playing well and certain needs on special teams, Rams coach Sean McVay has been noncommittal about playing receiver Tutu Atwell. He brought his kicking leg back, then forward. But Koo's foot never made it to the ball. Instead, his toe slammed hard into the ground directly behind the pigskin, leaving holder Jamie Gillan to scramble with the ball. Gillan was tackled for a 13-yard loss, and the Giants remained in a 10-point hole on their way to a 33-15 loss. After the sequence played…...

9+ min ago (218+ words) The New England Patriots made a big statement on Monday night. Not only did they crush the New York Giants 33-15, but they also proved that they're not going to hesitate to make opposing players pay when they face them. Linebacker Christian Elliss had a brutal hit on Giants' quarterback Jaxson Dart. Dart picked up a first down and kept running near the sidelines, and Elliss knocked him out of bounds with a textbook hit. As hard as the blow was, it was legal. Dart should've run out of bounds to avoid the hit, but he chose to keep piling up yards. That's why, when asked about it, head coach Mike Vrabel had nothing but good things to say about his defense's efforts. Vrabel shut down the notion of it being a dirty hit. If anything, it was all within the…...

9+ min ago (408+ words) With high school basketball season upon us, let's take a look back at what went down in the Greater Western Ohio Conference last season and see what it might tell us about this winter: 2024/25 Champions: Centerville (14-9, 11-3 GWOC) Game of the Year: Springfield 64, Centerville 57, Jan. 24, 2025 The Wildcats swept the season series against the Elks with an overtime win on the road. Centerville overcame a four-point deficit in the final minutes, but Springfield outscored them 16-9 in the extra period. Charles Cunningham had 22 points with 6 threes in the win for Springfield and Quenta Wafer added 21. Ethan Greenberg led Centerville with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Centerville got its revenge in the postseason in an 18-point first round win. Postseason results: Beavercreek won a district title in Region 4, as did Miamisburg in D-II, Region 8. Centerville, Northmont and Wayne all won one. Top returner: Springfield junior Charles…...

9+ min ago (408+ words) With high school basketball season upon us, let's take a look back at what went down in the Greater Western Ohio Conference last season and see what it might tell us about this winter: 2024/25 Champions: Centerville (14-9, 11-3 GWOC) Game of the Year: Springfield 64, Centerville 57, Jan. 24, 2025 The Wildcats swept the season series against the Elks with an overtime win on the road. Centerville overcame a four-point deficit in the final minutes, but Springfield outscored them 16-9 in the extra period. Charles Cunningham had 22 points with 6 threes in the win for Springfield and Quenta Wafer added 21. Ethan Greenberg led Centerville with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Centerville got its revenge in the postseason in an 18-point first round win. Postseason results: Beavercreek won a district title in Region 4, as did Miamisburg in D-II, Region 8. Centerville, Northmont and Wayne all won one. Top returner: Springfield junior Charles…...

10+ min ago (372+ words) Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton will practice without a boot starting Wednesday. It will be his first week of practice without the boot since suffering a lower-leg injury on Oct. 11. The senior quarterback missed two games while rehabbing the injury but has started in Texas Tech's previous four wins. Head coach Joey McGuire required Morton to practice with the boot, despite proving his health in the games for precautionary reasons. "I'm feeling better. We're just being cautious about it, which I understand," Morton said. "There's no reason to really rush back into it." Morton has done mental reps and air routes during practice weeks while wearing the boot. He will continue with mental reps Tuesday before a day of full movement Wednesday. "Wednesday we'll take off the boot, put some cleats on and move around a little bit," Morton said....

11+ min ago (33+ words) Devin McCourty joins Dan Patrick to discuss Lane Kiffin, Patriots vs. Giants, quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Drake Maye, the "wide-open" AFC playoff race, and more. McCourty on Kiffin, Patriots-Giants, AFC playoffs...