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Call it a rubber match.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A few weeks back, the four head coaches who have guided their teams to the College Football Playoff posed for pictures with the championship trophy.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Minnesota coach Jerry Kill came back from a leave of absence sooner than expected, everyone took notice.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Jessica Washington scored 16 points off the bench, and No. 9 North Carolina beat Albany 71-56 on Tuesday.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is confident his left calf will feel better when the Green Bay Packers play their first postseason game in a couple weeks.

Among the many NFL records set in the 2014 season, most notable — and hardly surprising — was something done by Peyton Manning.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M has dismissed student assistant coach Michael Richardson a day after videos showed him hitting West Virginia players out of bounds during the Liberty Bowl.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Georgia Tech is all about the run. Mississippi State is all about stopping the run.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — So how many nicknames does Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones have?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have fired offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch after two lackluster seasons.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A beard grown by a communications technician who works on the sidelines during Green Bay Packers home games is getting a lot of attention.

MIAMI (AP) — A figure in the investigation into use of banned performance-enhancing substances by Major League Baseball players was sentenced to less than 2 ½ years in prison after pleading gu…

ATLANTA (AP) — Mississippi and TCU were part of the playoffs story in 2014. Each team was part of the chase. Each team fell short of the coveted semifinals.

Jim Mahoney parted with a tiny piece of U.S. Open history with hopes it could change Phil Mickelson's luck.

With the turn of the calendar to 2015, women's basketball gets into full swing with conference play. Sure, the usual top teams like Connecticut, Notre Dame and Baylor have looked strong in non…

Michael Greller, who left his job as a math teacher to caddie for Jordan Spieth, has often said dealing with 30 sixth-graders for 10 years helped prepare him to work for a 21-year-old golfer w…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants are sticking with their coach and general manager after a second straight losing season.

Michigan needed a game-changer. A coach who could restore the shine to one of the college football's jewels. The Wolverines needed their Nick Saban, who pulled Alabama from the muck of mediocr…

Jim Harbaugh and Urban Meyer in the Big Ten? It has a certain ring to it, like the glory days when Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes battled for control of the league.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — From the moment Rex Ryan first strolled through the door, it was clear things would be different around the New York Jets.