The Notre Dame Fighting Irish need a new defensive coordinator after they lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the national championship game.

Sports Illustrated placed Alabama at No. 8 in its rankings, which is a higher spot than most outlets put Alabama in. For example, The Athletic and CBS Sports each have Alabama at No. 14 and ESPN placed the Crimson Tide at No. 12.

Only one game remains in the longest college football season in history. It started way back on Aug. 24, 2024, when Georgia Tech upset then-No. 10 Florida State 24-21 in Ireland and that contest in Week 0 certainly set the tone for what would be a wild college football season that will go down in the memory banks.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish square off at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Ohio State last won a national title when Urban Meyer was still its head coach. The Buckeyes took home the trophy in the first year of the four-team CFP by beating Oregon 42-20. Meyer led a team that featured running back Ezekiel Elliot, receiver Michael Thomas and quarterback Cardale Jones.

The X Games is enlisting Google Cloud for AI judging around the Superpipe competition in this week’s X Games Aspen 2025. Vertex AI and other tools in the Google Cloud suite will analyze the runs of competitors to produce airtime, trick execution and difficulty metrics.

Someone went through the effort of giving every single key point from Newton’s career a prompt, and then setting it as a montage to “Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowded House. Newton is the only minion on any of his teams,

WNDU 16 Sports Coordinator Jackson Neill went on a tour of the newly revamped hall to see how it is for Notre Dame fans.

More AI in NFL season 3 for Amazon Prime Tennis Social AI, maker of a tennis simulator that can be used for either training or in “sportainment” settings such as Topgolf, has added Dr. Brian Hainline as its Chief Innovation & Health Officer.

Jeremy Bloom is the new CEO in a transformational time for the X Games. Here's what Bloom said about it, plus his Colorado roots (and his Buffs).

The Mike Tyson-Jake Paul ring girl became a star in her own right after appearing between rounds of the Netflix bout in November, and she made a stunning reveal on a recent podcast interview.

A GRIP ON SPORTS • The college football season is over. After five months of discussion, argument and, yes, games, a champion has been crowned. Funny thing. It was the team everyone expected to win back in August, though Ohio State’s $20-million road to the title was marred by a couple potholes.