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The Cavaliers became the first team since Fresno State in 2008 to lose the first game of the championship series and come back to win the national championship. They also became the first ACC team to win college baseball’s national title since Wake Forest in 1955. WHO WON THE 2015 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES? MORE: See how the Cavaliers died it Virginia trailed 2-0 after one inning as Dansby Swanson plated a run with a grounder to third, and Zander Wiel doubled in another....

In the lone game of the day, Trey Teakell tossed 4 1/3 splendid innings of relief, and TCU broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run fifth inning as the Horned Frogs eliminated LSU 8-4 on Thursday night. The Horned Frogs will face Vanderbilt and will need two wins over the Commodores to reach the Championship Series. LSU ends its season at 54-12. MORE: College World Series TV times | Results of MLB Draft first round...

Argentina and Colombia both finished with 10 men after a stormy but pulsating 0-0 draw in South American qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup here on Friday. The Argentinians had striker Gonzalo Higuain sent off after a clash with Colombia’s Cristian Zapata midway through the first half and also saw two second-half goals from Sergio Aguero disallowed for offside. Venezuelan referee Marlon Escalante was escorted from the field at the whistle after a bruising contest which saw the home side’s players and coaching staff protest furiously after the second of Aguero’s two efforts was ruled out....

The suit’s filer and plaintiff, Brandon Pope, Lamborn’s former defense and business advisor in his Colorado Springs district office, accuses Lamborn of having a “recklessly self-serving approach to his position as a Member of Congress.” In addition to allegedly allowing his son to live in the Capitol basement, Pope said that Lamborn required staff members to help his family with non-work-related tasks. These tasks included helping his son apply to jobs, helping his wife set up a webcam to chat with family members and helping move furniture to Lamborn’s vacation home....

They beat the Chiefs in Kansas City. Marlon Mack ran for 132 yards, ageless kicker Adam Vinatieri knocked through four field goals and the Colts atoned ever-so-slightly for that playoff defeat by shutting down Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs’ vaunted offense in a 19-13 victory at Arrowhead Stadium. The Colts (3-2) allowed points on the Chiefs’ first two possessions before shutting them out until Harrison Butker’s field goal with 1:16 to go....

There are nine games on the schedule involving FBS teams — a far cry from the usual Labor Day weekend setup. No ranked teams are playing, and the highlight of the schedule is Monday’s matchup between BYU and Navy. Stop complaining. It’s football, and there are opportunities to bet against the spread. MORE: Shaking up the CFP in 2020 I will offer picks against the spread for every week of the college football season....

That is the question among the best teams with just two weeks left until the College Football Playoff selection show. While COVID-19 continues to impact the weekly schedule, the top four has so far remained upset proof. No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Clemson and No. 4 Ohio State are going to be difficult to knock off the College Football Playoff block. There were no major shakeups this weekend, but eight teams still remain in the championship mix....

No. 1 LSU (13-0) meets No. 4 Oklahoma (12-1) in the Peach Bowl at 4 p.m. on Saturday, and No. 2 Ohio State (13-0) meets No. 3 Clemson (13-0) in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at 8 p.m. in the primetime matchup. PLAYOFF PRIMERSPeach Bowl | Fiesta Bowl The winners advance to the College Football Playoff championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Jan. 13. With that in mind, Sporting News’ staff makes its predictions for Saturday’s semifinals:...

Some of those losses were to be expected, as the Week 5 slate featured four matchups between undefeated, ranked opponents: No. 1 Alabama took down No. 12 Ole Miss in Tuscaloosa, 42-21; No. 2 Georgia beat down No. 8 Arkansas, 37-0; No. 7 Cincinnati made a College Football Playoff statement with its 24-13 win over No. 9 Notre Dame; and No. 19 Oklahoma State took down No. 21 Baylor 24-14 in Big 12 action....

And ended roughly 12 hours later in College Station after the very final play of Texas A&M’s upset of No. 1 Alabama, with this: There was a field storming in Iowa City after two undefeated teams entered (Penn State and Iowa) and only one emerged (Iowa). There was a field storming in Ahmerst, Mass. after two winless teams entered (UConn and UMass) and only one emerged (UConn). BENDER: Playoff Picture has new look | Caleb Williams shakes up college football...

That said, there’s still plenty of great football to watch from all across the nation, and Sporting News is on hand to make sure you get the most of it. MORE: Sporting News’ Week 2 Power Rankings SN has all the highlights and big plays from Saturday, including from big games like Georgia-South Carolina, Texas A&M-Clemson, USC-Stanford and more. Here are all the biggest scores and highlights from Week 2:...

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic not only limited campus visits for would-be recruits, but also essentially eliminated all in-person meetings that could otherwise have taken place between players and coaches. How that affects this year’s class remains to be seen, but one thing is apparent already: Pandemic or no, college football’s top teams will do just fine in the 2021 recruiting class. WEEK 15 PROJECTIONS: Playoff | Bowls...

Oklahoma can solidify its Playoff case with a victory against one-loss Texas in the Red River Rivalry this week. The Sooners have three Playoff appearances, and that would help hold off the momentum for two SEC teams to make the final cut. Week 7 is full of matchups that could shake up the landscape, so stay tuned. MORE: Week 7 Playoff picture The 2019 college postseason schedule features 40 bowl games between FBS teams, with the finale at the national title game on Jan....

The Tide rolled all over Tennessee last week and faces another tough test in the undefeated Aggies this week. That’ll be the game to watch in Week 8. Otherwise, turn your TVs to Ohio State-Penn State, another primetime conference game for the Buckeyes. MORE: Week 8 bowl projections Here’s all the info — dates, times, TV channels — for how to watch the Top 25 teams in Week 8. All times ET....

As we now know, Malik Faisal Akram, 44, allegedly held four persons hostage in order to demand freedom for imprisoned terrorist Aafia Siddiqui. Siddiqui was convicted in 2010 of attempting to kill U.S. officers in Afghanistan and is serving an 86-year sentence at a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas. But public comments suggest that even the Federal Bureau of Investigation has failed to understand that antisemitic character of this event, which will undoubtedly hamper corrective action....

But those fans would leave the Rio disappointed as 23-year-old online poker star Daniel Colman would prevent Kid Poker from the big win, earning his second seven-figure score of the 2014 poker season. MORE: Selbst Begins Seconds Week at #1 | 888poker Terminates Association with Luis Suarez | Volpe Defeats Negreanu for bracelet The news isn’t all bad for Negreanu, who gets to take home over $8M for his runner-up finish....

The defender joined the Catalan giants from Palmeiras in January but made just five La Liga appearances, including the sensational 5-4 defeat at Levante that ended Barca’s hopes of completing an unbeaten league season. Although Mina is contracted at the club until 2023, there is already talk he could be moved on ahead of 2018-19, as Barca will have too many foreign players as they await the arrival of Arthur Melo from Gremio....

It isn’t as if we haven’t had sufficient warning. The biggest cyber breach in history started in March 2020, when foreign hackers compromised IT management software from cybersecurity company SolarWinds. The attack compromised information systems across the federal agencies as well of those of major U.S. tech companies. The FBI and NSA joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in saying the hack was “likely Russian in origin....

A Colorado official told the newspaper that Hall is suspended indefinitely by head coach Mike MacIntyre. According to the police report obtained by the Daily Camera, police arrived at a party Friday night because of noise complaints. At that time, former Colorado track and field athlete Adrienne Lettow exited the house and told police that a man had “choked her out.” Hall and another Colorado football player, Chidobe Awuzie came out of the house and Hall approached Lettow and “appeared to want to physically harm Lettow,” according to police....

He was in many ways ordinary, or at least as subject to frailty as anyone. In his 20s he became a heroin addict, and he drank too much, both problems that he tackled and put behind him. He married, divorced, remarried. He drove a white Jaguar XKE. That’s about it for trivia. He almost seems to have had no life outside of his music as far back as anyone can remember....