MORE: Top freakish athletes in BCS games | Heisman winners 2013: Art Briles, Baylor2012: Bill Snyder, Kansas State2011: Bill Snyder Kansas State2010: Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State2009: Mack Brown, Texas2008: Mike Leach, Texas Tech2007: (tie)Mark Mangino, Kansas/Gary Pinkel, Missouri2006: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma2005: Mack Brown, Texas2004: Gary Barnett, Colorado2003: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma2002: Les Miles, Oklahoma State2001: Gary Barnett, Colorado2000: Bob Stoops, Oklahoma1999: Frank Solich, Nebraska1998: Bill Snyder, Kansas State1997: Larry Smith, Missouri1996: Tom Osborne, Nebraska

And the results weren't what everyone expected, either, at least for one team Thursday night. Baylor shook off a sluggish start and scored the final 21 points of the first half en route to a convincing 41-12 win against No. 10 Oklahoma. HAYES: The craziness of November begins — welcome, Baylor MORE: Targeting call on Bears | Best Thursday games | Scoreboard But No. 3 Oregon ran into familiar issues against a familiar opponent....

The teen was spending the night at Dewey Bridge Campground along the Colorado River when the bear attacked him at around 5:45 a.m. on Saturday morning, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) said. He suffered injuries to his right cheek and ear, and was subsequently taken to a hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, for treatment. Fortunately, his wounds were relatively minor and he was released later that day. He is expected to make a full recovery....

After missing practice Friday with hamstring tightness, the Bears wide receiver has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Cardinals, NFL Network reported. STEELE: Week 2 predictions | IYER: Picking against the spread Jeffery was a late addition to the injury report after struggling with the injury Thursday and missing practice the rest of the week. Jeffery was sidelined for much of the summer with a calf injury that left him less than 100 percent for the season opener....

Collins, coincidentally, had started at tackle in place of Henry Melton, who tore his ACL in that 40-23, five-turnover rout in Pittsburgh. Collins suffered his injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s 26-18 loss to New Orleans in Chicago. It was the Bears’ second straight loss — and the second straight shaky performance by the defense — since the Steelers win put them at 3-0. MORE: Flynn released | Vick day to day | Best images...

With Madden set to release in just under two months’ time, more details on the next installment of the long-running football franchise have been released. A new gameplay mechanic introduced for this year’s edition titled “M-Factor,” gives all 32 teams a specific home-field advantage. The Bears’ advantage at Soldier Field is actually hilarious and ironic: The “Madden” folks decided to give visiting opponents a kicking disadvantage, when we all know that Chicago has had issues with their kicking game in recent years....

Chicago will keep starting Mitchell Trubisky at quarterback, while Detroit, with Matthew Stafford still injured, will have undrafted rookie David Blough start in the second game of the season series, repalcing backup Jeff Driskel, who started in the first but is out with a hamstring injury. When the teams met in Solider Field in Week 10, the Bears overcame a slow start to win 20-13. How might the rematch in Week 13 play out in Ford Field?...

That timeframe pushes up against the Giants' regular-season opener September 8 at Detroit. The Giants, while confirming the report of the injury, said that Beason is scheduled to visit foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte on Monday, and that a decision won't be made about what to do until then. “I expect to be back (for the opener). If not, I’ll be back as soon as I can,'' Beason said, according to the Giants....

BUY ‘EM Jose Bautista (1.333 OPS), Jose Reyes (1.310) and Edwin Encarnacion (1.066) have all squared up Hiroki Kuroda. Lefthanders Brian McCann (1.128 OPS) and Brett Gardner (1.109) still have plenty of pop against southpaw Mark Buehrle. Freddie Freeman and Jason Heyward are a combined 14-for-32 (.438) with three homers and four doubles against Zack Wheeler. Adrian Beltre is 6-for-14 (.429) with three homers against Hector Santiago. Billy Butler is 34-for-82 (....

Mariners rookie Tony Zych made his big league debut Friday night in Oakland against the A’s. The 25-year-old right-hander from Chicago became the last man, alphabetically speaking, in major league history. Zych threw two scoreless innings in long relief, then allowed a pair of baserunners in his third frame before exiting. Those runners later scored, giving him a 9.00 career ERA. It won’t look like an A-plus line on baseball-reference....

You may benefit from physical therapy after a lumbar laminectomy and discectomy to help you fully recover. The goals of low-back rehab after surgery are to help you regain full range of motion and strength in your spine and to help you return to your previous lifestyle. Your physical therapist (PT) will also work with you to develop an exercise program that you can do to help prevent future problems with your spine....

This article explains behavioral addiction, how it differs from substance addiction, signs to watch for, and what to do if you or someone you love has a behavioral addiction. What Is Behavioral Addiction? Behavioral addiction is also known as a process addiction. Behavior experts argue that anything that stimulates a person or impacts their dopamine center (the brain’s reward center) can become addictive. Like other addictions, behavioral addictions are less about the object of addiction and more about the function it serves to distract, numb, or soothe the person....

Meanwhile, your bill for local phone service is getting as long as your phone book, filling up with incomprehensible, ever-rising fees–including two little jewels known to bill mavens as Pixies and Slicks–that can more than double your basic bill. So your stated phone rate stays the same, but your bill keeps going up. As for long distance, forget about it. You need a spreadsheet program, 16 databases and a doctorate in numerology to figure out which plan is best for you....

In its annual report released last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) concluded that the CCP is “engaging in systematic, ongoing and egregious religious freedom violations.” Thanks to Western media investigations and courageous Chinese whistleblowers, many outside China are familiar with the CCP’s deplorable persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang. In the past year, Muslims have suffered “torture, rape, sterilization and other abuses,” and authorities have “destroyed or damaged thousands of mosques....

China sees this as its moment. As the electronic clock on Beijing’s busy Wangfujing Street shows, there are still more than 140 days until July 13, when the IOC selects the host for the 2008 Olympic Games. But the impressions gathered by the IOC inspectors, who will go on to four other cities vying for the Games–Paris, Toronto, Osaka and Istanbul–could be decisive. Hosting the Olympics is a coup for any city; it promises a sustained dose of pride, prestige and economic development....

Lebanon has been the scene of several political assassinations in recent years, but this fighting was the worst explosion of sectarian violence in Beirut since the bloody 15-year civil war that ended in 1990. By Friday, 15 Lebanese had died, 50 more were wounded and Hizbullah fighters controlled large swaths of the city, including Hariri’s TV station and the area surrounding his headquarters. The outcome appeared to herald a significant shift in the city’s balance of power....

The video, shared to a pro-Belarus government social media platform on Monday, appears to show Protasevich, 26, calmly stating that he’s cooperating with authorities. But his supporters and family claim that Protasevich’s demeanor suggests he made the video under duress. “The attitude of the Ministry of Internal Affairs employees towards me has been as correct as possible and in compliance with the law,” he says in the video, as translated by CNN....

In an update posted on Facebook, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote that Belarus was continuing to support Russia’s war in Ukraine by “providing its infrastructure and airspace.” “There is still a threat of missile and air strikes, as well as the use of ‘Shahed-136’ attack UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] from the territory of the Republic of Belarus,” the update read, referring to a type of Iranian drone Russia has been accused of using against Ukraine....

“The rider died. An inquiry is underway to determine the circumstances,” Frederic Evrard, spokesman for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional gendarmerie in France, told Agence France Presse. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2016 Demoitie, a rider for Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert, crashed near Sainte-Marie-Cappel in the French area of Flanders. As he rose to re-mount, he and a pace motorcycle collided. Demoitie was rushed to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Lillie but later died....