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The conference — having seen its top two teams, TCU and Baylor — passed over in last year’s final College Football Playoff selection process, is considering asking for a rule change that would allow it to play a conference championship game that could burnish its playoff contenders’ credentials, Yahoo reported. MORE: Division rankings | 10 with post-spring momentum | Charlie Strong: ‘We can’t fail’ Under current rules, only conferences with 12 or more teams are allowed to play championship games, leaving the 10-team Big 12 to stand on its regular season when the selection committee makes its final choices....

The local restaurant vowed to stay open after Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a ban on indoor dining from November 18 through December 8, in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, ClickonDetroit.com earlier reported. In a statement written online, the restaurant manager, Troy Tank, wrote that the franchise would “continue to serve the community and customer base that we love,” despite the new state order. In response, the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) has issued at least $5,000 in fines, and sent a cease-and-desist letter to the restaurant alleging a breach in health and safety measures during the pandemic....

According to USA Today, huge changes will be coming to a Georgia coaching staff whose dysfunction has contributed to the Bulldogs’ disappointing 5-3 campaign. MORE: Top 10 Georgia players of all time | Ranking the open FBS jobs Among those reported changes: Defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt will not be back next season, and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, viewed as a liability, could be, too. Even though Pruitt and coach Mark Richt have been rumored to be butting heads and that Richt has blamed Pruitt for Georgia’s lackluster year, Richt took to Twitter on Thursday to address Pruitt’s position, saying he was still with the team....

Given how many times its members have surprised us, and given how the league as a whole blew away predictions of doom when it became a basketball-centric operation in 2013, it probably is. But it could be a down year for the Big East. MORE: Sporting News’ preseason top 25 Considering the heights to which it ascended last year — two No. 1 NCAA seeds, six NCAA Tournament bids of a possible 10, the eventual national champion in Villanova, the conference could be brilliant and still represent a decline....

For the first time, NFL on Location, which works with the NFL to offer exclusive ticket packages and amenities, is selling “On the Fifty” packages that include club seating on the 50-yard line for Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco. MORE: Super Bowl rings through the years | Super Bowl 50 odds But you can’t buy the premium seats by themselves. These choice tickets are being sold to deep-pocketed fans and eager corporate customers as part of pricey packages that include in-game food and beverages and swanky pre- and post-game parties, according to David Abrutyn, executive vice president for Bruin Sports Capital, which holds a long-term license with RedBird Capital Partners to operate NFL on Location....

It is enough to make conservatives’ blood boil. Or maybe not. The commodity is pornography and other ““adult’’ entertainment. Hence the conservatives’ conundrum: Can they square their advocacy of smaller, less intrusive government with a more ambitious moral agenda for government? New York City’s government is acting against the pollution of the social atmosphere, and in the name of such conservative causes as neighborhood preservation and family values. So the city’s new censoriousness provides an interesting coda to this political season....

But the more important question to be asked about the next four years isn’t whether the likes of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will be influencing a Biden-Harris administration. It’s whether Big Tech will not only have a loud voice in Washington, but also ensure that its power continues to grow. The early returns are in and the answer is clear. Anyone who thinks Big Tech won’t try to collect on the debt the Biden campaign owes it for its effort to attack and censor President Donald Trump during the presidential campaign, as well as to silence efforts by some conservative outlets to cover stories that were embarrassing to the Democratic candidate, is mistaken....

The Big Ten/ACC Challenge will include 10 teams that are ranked in Sporting News’ Way-Too-Early Top 25. MORE: Ohio State’s Chris Holtmann is ‘phenomenal’ Here are the 2017 Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchups and dates: Monday, Nov. 27 Maryland at Syracuse Wisconsin at Virginia Tuesday, Nov. 28 Northwestern at Geogia Tech Louisville at Purdue Florida State at Rutgers Illinois at Wake Forest Iowa at Virginia Tech Wednesady, Nov. 29 Duke at Indiana...

It has been a hell of a lot worse. It’s the 10-year anniversary of when it was the worst of the worst. This is nowhere near as bad as that. The conference finished 3-7 in the bowl season and was the worst of the Power 5 conferences this season. MORE: USC’s epic win over Penn State proves Rose Bowl still matters That came with high-profile meltdowns. Michigan’s 33-32 loss to Florida State in the Orange Bowl was bad....

It was a curious gesture at that moment. Was he disappointed not to be starting against the Wolverines? Why would he be? He has played in 30 games for the Scarlet Knights and come off the bench in every one. The reason soon became apparent: No one would be starting. The 2020 Big Ten Tournament, originally expected to be played with only media personnel and family members in the audience, was canceled....

Liverpool did their part in the second half, ensuring the Reds would not find themselves on the wrong side of history. Jurgen Klopp brought on Luis Diaz for the second half, and the swap worked to perfection, seeing Liverpool pummel the Spanish club through the final 45 minutes and secure three goals to emphatically avoid embarrassment. Manchester City, however, were not so lucky, or mentally strong. It was all going well for at the Santiago Bernabeu… until, in a blink of an eye, it wasn’t....

City are fourth in the Premier League but have been in scratchy form, including suffering a 1-0 loss to Liverpool on New Year’s Eve. Bilic, whose team face City in the FA Cup on Friday, feels recent losses – including a three-match winless run to start December – have had an impact. Pep: Blame me for Man City’s mistakes “After you have three or four wins on the trot then the opponent may be pressing you but you are not scared,” he told UK newspapers....

In a lengthy interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, Barr said he would talk with the panel and believes that the former president was responsible for the January 6 riot “in the broad sense” but stopped short of saying Trump had illegally incited the attack. In his new book of memoirs, One Damn Thing After Another, Barr blames the election fraud conspiracy theories Trump continues to push on what he calls his “whack job” legal team, which included Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell....

“Over the last four years, we lost the House of Representatives, the Senate and the presidency,” Cassidy told CNN’s Dana Bash during an appearance on the network’s State of the Union program Sunday morning. “That has not happened in a single four years under a president since Herbert Hoover. Now, if we plan to win in 2022 and 2024, we have to listen to the voters.” The Louisiana senator acknowledged that the attention paid to Trump often eclipsed policy work, particularly toward the end of his presidency....

Thursday’s brutal winds died down over the last two rounds and players took advantage of the improved conditions. Graham DeLaet, who shot a 1-over 72 on Thursday, fired a 5-under 66 in Round 2 and backed it up with a 3-under 68 Saturday to get within one of the lead. MORE: 10 players who never won the Masters Jordan Spieth also rebounded nicely following a poor start. The world’s No....

Buzbee posted these to his Instagram after he had already written that nine women have hired his law firm with cases against Watson, and after he posted a photo of a “confidential” letter from the NFL that said it was conducting its own investigation into the allegations against Watson. Buzbee will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. CT on Friday, and he has said he will “provide multiple texts and copies of the lawsuits that we have filed to date....

McAtee’s mother, Odessa Riley, and niece, Maychelle McAtee, are listed as plaintiffs in the suit, which attorneys filed Monday in Jefferson Circuit Court, according to local news outlets. The LMPD, Kentucky National Guard and two individual Louisville police officers are reportedly listed as defendants. Maychelle was working inside McAtee’s barbecue establishment, YaYa’s BBQ Shack, when the June 1 shooting took place. Reports reference photographs that confirm she was hit by three pepper balls that police fired into the restaurant that night....

For most of Transfer Deadline Day, it was not looking like there would be any takers for Aubameyang, who had fallen out of favor with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and whose performances in the 2021-22 season didn’t seem to justify his hefty contract (four goals in 14 Premier League appearances). But late on Jan. 31 photos appeared of Aubameyang walking the corridors of the Barcelona offices with club president Joan Laporta and later signing paperwork inside the club offices....

Huff, who has been an outspoken supporter of Trump, believes the president will carry all but three states and win 487 electoral votes, almost twice as many the 270 required to claim an overall majority. “This is my serious prediction. Biggest shocker is California flipping red,” the two-time World Series winner tweeted on Monday night along with a map of the U.S. Electoral College in which every state bar Washington, Oregon, New York and Washington, D....

MAIN EVENT: Auburn at Alabama More than 13.5 million people watched the Iron Bowl last season, and it’s safe to say almost nobody left disappointed. Auburn’s Chris Davis’ walk-off “kick six” ended Alabama’s bid for a three-peat national championship in a 34-28 thriller. It continued a trend in which either Alabama or Auburn has played for the national championship each of the last five years. MORE: Hayes: It’s the Tigers’ state for now | Top 10 Auburn players | Top 10 Alabama players...