Unable to wrap your hands around the season’s hottest gift.

Cameron Dicker kicked a decisive 54-yard field goal, leading the Los Angeles Chargers to a 22-19 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy given to the top player in college football.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn't sure about restrictions for Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki in the World Baseball Classic.

Manchester United have moved into the Premier League's top six with a comprehensive 4-1 win over bottom club Wolverhampton.

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens face only one more chance to enter baseball's Hall of Fame under current rules.

Hockey at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics will be played on slightly shorter ice than NHL regulation size.

The Indianapolis Colts may be turning back the clock with their top two quarterbacks hurt.

Arizona has taken the top spot in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll.

The Big Ten has matched the Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball record with nine ranked teams.

Retired French tennis player Caroline Garcia has turned down a $270,000 sponsorship deal for her podcast from a betting company.

Mohamed Salah is out of Arne Slot’s squad for Liverpool’s Champions League game against Inter Milan, following his stinging public criticism of the club.

FIFA says it will include three-minute hydration breaks in every game at next year’s World Cup, not just those played in hot weather.

Lewis Hamilton’s dream move to Ferrari resulted in a nightmare first season.

An economist testified in Michael Jordan’s federal antitrust trial against NASCAR that the racing series owes a combined $364.7 million in damages to the two teams suing it over a revenue-sharing dispute.

Real Madrid defender Éder Militão is expected to be sidelined for at least three months because of a left leg injury.

Miami Heat player Terry Rozier has pleaded not guilty to charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games.

The Houston Texans have won their fifth straight game.

Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams each scored 25 points and the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder improved to 23-1 with their 15th straight victory, routing the Utah Jazz 131-101 on Sunday night.

LeBron James hit a late go-ahead 3-pointer and scored 29 points, Luka Doncic had a triple-double and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-108 on Sunday night.

Mario Cristobal reflects on his time with Nick Saban at Alabama, recalling a memorable lesson about making tough decisions in football.

Jeff Kent has been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the contemporary era committee, while steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among seven players who fell short once again.

The Green Bay Packers have overtaken the Chicago Bears for first place in the NFC North.

LeBron James has thrilled fans with a vintage performance against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Real Madrid has had two players sent off in a 2-0 home defeat to Celta Vigo as it lost more ground to Spanish league leader Barcelona.

Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea lobbied all week and offered to add a 13th game to the schedule, “in the parking lot” if they had to, for one more shot at impressing the College Football Playoff selection committee.

Hideki Matsuyama has finished the year the way he started it.

Aaron Rodgers threw for 284 yards and a touchdown and even ran for TD in perhaps his best game with the Steelers, and Pittsburgh took sole possession of first place in the AFC North, holding on for a 27-22 win over the Ravens when a Baltimore touchdown with 2:43 remaining was overturned by a replay review.

The Buffalo Bills have won their second straight, rallying from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 39-34.

The New Orleans Saints have upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to tighten the NFC South race.

In the waning seconds of a blowout win, fans at Arizona’s McKale Center started a chant of “Number 1!”.

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was forced out again at Minnesota after landing hard on his previously injured left elbow during an interception return.

Notre Dame has announced it will not participate in a bowl game this season after being left out of the College Football Playoff.

Miami Dolphins running back De'Von Achane left the 34-10 victory against the New York Jets after injuring his ribs.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones, already playing with a broken bone in his left leg, injured his right Achilles tendon against Jacksonville.

Defender Marc Guehi has scored late as Crystal Palace won 2-1 at Fulham to move up to fourth place in the Premier League.

Brent Pry isn’t leaving Blacksburg just yet.

Quincy Williams made a bold entrance for the New York Jets' 34-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins.

Here’s a look at some key moments which helped to decide an incident-packed championship fight after McLaren driver Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

Indiana is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time after going through the regular season and Big Ten championship game 13-0.

The College Football Playoff rankings have been released.

McLaren driver Lando Norris has clinched his first Formula 1 title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen won the Australian Open for his first major professional title.

Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman and philanthropist who owned two Dallas-area professional sports franchises and an English Premier League soccer team, died Saturday.

From the moment Curt Cignetti took Indiana’s head coaching job, he made it clear this would be a different program.

Steve Smith has taken a brilliant catch and then hit the winning runs to give Australia a 2-0 lead in the Ashes.

Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame is out and Indiana is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff’s 12-team bracket.

Duke has won its first outright Atlantic Coast Conference title since 1962 and thrown the College Football Playoff into chaos.

Duke's overtime win against No. 16 Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game attracted its share of curious onlookers, given the league's uncertain footing for College Football Playoff bids.

Fernando Mendoza’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Sarratt gave No. 2 Indiana the lead midway through the third quarter and the Hoosiers' stingy defense pitched a shutout the rest of the way to beat No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 for their first Big Ten championship since 1967 while likely locking up the top seed in the College Football Playoff.

Los Angeles Clippers star James Harden moved into 10th place on the NBA’s career scoring list Saturday, passing Carmelo Anthony in a game against Minnesota.

Alabama may have played itself out of the College Football Playoff.

No. 3 Georgia has solidified its position for a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff and beaten Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game for the first time.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have won their first MLS Cup, defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday.

Texas Tech linebacker Ben Roberts had two interceptions after halftime and the No. 5 Red Raiders won the Big 12 championship with 34-7 victory over BYU.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are playing in the warmest MLS Cup final in the league's history.

Cameron Boozer scored 18 points, including 16 in the second half, and Caleb Foster added 12 points to help No. 4 Duke hold on for a 66-60 victory over No. 7 Michigan State in a game that had the intensity of an NCAA Regional Final.

Milan Momcilovic scored 20 points and Iowa State sank 11 3-pointers to propel No. 10 Iowa State to a dominant 81-58 win over No. 1 Purdue.

Big 12 Commission Brett Yormark says legislation currently stalled in Congress is needed to regulate college athletics and put a stop to what he essentially calls uncapped spending for name, image and likeness in football.

Alabama is forcing the group that will set the College Football Playoff bracket to ask: Should a 12-team tournament include a team with three losses.

The Premier League title race has been blown open after Arsenal conceded in stoppage time and lost at Aston Villa 2-1.

Construction on the main hockey arena is still not finished.

Max Verstappen took a brilliant pole position for the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Formula 1 title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri started off the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday marking exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ceremony.

Tyler Adams has set a bold goal for the U.S. soccer team, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1930.

Mitchell Starc has been dominating England in the Ashes series with the ball and now he's added another dimension.

Jake Retzlaff rushed for two short touchdowns, Jamauri McClure rushed for 121 yards and a score, and Tulane defeated North Texas 34-21 in the American Conference championship game — a victory that likely secured a College Football Playoff bid.

Iowa State has wasted no time finding a replacement for Matt Campbell, hiring Washington State’s Jimmy Rogers as its football coach on Friday night.

No. 19 James Madison has made its case for a College Football Playoff berth.

Rory McIlroy has survived a bizarre encounter with a banana peel lodged in a tree to shoot a 3-under 68 at the Australian Open.

The 18th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats have lost back-to-back games and three of their last five.

Jaylen Brown had 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and the Boston Celtics cruised past Los Angeles 126-105 on Friday night, with the Lakers playing without LeBron James and Luka Doncic.

The New York Knicks jumped on the Utah Jazz with a 23-0 lead Friday night, the largest game-opening run in the NBA since the league began keeping detailed play-by-play for all four quarters.

Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers says he anticipates Giannis Antetokounmpo missing about a month as the two-time MVP recovers from a strained right calf.

Mexico is optimistic about advancing in the 2026 World Cup after being drawn against South Africa, South Korea, and a yet-to-be-determined European team.

Devin Williams could be the closer for the New York Mets next season.

Perhaps it's fitting that after the World Cup draw ceremony began, it took about 90 minutes for the actual drawing of teams to begin in earnest.

Iran will play at least one World Cup match in the United States, though a group-stage clash with the U.S. was avoided in Friday's draw.

There's another five-way tie for the lead in the Bahamas at the Hero World Challenge.

If you listen to the words spoken after the World Cup draw by the various coaches who were at the Kennedy Center, it would seem impossible for any of them to win next year’s tournament.

Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria won a World Cup super-G by navigating challenging conditions.

Michael Jordan spent about an hour testifying against NASCAR in a federal antitrust trial Friday.

Matt Campbell has been hired as Penn State’s football coach.

Roy Kramer, who as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference helped transform the league into a national power while reshaping the entire sport of college football, has died.

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels will start Sunday at Minnesota after missing three games with a dislocated left elbow.

Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch tore his left Achilles tendon against the Dallas Cowboys, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will miss the remainder of the season because of a foot injury that’s kept him out of the lineup since Week 6.

Argentina and Lionel Messi will play Algeria to open their World Cup title defense as part of a group that also includes Austria.

Sports officials from United States cities have gone to the heart of the Olympic family this week to show their country wants to host more world championships and top events.

The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in the tournament field this summer.

Ukraine has condemned two-time Olympic diver Sofiia Lyskun’s switch to represent Russia amid the ongoing war and will try to strip her of awards.

A preliminary cauldron has been lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approaches the two-months-to-go mark.

Prosecutors in Istanbul have issued arrest warrants for dozens of soccer players and officials in relation to a betting scandal that has shaken Turkey.

Rory McIlroy has made the weekend at the Australian Open after shooting a 3-under 68 to finish inside the 36-hole cut line.

The Atlantic Coast Conference lost its annual series with the Southeastern Conference by a 13-3 margin.

Mike Tomlin isn’t just hearing “Fire Tomlin!”.

Michael Jordan has testified in a landmark NASCAR antitrust case, stating he felt compelled to sue to force changes in a business model he believes shortchanges teams and drivers.

Jahmyr Gibbs and the Detroit Lions have beaten the Dallas Cowboys to help their playoff chances.

California has hired Tosh Lupoi as the new head coach, bringing back the former Golden Bears player and assistant.

Merab Dvalishvili is a substantial favorite to beat Petr Yan and retain his bantamweight belt in UFC 323 on Saturday night.