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    LOS ANGELES — The locker rooms where the teams from Oregon and Ohio State dressed for the College Football Playoff quarterfinals are now a command center and a briefing room. Outside, firefighters and National Guard troops mill about the wide concourse where, less than three weeks ago, more than 90,000 football fans gathered. And the sprawling grass fields that were recently home to dozens of ...

    MIAMI — The University of Wisconsin on Saturday night released a lengthy statement regarding cornerback Xavier Lucas’ transfer to the University of Miami, saying a “binding two-year NIL agreement” was violated and that the school has “credible information indicating impermissible contact” between Lucas and UM football personnel prior to Lucas’ request to enter the transfer portal — a request ...

    After the first year of the expanded 12-team playoff, the national championship game is almost ready to kick off. Notre Dame (14-1) will try to win its first national championship since 1988 when it plays Ohio State on Monday night (7:30 p.m. ET) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Fighting Irish defeated Penn State in the Orange Bowl to advance to the national championship. Ohio State ...

    CHICAGO — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said he has put “zero thought” into coaching in the NFL despite reported interest this week from the Chicago Bears. Speaking on Saturday at media day for the College Football Playoff national championship, Freeman told reporters in Atlanta he has been too busy preparing for his team’s matchup against Ohio State on Monday to think about an NFL future. ...

    ATLANTA — It is the one firing that all sports fans can appreciate. The clock reaches all zeros, the crowd roars and delirious players rush onto the field. And clouds of confetti shot — or fired — out of cannons swirl in the air. You really can’t have a championship event without it. Late Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, bits of Notre Dame blue and gold or Ohio State scarlet, gray and ...

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Miami Hurricanes recruited Xavier Lucas when he was a standout cornerback at American Heritage, but Lucas ultimately chose Wisconsin. After a year with the Badgers, Lucas wanted to enter the transfer portal because his father was suffering from a “serious, life-threatening” illness, his lawyer, Darren Heitner, told Yahoo Sports. Miami, his hometown team, was the ...

    MIAMI — Progress, improvement. In sports that has always been a coach’s sturdiest, most reliable shield against criticism. Being better than last year was always enough. So it is understandable this is what Mario Cristobal touts as he excavates from the rubble of what became of this Miami Hurricanes football season. His three seasons at UM have gone from 5-7 to 7-6 to 10-3, and no rational fan ...

    GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former Florida coach Urban Meyer was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, becoming fourth Gators’ coach to receive the honor. Meyer, who won two national titles in Gainesville and a third at Ohio State, was chosen on the first ballot. He will join seven-time winner Nick Saban, delivering the 2025 class an unprecedented 1-2 punch from the coaching ranks. Meyer, 60, ...

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