They weren’t supposed to be in the College Football Playoff. Now, they’re hosting the national championship. Ahead of selection day, the Miami Hurricanes were ranked below Notre Dame and were seemingly going to be the first team left out of the CFP. Instead, the Canes squeaked in after because their win over Notre Dame in Week 2 elevated them into the No. 10 seed — leaving the Fighting Irish out of the CFP. Understandably, the Catholics went berserk. Miami has pounced on the

Welcome to a new section of the column: Niche Sports Rules. Rule #1 comes from the MLB, where it is possible to hit a walk-off home run and still lose the game. The rule reads that, in the event that a base runner passes a preceding teammate during live play, the overtaking runner will be deemed out immediately upon doing so, regardless of intent.​ Consider a base runner on first base with one out: the batter launches a high fly ball to right field that barely clears the wall

Credit There’s an old adage in sports: “The better team won.” On Saturday night, the better team led by 14 points midway through the second half before everything unraveled. The No. 1 Duke Blue Devils squared off against the No. 1 Houston Cougars in the second semifinal matchup of the Final Four. Many believed Houston, lauded as an elite defensive team, would out-physical the Blue Devils, but Duke established control and raced to an early 18-9 lead just ten minutes into the g

Credit "I want to see me getting my joy back playing basketball. Wherever that may be, we'll find out here pretty soon.” When asked if he could find his joy playing with the Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler responded, “Probably not.” Butler made these comments after Miami’s home loss to the Pacers on Thursday, January 2. The next day, reports surfaced that Butler had requested a trade from the Miami Heat. That afternoon, the Heat suspended Butler for seven games for "multiple instanc

Credit “I found peace in chaos.” Eagles wide receiver AJ Brown finished last Sunday’s Wild Card game with just one reception for ten yards. After the game, he was bombarded with questions regarding the book he opened on the sideline during the game. That book, Jim Murphy’s “Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life,” became a best-seller on Amazon after the media labeled Brown a dramatic attention-seeker. Credit The visual spre

Credit In professional sports, coaches often get the short end of the stick, while general managers frequently evade blame. This is especially true in the NFL, where head coaches, such as former Jets head coach Robert Saleh, are fired as early as Week 5. More recently, the Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus after an embarrassing clock management debacle at the end of Chicago’s Thanksgiving matchup with the Detroit Lions, but the decision was only a matter of time. E