The three will join Dick Allen and Dave Parker, who earned election on Dec. 8, 2024, via the Classic Baseball Era Committee process.

Suzuki missed being a unanimous Hall of Famer by one vote. He is the second to receive all but one vote. Derek Jeter was a near unanimous choice in 2020.

There were 28 candidates on the 2025 ballot, which included 14 newcomers. Candidates remain on the ballot for 10 years provided they are not elected and they are named on at least five percent of all ballots cast each year. The induction ceremony in Cooperstown is on July 27, 2025.

Baseball Hall of Fame 2025 voting results

75% needed for induction, 5% to stay on ballot

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Ichiro Suzuki: 99.7% (first year)
CC Sabathia: 86.8% (first)
Billy Wagner: 82.5% (10th, final year)
Carlos Beltrán: 70.3% (third)
Andruw Jones: 66.2% (eighth)
Chase Utley: 39.8% (second)
Álex Rodríguez: 37.1% (fourth)
Manny Ramírez: 34.3% (ninth)
Andy Pettitte: 27.9% (seventh)
Félix Hernández: 20.6% (first)
Bobby Abreu: 19.5% (sixth)
Jimmy Rollins: 18% (fourth)
Omar Vizquel: 17.8% (eighth)
Dustin Pedroia: 11.9% (first)
Mark Buehrle: 11.4% (fifth)
Francisco Rodríguez: 10.2% (third)
David Wright : 8.1% (second)
Torii Hunter: 5.1% (fifth)
Ian Kinsler: 2.5% (first)
Russell Martin: 2.3% (first)
Brian McCann: 1.8% (first)
Troy Tulowitzki: 1% (first)
Curtis Granderson: 0.8% (first)
Adam Jones: 0.8% (first)
Carlos González: 0.5% (first)
Hanley Ramírez: 0% (first)
Fernando Rodney: 0% (first)
Ben Zobrist: 0% (first)

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Josh McDaniels is back for a third stint as the New England Patriots’ offensive coordinator. This time, however, it won’t be with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady by his side.

McDaniels is being hired by new coach Mike Vrabel to serve in the role, according to multiple reports Tuesday.

The move marks McDaniels’ first job back in the NFL since he was fired by the Las Vegas Raiders midway through the 2023 season, his second at the helm with the organization.

McDaniels, who interviewed with New England on Tuesday, had been on staff for all six of Brady and Belichick’s Super Bowl wins together. His first stint as offensive coordinator came in 2006-08 before he was hired to be the Denver Broncos’ head coach. Following his dismissal by the Broncos and a one-year stint as the St. Louis Rams’ offensive coordinator, he returned to New England to serve as play-caller from 2012-21.

Under Vrabel, McDaniels will be tasked with leading the development of second-year quarterback Drake Maye, who threw for 2,276 yards and 15 touchdowns in his debut season. The Patriots finished in the bottom three in both yards and scoring for the second consecutive year in 2024, with first-year coach Jerod Mayo being fired after the season was completed.

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The 2025 Australian Open is heating up, with the men’s and women’s singles tournaments both down to just a few remaining players.

In the women’s singles tournament, Coco Gauff — the highest-seeded American player — is out after a two-set quarterfinal loss to No. 11 seed Paula Badosa. Badosa and top seed Aryna Sabalenka have qualified for the semifinals, while Tuesday sees No. 19 Madison Keys play No. 28 Elina Svitolina, and a high-profile contest between No. 2 Iga Świątek and No. 8 Emma Navarro.

The men’s bracket saw No. 7 Novak Djokovic upset Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday, while No. 2 Alexander Zverev defeated American Tommy Paul to set up a potential blockbuster semifinal. The remaining matches in the final eight involve No. 21 Ben Shelton (the final American left in the men’s singles tournament) facing unseeded Lorenzo Sonego, and top seed Jannik Sinner facing a home crowd favorite in Australian No. 8 Alex de Minaur.

Here’s what to know about the 2025 Australian Open bracket, including time and broadcast information.

Australian Open 2025 bracket: Schedule, scores and results

All times Eastern. Start times subject to change.

Men’s singles — Quarterfinals

Result: No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. No. 12 Tommy Paul, 7-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
Result: No. 7 Novak Djokovic def. No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Tuesday, Jan. 21: No. 21 Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego — 10:30 p.m., ESPN2
Wednesday, Jan. 22: No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 8 Alex de Minaur — 3:30 a.m., ESPN

Men’s singles — Semifinals

Thursday, Jan. 23: No. 2 Alexander Zverev vs. No. 7 Novak Djokovic — Time TBD, ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 23: Quarterfinal winner vs. Quarterfinal winner — Time TBD, ESPN

Men’s singles — Final

Sunday, Jan. 26: Semifinal winner vs. Semifinal winner — 3:30 a.m., ESPN

Women’s singles — Quarterfinals

Result: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka def. No. 27 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Result: No. 11 Paula Badosa def. No. 3 Coco Gauff, 7-5, 6-4
Tuesday, Jan. 21: No. 19 Madison Keys def. No. 28 Elina Svitolina, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Tuesday, Jan. 21: No. 2 Iga Świątek vs. No. 8 Emma Navarro — 9 p.m., ESPN2

Women’s singles — Semifinals

Thursday, Jan. 23: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 11 Paula Badosa — Time and TV TBD
Thursday, Jan. 23: No. 19 Madison Keys vs. Świątek/Navarro winner — Time and TV TBD

Women’s singles — Final

Saturday, Jan. 25: Semifinal winner vs. Semifinal winner — 3:30 a.m., ESPN

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The Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2025 class is official with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner voted in, meaning it’s already time to look ahead to next year’s ballot.

Suzuki and Sabathia were shoo-ins in their first year of eligibility, but at first glance it seems unlikely that any of new players on the 2026 ballot were good enough to ever make the Hall of Fame.

Longtime left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels has the best career WAR (59) among the players scheduled to debut next year and Ryan Braun (47.1%) was an MVP winner, but neither of them has the credentials probably necessary to be earn induction – even if voters take a more liberal approach over their 10 years on the ballot.

The leading 2025 vote-getters who will return to the 2026 ballot are Carlos Beltran (70.3%), Andruw Jones (66.2%) and Chase Utley (39.8%), along a handful of other holdovers. In addition to Hamels and Braun, 2026 first-timers will include Edwin Encarnacion, Howie Kendrick, Shin-Soo Choo and Alex Gordon.

Here’s a look at the potential newcomers on next year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot:

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2026 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

(ordered by WAR)

Cole Hamels (59 WAR): 3.43 career ERA, 4-time All-Star, 2008 NLCS and World Series MVP
Ryan Braun (47.1): 2011 NL MVP, 6-time All-Star, 5-time Silver Slugger
Edwin Encarnacion (35.5): 3-time All-Star, 424 career home runs
Howie Kendrick (35.0): .294 career average, 2019 NLCS MVP, 2011 All-Star
Shin-Soo Choo (34.6): .377 career on-base percentage, 2018 All-Star
Alex Gordon (34.5): 8-time Gold Glover, 3-time All-Star, 2 Platinum Glove awards
Nick Markakis (33.6): 2,388 career hits, 3-time Gold Glover, 2018 All-Star
Hunter Pence (30.9): 4-time All-Star, 244 home runs, 2012 and 2014 World Series champion
Gio Gonzalez (28.3): 2-time All-Star, won 21 games in 2012
Matt Kemp (21.4): 3-time All-Star, 2-time Gold Glove winner, 2-time Silver Slugger
Also eligible: Jason Kipnis, Daniel Murphy, Rick Porcello, Matt Wieters, Jeff Samardzija, Chris Davis

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Ohio State football broke through, and then its fans broke in.

Students began flooding onto campus almost as soon as Ohio State’s 34-23 win over Notre Dame was over, the Columbus Dispatch reported, despite frigid temperatures in the Midwest. A crowd chanting ‘O-H,’ ‘I-O,’ eventually converged on ‘The Horseshoe’ and successfully forced their way inside the venerable home of Ohio State football.

Videos shared on social media show swarms of fans ‒ some with flags, some dressed for the weather and some not wearing shirts ‒ holding up their phones to chronicle the scene as they walked en masse through the stadium tunnel and then spilled onto the familiar turf. Witnesses said police officers got in on the fun, taking photos for the fans reveling in the Buckeyes’ first national championship in football since 2014.

“It’s crazy. I was surprised that the cops are so supportive,” Natalie Freihammer, an Ohio State senior who took part in the celebration, told The Columbus Dispatch.

Ohio State underwent a remarkable turnaround over the past two months, rebounding from a loss to Michigan in its regular season finale to reel off four-straight wins and emerge on top of the sport once more after the first 12-team College Football Playoff. Losing to the Wolverines again led to more scrutiny about coach Ryan Day and the disappointment lingered into the Buckeyes’ first-round playoff game against Tennessee, when a larger-than-normal contingent of Volunteers’ fans were inside Ohio Stadium.

But Ohio State’s title run has muted those concerns and the fans returned in droves again Tuesday to welcome the Buckeyes back from Atlanta. The festivities will continue during an official celebration with the team and fans inside Ohio Stadium on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET, according to the university’s athletic department. Admission and parking are free, with more details to be released this week.

‘There was a point where there was a lot of people that counted us out,’ Day said after Monday’s game, ‘and we just kept swinging and kept fighting.’

Perhaps a few of those doubters were among the people breaking into Ohio Stadium after what these Buckeyes pulled off.

After Ohio State football won the national championship over Notre Dame on Monday night, both programs are locked into matchups with blue-blood teams again in 2025 when they take the field for the first time next season.

Week 1 features some of the most intriguing matchups to kick off the season in recent memory, and among them are a Buckeyes rematch from the 2024-25 College Football Playoffs.

Week 0’s annual game in Dublin, Ireland, to kick off the season will also be a game to watch, as Big 12 foes Iowa State and Kansas State bring ‘Farmageddon’ across the Atlantic Ocean.

Here’s a look at the top college football matchups of the 2025 season:

College football Week 1 schedule 2025

Here are the best matchups for Week 0 and Week 1 of the 2025 college football season:

Saturday, Aug. 23: Kansas State vs. Iowa State

In recent seasons, the unofficial start of the college football season has come in ‘Week 0,’ where only a few teams are in action. Most notable among those games next season is a matchup in Dublin, Ireland, and in 2025 it’ll take place between Kansas State and Iowa State, two likely ranked conference opponents.

The Big 12 programs are also rivals, with fans calling the game ‘Farmageddon,’ given their Midwest roots. Both teams return starting quarterbacks Avery Johnson and Rocco Becht and should both be near the top for the conference championship race.

The Aer Lingus College Football Classic saw Georgia Tech beat Florida State in 2024, and had matchups between Notre Dame and Navy in 2023 and Northwestern-Nebraska in 2022.

There’s no game scheduled in Dublin for 2026, but Wisconsin and Pitt are set to play in 2027.

Saturday, Aug. 30: Texas at Ohio State

A rematch of the CFP semifinal at the Cotton Bowl, Texas heads to Ohio State to battle the reigning national champions, with both teams replacing their quarterbacks.

The Longhorns will turn to Arch Manning, the former No. 1-ranked recruit and nephew of NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. Manning has waited his turn behind Quinn Ewers, who’s off to the NFL.

Ohio State will likely turn to redshirt freshman Julian Sayin, a former Alabama signee who transferred to Ohio State last spring after Nick Saban’s retirement.

Texas had a chance to tie the game in the red zone on fourth down against the Buckeyes in the fourth quarter of the Cotton Bowl, but Jack Sawyer became an Ohio State legend when he strip sacked Ewers and returned the fumble for a touchdown to give OSU a 28-14 lead, which secured the game.

The Longhorns will certainly be seeking revenge this time around, with their second consecutive game being against Ohio State.

Saturday, Aug. 30: Notre Dame at Miami

Notre Dame, which fell in the national championship game to Ohio State, takes on new-look Miami on the road in its first game of the 2025 season.

The Fighting Irish will be with a new quarterback, as Riley Leonard moves on to the NFL after he exhausted his eligibility in 2024-25. So will the Hurricanes, who landed former Georgia quarterback Carson Beck in the transfer portal.

Beck, a two-year starter for the Bulldogs, initially entered the NFL draft but opted to transfer to Miami instead. He will look to follow in the footsteps of former starter Cam Ward, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist and improved his draft stock tremendously in 2024.

Both teams are expected to be highly ranked in 2025, and it is a matchup between two top-tier programs historically.

Saturday, Aug. 30: LSU at Clemson

LSU travels to Clemson in a battle between two of the top returning quarterbacks in college football – LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier and Clemson’s Cade Klubnik.

A battle between two Tigers, LSU looks to return to CFP contention in coach Brian Kelly’s fourth season. Meanwhile, Clemson, which snuck into the 12-team CFP last season after winning the ACC championship, returns plenty of offensive production, along with a new defense under Tom Allen, who was hired away from Penn State in the offseason.

Saturday, Aug. 30: Alabama at Florida State

Florida State was abysmal in 2024, finishing with a 2-10 record. However, the Seminoles are only two years removed from a 13-0 regular season finish and ACC championship and will look to show the college football world that they can reload quickly.

Meanwhile, Alabama, which lost second-year starting quarterback Jalen Milroe to the NFL draft, will test its new starter with a road game in Tallahassee. Alabama is likely to turn to Ty Simpson for the job, but 5-star freshman Keelon Russell and multi-year backup Austin Mack, who Kalen DeBoer brought over from Washington, will also compete for the job.

FSU coach Mike Norvell was also a potential candidate for the Alabama opening when Saban retired, and a win over the Crimson Tide would show the Seminoles are back on track after a devastating year in 2024.

Here are other intriguing matchups in Week 1 of the 2025 season:

TCU at North Carolina (Aug. 30)
Syracuse vs. Tennessee (Aug. 30 in Atlanta)
Auburn at Baylor (Aug. 30)
Georgia Tech at Colorado (Aug. 30)
Nebraska vs. Cincinnati (Aug. 28 in Kansas City)

An 11-year-old from Los Angeles was the lucky person that pulled a 1/1 card of Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes, Topps announced on Tuesday. The card features a patch worn on the sleeve of Skenes’ jersey from his major league debut and an autograph from the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year.

The unique card created headlines when it was announced in November as the Pirates offered a massive trade for the card to be placed at its home stadium of PNC Park. In exchange for the card, the Pirates offered whoever possessed it:

Two season ticket behind home plate at PNC Park for the next 30 years
An exclusive meet-and-greet with Skenes
Two autographed Skenes jerseys
A softball game for 30 people at PNC Park with coaching from team alumni
Batting practice and warmup with the team
Experiences at the team’s Spring Training facility in Bradenton, Florida

To up the reward for the card, Skenes’ girlfriend and popular LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne added an opportunity for the collector to sit with her in her suite for a Pirates game.

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Topps did not announce if the young collector had accepted the Pirates’ offer to trade the card.

Skenes’ card was part of the 2024 Topps Chrome Update set that featured several rookies and second-year players with MLB Debut Patch cards in it, including Elly De La Cruz, Jackson Holliday, Jackson Chourio, Jackson Merrill, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga.

The Dallas Cowboys may not have to look far to find their next head coach.

Eight days after the team parted ways with head coach Mike McCarthy (and amid swirling rumors about Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders), multiple reports indicate that Dallas is expected to interview offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for its head coaching vacancy.

Schottenheimer, 51, is said to be ‘well-respected’ in Dallas and has been an offensive coordinator for five different teams – the Jets, Rams, college football’s Georgia Bulldogs, Seahawks and Cowboys – since 2006. He’s spent the last two years as the Dallas’ offensive coordinator after spending the 2022 season as an offensive analyst for the team.

Schottenheimer was never the offensive play-caller in either of the last two seasons. McCarthy, the (former) head coach, took over those duties in 2023 after previous OC Kellen Moore left to take his current job with the Eagles.

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In 2023, Schottenheimer’s first season as Cowboys OC, the team finished with the best scoring offense in the NFL, went 12-5 and won the NFC East division title.

This year, Dallas finished 21st in the NFL in points per game, went 7-10 and missed the playoffs.