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Day 2 of the Australian Open is loaded with a whopping 56 matches between both the men and women singles brackets. Most notably, there is a myriad of stars taking the hard court today including 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and defending French Open champion Coco Gauff.

This will be the seventh Australian Open of Gauff’s career. The American star and No. 3 seed opened the tournament against Kamilla Rakhimova and cruised to an easy 6-2, 6-3 win in the first round.

Other American stars in action include No. 4 seed Amanda Anisimova, who reached the finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open last year, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 27 seed Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion.

With so many highly-anticipated matchups on the plate tonight, it makes sense why so many tennis fans are scrambling to figure out how to watch all the action. Well fear not! Here is the full schedule for all the seeded players on Day 2 of the Australian Open:

Australian Open Day 2 men’s seeds results, schedule

All times Eastern

Rod Laver Arena

No. 6 Alex de Minaur def. Mackenzie McDonald, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 Novak Djokovic vs. Pedro Martinez

Margaret Court Arena

No. 11 Daniil Medvedev def. Jesper de Jong, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
No. 12 Casper Ruud vs. Mattia Bellucci

John Cain Arena

Nuno Borges def. No. 7 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, retired

Kia Arena

No. 13 Andrey Rublev def. Matteo Arnaldi, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3

1573 Arena

Arthur Gea def. No. 17 Jiri Lehecka, 7-5, 7-6 (7-1), 7-5

ANZ Arena

No. 21 Denis Shapovalov vs. Yunchaokete Bu

Court 5

No. 25 Learner Tien def. Marcos Giron, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
No. 30 Valentin Vacherot def. Martin Damm, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Court 7

No. 27 Brandon Nakashima vs. Botic van de Zandschulp

Court 12

Fabian Marozsan def. No. 24 Arthur Rinderknech, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4

Court 13

No. 19 Tommy Paul def. Aleksandar Kovacevic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
No. 14 Alejandro Davidovic Fokina def. Filip Misolic, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3

Australian Open Day 2 women’s seeds results, schedule

All times Eastern

Rod Laver Arena

No. 3 Coco Gauff def. Kamilla Rakhmova, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Iga Swiatek def. Yue Yuan, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

Margaret Court Arena

No. 4 Amanda Anisimova def. Simona Waltert, 6-3, 6-2
No. 8 Mirra Andreeva vs. Donna Vekic vs., 3 a.m.

John Cain Arena

No. 6 Jessica Pegula def. Anastasia Zakharova, 6-2, 6-1

Kia Arena

No. 23 Diana Shnaider vs. Barbora Krejcikova, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

1573 Arena

Magda Linette def. No. 15 Emma Navarro, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 17 Victoria Mboko def. Emerson Jones, 6-4, 6-1

ANZ Arena

Peyton Stearns def. No. 27 Sofia Kenin, 6-3, 6-2

Court 5

No. 25 Paula Badosa vs. Zarina Diyas

Court 6

No. 13 Linda Noskova vs. Darja Semenistaja

Court 7

No. 14 Clara Tauson def. Dalma Galfi, 6-3, 6-3
No. 21 Elise Mertens def. Lanlana Tararudee, 7-5, 6-1

Court 13

No. 29 Iva Jovic def. Katie Volynets, 6-2, 6-3

Court 14

No. 19 Karolina Muchova def. Jaqueline Cristian, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)

Stream select Australian Open matches on Fubo

How to watch Australian Open Day 2

The match between Gauff and Rakhimova is scheduled to start around 7:30 p.m. ET and will air on ESPN2, with streaming options available on ESPN+ and Fubo.

The entire tournament will stream on ESPN+. Certain matches will air on both ESPN and ESPN2 and can be streamed on Fubo. The semifinals and finals for both the men’s and women’s brackets will air on ESPN and can be streamed on Fubo.

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The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be revealed on Tuesday, Jan. 20, with Carlos Beltrán – and perhaps Andruw Jones – looking likely to be enshrined alongside Jeff Kent this summer in Cooperstown, N.Y.

In his fourth year on the ballot, Beltrán is expected to finally get over the hump and win the required 75% share of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Meanwhile, Jones has climbed all the way from 7.3% in his debut to 66.2% last year and one of the greatest center fielders in history could cross the threshold in 2026, his second-to-last chance.

Here’s what to know about Hall of Fame’s upcoming announcement:

When is Baseball Hall of Fame announcement?

The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results will be announced on January 20th at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network.

Baseball Hall of Fame voting tracker

Ryan Thibodaux’s Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Tracker is an incredible resource and the entire baseball community is so very appreciative of the work he and his team put in.

Full Baseball Hall of Fame 2026 ballot tracker

Updated 12 a.m. Monday, 75% required

Carlos Beltran: 88.8%
Andruw Jones: 83.7%
Chase Utley: 67.9%
Andy Pettitte: 56.7%
Felix Hernandez: 56.7%
Alex Rodriguez: 42.8%

Check out individual Hall of Fame ballots

Baseball Hall of Fame ballot 2026

Holdovers

Carlos Beltrán (4th year on ballot, 70.3% in 2025)
Andruw Jones (9th year, 66.2%)
Chase Utley (3rd year, 39.8%)
Álex Rodríguez (5th year, 37.1%)
Manny Ramírez (10th final year, 34.3%)
Andy Pettitte (8th year, 27.9%)
Félix Hernández (2nd year, 20.6%)
Bobby Abreu (7th year, 19.5%)
Jimmy Rollins (5th year, 18.0%)
Omar Vizquel (9th year, 17.8%)
Dustin Pedroia (2nd year, 11.9%)
Mark Buehrle (6th year, 11.4%)
Francisco Rodríguez (4th year, 10.2%)
David Wright (3rd year, 8.1%)
Torii Hunter (6th year, 5.1%) 

First year on ballot

Ryan Braun
Shin-Soo Choo
Edwin Encarnación
Gio González
Alex Gordon
Cole Hamels
Matt Kemp
Howie Kendrick
Nick Markakis
Daniel Murphy
Hunter Pence
Rick Porcello

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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina announced on Sunday that he met with Israel’s Mossad Director David Barnea.

‘Just met with my good friend David Barnea, Director of Mossad. Wow, these people are clever. God Bless America. God Bless Israel,’ Graham wrote in a post on X, which includes a photo of himself and Barnea smiling and giving a thumbs up.

The Mossad’s website explains, ‘The institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Mossad) is a national organization responsible for covert activity abroad.’

‘Lindsey Graham holds secret talks with MOSSAD boss in Israel,’ RT wrote in a post on X while sharing a screenshot of the U.S. lawmaker’s post about meeting with the Israeli official. ‘Is he speaking for all of America?’

The outlet’s website states, ‘RT is an autonomous, non-profit organization that is publicly financed from the budget of the Russian Federation.’

Graham shared the RT post and wrote, ‘To my Russian friends, chill out. I’ve known David for a very long time. He’s looking to buy property in South Carolina and I wanted to give him my two cents’ worth. In case you haven’t noticed, President Trump is in charge.’

Graham also met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials during his trip to the Jewish state.

‘Great visit with Prime Minister Netanyahu and his team at one of the most consequential moments in recent memory. America has no better friend than the State of Israel,’ Graham said in a post on X.

Graham also met with Netanyahu in Israel last month.

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Towards the end of the fifth season of ‘Stranger Things,’ the character of Will Byers gathers his family and friends together. He has good reason. They need to prepare for the final battle against Vecna, a terrifying, skinless monster with a penchant for mass murder and apocalyptic terrorism. But instead, Will comes out as gay.

This is perhaps the most anticlimactic moment in television since Pam woke up to reveal that the entire tenth season of ‘Dallas’ had been a dream. In laborious and earnest tones, Will takes four minutes to tell everyone that he just isn’t into girls. Cue the inevitable chorus of solidarity from his friends and a warm group hug. Given that this series is set in the 1980s, a more realistic approach would have been for them to storm out and declare Will to be more disgusting than Vecna.

This has happened so often in Hollywood that it’s become the norm. A storyline is upended to promote the ideological obsessions of the present. We’ve had a Black Cleopatra, a lesbian kiss in the ‘Toy Story’ spinoff ‘Lightyear,’ empathetic, home-loving orcs in Middle Earth, and a robot in an animated series of ‘Transformers’ declaring its pronouns as ‘they/them,’ as though mechanized killing machines are sensitive about their gender identities.

A key aspect of storytelling is verisimilitude. Movies can present completely unreal worlds, but unless an audience buys into the internal logic, they quickly lose interest. Consider the recent Netflix series ‘Ripley,’ in which a major male character is played by a female actor who identifies as ‘nonbinary.’ The characters don’t notice that she’s a woman, and we’re expected to play along. It insults our intelligence and completely derails an otherwise brilliant series.

If we want to save the arts, we must return to the universal. We have to remember that we’re meant to be entertainers, not high priests of a new religion that nobody asked for.

The audiences know it, too. The ‘coming out’ episode of ‘Stranger Things’ is currently the lowest-rated episode on IMDb. The recent live-action remake of ‘Snow White,’ with its emphasis on diversity rather than murderous stepmothers and subterranean dwarves, reportedly lost over $115 million for Disney. 

The all-female leads of ‘The Marvels’ might have made a few executives feel good about themselves, until it turned out to be the franchise’s biggest bomb of all time. And after poor test screenings, HBO’s big-budget wokefest ‘Batgirl’ was shelved altogether.

So, while executives pat themselves on the back for their ‘virtue,’ their studios are plunged into debt. According to public filings, as of late 2025, Disney’s debt is roughly $35.3 billion and Warner Bros. Discovery’s debt stands at approximately $33.5 billion. Cinema attendance continues to decline, with annual box office receipts in North America struggling to reach $9 billion. In a world where production and marketing costs have skyrocketed, these numbers represent a dying industry.

It turns out that audiences prefer to be entertained rather than hectored. If people wanted a sermon, they’d probably just stick to church. I’ll make a prediction right now: if things don’t change, they won’t be making movies on those legendary big studio lots in five years’ time — they’ll be selling them off as prime real estate for luxury condos. You can’t continually patronize and insult your customers and expect to keep the lights on.

Since the rise of the ‘woke’ movement, and its total domination of the creative industries, anyone with a conservative point of view has been punished and even blacklisted. 

Artists are meant to be the most free-thinking people in the world, but the industry demands conformity above all else. Worse still, the woke fixation simply doesn’t tally with the views of the general public, most of whom don’t want their children being indoctrinated by studios smuggling in ideology and propaganda under the guise of entertainment.

Contrary to what the self-identifying, morally superior, adjacent elites want you to believe, the woke ideology has never been popular with the public. It represents the luxury beliefs of the privileged few, those who spend most of their time pontificating about ‘social justice’ and ‘environmental responsibility’ while flying in their private jets and ingesting enough cocaine to keep the cartels of Mexico living like kings.

The good news is that the American people aren’t waiting for permission from the big studios anymore. We are seeing a massive explosion of alternative media. Whether it’s independent streaming platforms, podcasts or creator-owned networks, a new frontier is being built.

Audiences are migrating to where they can find authenticity and truth. They’re supporting creators who prioritize strong storytelling over ‘the message.’ While the legacy studios are busy building ‘safe spaces’ for their writers, and scolding audiences for not being sufficiently ‘progressive,’ we are building a new industry for the people.

Hollywood used to be about what brought us together. Now, it’s about what divides us. They’ve traded the Dream Factory for an Indoctrination Lab, and the American people are voting with their wallets and their remote controls.

If we want to save the arts, we must return to the universal. We have to remember that we’re meant to be entertainers, not high priests of a new religion that nobody asked for.

If that doesn’t happen, get ready to see a lot of ‘For Sale’ signs on those studio gates.

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on Sunday that the U.S. is engaged in an ‘ongoing war’ with Venezuela following what he described as recent U.S. actions involving the country.

During an appearance on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press,’ Paul said the U.S. continues to be in conflict with Venezuela over its oil.

‘That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,’ Paul said.

‘I still hope it works out for the best, but we are still involved in an active war with Venezuela,’ he continued.

The senator added that ‘we still have hundreds of ships with a 100% blockade of the coast.’

This comes after the U.S. operation to attack Venezuela and arrest its president, Nicolás Maduro, and the Trump administration’s subsequent seizing of an oil tanker from the country.

Venezuela is one of the biggest producers of oil, and its oil industry has become a focus of the Trump administration. Officials said oil sales to the U.S. will start immediately with an initial shipment of about 30 million to 50 million barrels and that the shipments will continue indefinitely.

‘This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!’ Trump previously wrote on Truth Social.

Trump has also said that the U.S. would continue ‘running’ Venezuela for much longer than a few months. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have said it will take time for Venezuela, now led by interim acting President Delcy Rodriguez, to reach a place where it can hold elections.

More than half of U.S. voters oppose the Trump administration running Venezuela, according to a poll from Quinnipiac University.

Paul is part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who want to limit Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela after the U.S. military’s recent move to strike the country and capture Maduro, which the Kentucky Republican has said amounts to war.

The group attempted to pass a War Powers resolution last week to block the president from additional intervention without congressional approval, but the effort failed in the Senate.

‘The only problem about a war powers vote now is that, since it hasn’t happened, there are a lot of Republicans who say, ‘Oh, that’s prospective. I’m not going to tie his hands prospectively,” Paul said on Sunday. 

‘The problem is, if you wait until after an invasion, whereas the administration argues, we don’t know it’s a war until we count the casualties. That’s sort of a crazy definition of war, because our job is to initiate or declare war,’ he added.

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Fernando Mendoza gives Indiana a quarterback advantage over Miami’s Carson Beck.
Veteran Hoosiers don’t beat themselves with blunders, turnovers or penalties.
Miami’s pass rush must be disruptive for chance at national championship game upset.

Someone, alert the 1894 Yale Bulldogs. Wait, I’m afraid that’s not possible. They’ve exited stage.

Anyway, Yale could soon have company in the 16-0 stratosphere if Indiana beats Miami to win the national championship.

Not since 1894 Yale has a major college football team finished 16-0.

North Dakota State finished 16-0 at the FCS level in 2019, but this would be a first for the FBS. The 12-team College Football Playoff makes it so teams can go 16-0.

You’re up, Indiana.

After the Hoosiers (15-0) routed Alabama and Oregon in playoff games by a combined score of 94-25, it’s no surprise they’re an 8.5-point favorite against Miami (13-2).

Here are four reasons Indiana will win this game and finish 16-0, and one reason it won’t:

Why Indiana football will beat Miami in CFP national championship

Indiana shows no weakness

Try to find one. Alabama couldn’t. Oregon, either. Ask Illinois what Indiana’s weakness is. The Illini lost, 63-10, to Indiana.

The Hoosiers are sturdy at the lines of scrimmage. They’re explosive at the skill positions. That includes wide receivers who are as sure-handed as they come. Linebacker Aiden Fisher provides the defense with a dependable, veteran anchor. In the secondary, D’Angelo Ponds is as good of a cornerback as there is in college football.

To beat Indiana, you must meet good with good, because there’s no bad spots on this team.

“There’s not a weakness in their game,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said after the Peach Bowl. “They run the ball well. They stop the run well. They throw the ball well. They defend the pass well. They’re great on special teams.”

Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned the quarterback yet.

Hoosiers have QB advantage in Fernando Mendoza

Difficult to choose what to like most about Fernando Mendoza’s game as Indiana’s quarterback. Is it the accuracy? The pinpoint timing of his throws? His poise? His leadership?

Maybe, it’s as simple as this: He rarely throws incompletions.

In two playoff games, Mendoza has more touchdown passes (eight) than incompletions (five). That’s an incredible stat.

His 41-to-6 touchdown-to-interception ratio for the season nudges him toward a passer rating that leads the nation.

Miami’s Carson Beck delivered his best performance of the playoff in his last game, a semifinal win against Mississippi. But, he’s still a bit Jekyll and Hyde. You don’t know what to expect from Beck.

You know what you’re going to get from Mendoza, a quarterback who’s been better than any this season. As Miami coach Mario Cristobal put it, Mendoza’s Heisman Trophy recognition was “well-deserved.”

Indiana football doesn’t beat itself

Indiana won’t help out its opponent by committing a barrage of blunders or mental errors. The Hoosiers rank among the nation’s least-penalized teams. (Miami tilts toward the upper-end of the penalty spectrum.)

In a can’t-believe-this-is-real stat, Indiana has not lost a fumble since the season opener against Old Dominion. The wide receivers don’t drop passes. Kicker Nico Radicic is money.

When Indiana blocked a punt against Oregon, that sort of hammered home that the Hoosiers win in the cracks and the crevices. If there’s an X-factor to gain, they’ll find it.

As defensive lineman Mario Landino put it, the team’s mindset boils down to three letters. DYJ. Do Your Job.

They do it well.

Indiana can force Carson Beck into mistakes

Miami rallied with a seven-game win streak thanks in part to Beck limiting miscues in the back half of the season. Beck threw four interceptions in a loss to Louisville and two more in a loss to SMU on Nov. 1. Since then, he’s thrown only two interceptions.

Indiana is a threat to reinfect Beck with the interception bug. The Hoosiers have intercepted at least one pass in 12 of 15 games. Ponds’ pick-six on the first play of the Peach Bowl set a menacing tone.

For Miami to have a chance, Beck must continue to limit mistakes, as he did throughout the first three rounds of the playoff. Indiana’s defense is equipped to force him into a rough night.

One reason Indiana might lose to Miami

Miami’s defense is tremendous

Ohio State and Iowa had two of the best defenses Indiana faced this season. They were the only teams to limit Indiana to 20 points or fewer.

Miami’s defense showed its ferocity in playoff wins against Texas A&M and Ohio State. Its defensive line is filled with disruptors, including the two-headed monster of Rueben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor. Those guys haunt quarterbacks. Fortunately for Indiana, Carter Smith is one of the nation’s best offensive tackles. He can’t block everyone.

Mendoza hasn’t gone against a pass rush as good as Miami’s — namely, because there is no pass rush as good as Miami’s, although Indiana’s isn’t far behind.

Miami’s Keionte Scott is a game-changing defensive back. His pick-six helped fuel the upset of Ohio State. For Miami to have a chance, it must make Mendoza hear footsteps and harass him. A defensive touchdown wouldn’t hurt, either.

When is CFP national championship game?

Date: Monday, Jan. 19
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

The 2026 CFP national championship game between No. 1 Indiana and No. 10 Miami is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Monday, Jan. 19.

Where is CFP national championship game?

Location: Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)

The 2026 CFP national title game will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, which is coincidentally the home stadium for the Hurricanes. The venue is also home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.

How to watch CFP national championship game:

TV channel: ESPN
Streaming: ESPN app | Fubo (free trial)

The CFP national championship game will air live on ESPN. Streaming options for the game include the ESPN app or Fubo, which offers a free trial. ESPN2 will have an alternative viewing with ‘Field Pass with ‘The Pat McAfee Show,” while ESPNU will have a ‘Film Room’ telecast.

Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network’s senior national college football columnist. Email him at BToppmeyer@gannett.com and follow him on X @btoppmeyer.

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Chris Gotterup found success in Hawaii on Sunday, Jan. 18, winning the Sony Open, the first tournament victory of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule.

Gotterup shot a 16-under-par for the tournament at the Waialae Country Club to earn the $1.6 million top prize from the $9.1 million purse total.

Ryan Gerard (-14) and Patrick Rodgers (-13) finished second and third, respectively, among the 75-player tournament field.

Nick Taylor, who won the 2025 event in a playoff, shot a 9 under for the tournament to finish in a tie for 13th.

Here’s what every golfer in the tournament earned based on their finish:

LEADERBOARD: Final results from 2026 Sony Open

Prize Pool breakdown for 2026 Sony Open Championship

1. Chris Gotterup, -16, $1,638,000
2. Ryan Gerard, -14, $991,900
3. Patrick Rodgers, -13, $627,900
T4. Jacob Bridgeman, -12, $409,500
T4. Robert MacIntyre, -12, $409,500
T6. Taylor Pendrith, -11, $287,105
T6. Daniel Berger, -11, $287,105
T6. Lee Hodges, -11, $287,105
T6. Davis Riley, -11, $287,105
T6. Harry Hall, -11, $287,105
T11. Jake Knapp, -10, $220,675
T11. Si Woo Kim, -10, $220,675
T13. Pierceson Coody, -9, $163,041
T13. Sudarshan Yellamaraju, -9, $163,041
T13. Hideki Matsuyama, -9, $163,041
T13. S.H. Kim, -9, $163,041
T13. Nick Taylor, -9, $163,041
T13. Kevin Roy, -9, $163,041
T19. Dan Brown, -8, $111,839
T19. Russell Henley, -8, $111,839
T19. Chandler Phillips, -8, $111,839
T19. Ben Griffin, -8, $111,839
T19. John Parry, -8, $111,839
T24. Patton Kizzire, -7, $72,475
T24. Maverick McNealy, -7, $72,475
T24. Bud Cauley, -7, $72,475
T24. Kensei Hirata, -7, $72,475
T24. Jordan Spieth, -7, $72,475
T24. Adrien Dumont de Chassart, -7, $72,475
T24. Corey Conners, -7, $72,475
T31. Séamus Power, -6, $49,898
T31. Michael Kim, -6, $49,898
T31. Brice Garnett, -6, $49,898
T31. Sahith Theegala, -6, $49,898
T31. Ren Yonezawa, -6, $49,898
T31. Sam Stevens, -6, $49,898
T31. Dylan Wu, -6, $49,898
T31. Takumi Kanaya, -6, $49,898
T31. Ricky Castillo, -6, $49,898
T40. J.J. Spaun, -5, $31,522
T40. Mac Meissner, -5, $31,522
T40. Denny McCarthy, -5, $31,522
T40. Tom Hoge, -5, $31,522
T40. Adam Scott, -5, $31,522
T40. Kurt Kitayama, -5, $31,522
T40. Vince Whaley, -5, $31,522
T40. Vijay Singh, -5, $31,522
T40. Alex Smalley, -5, $31,522
T40. Adam Svensson, -5, $31,522
T50. Aaron Rai, -4, $22,404
T50. Emilio Gonzalez, -4, $22,404
T50. Rico Hoey, -4, $22,404
T50. Zac Blair, -4, $22,404
T50. David Ford, -4, $22,404
T55. Zecheng Dou, -3, $20,748
T55. Matthieu Pavon, -3, $20,748
T55. Webb Simpson, -3, $20,748
T55. Haotong Li, -3, $20,748
T55. Doug Ghim, -3, $20,748
T55. Matt McCarty, -3, $20,748
T61. Zach Johnson, -2, $19,929
T61. Tom Kim, -2, $19,929
T61. Brian Harman, -2, $19,929
T61. Nick Dunlap, -2, $19,929
T61. Johnny Keefer, -2, $19,929
T66. Keith Mitchell, -1, $19,110
T66. Jordan Smith, -1, $19,110
T66. Mark Hubbard, -1, $19,110
T66. Joe Highsmith, -1, $19,110
70. Zach Bauchou, E, $18,655
T71. Chad Ramey, +1, $18,382
T71. William Mouw, +1, $18,382
73. Kota Kaneko, +3, $18,109
74. Billy Horschel, +4, $17,927

What is the next tournament in the PGA Tour event?

The next stop on the PGA Tour is La Quinta, California for The American Express Tournament. The event will take place from Jan. 22-25 and air on ESPN+/Golf Channel.

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The 2025 Chicago Bears are straight out of a movie.

Faced with a fourth down with 27 seconds to go and down 17-10 to the Los Angeles Rams, Caleb Williams pulled a rabbit out of his hat to even the score and send the game to overtime.

The play, which began at the 14-yard line, continued with Williams drifting back to the 40-yard line to escape pressure. Like a great NBA player, he lobbed a fadeaway jumper toward the end zone, which fell into the waiting arms of Cole Kmet.

And since seeing is believing, take another look at this wizardry:

How about a look from the sky cam?

And then the calm celebration from QB1.

Williams the Bears settled for the extra point to tie the game, rather than take their chances at going for two.

The Bears have been no stranger to wild comebacks this season, even needing to overcome an 18-point halftime deficit in the wild-card round to reach this point.

No one knows how the story ends, but the people of Chicago and NFL fans have been taken on quite the ride this season.

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The New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans 28-16 in the AFC divisional round.
Combined, the teams committed eight turnovers in a game played in wintry conditions.
Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud threw four interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.
The Patriots advance to their first AFC championship game since the 2018 season.

FOXBOROUGH, MA – With the Denver Broncos navigating life minus starting quarterback Bo Nix in next Sunday’s AFC championship game, the importance of the divisional round tilt between the New England Patriots and Houston Texans multiplied tenfold. 

The victor, ostensibly, would be favored despite being on the road in a week and have the benefit of facing Broncos’ backup Jarrett Stidham. But after more than three hours of sloppy football – partially due to a wintry mix that went between snow flurries to rain that made for a wet atmosphere, partially due to the overall sloppiness of both quarterbacks – and 8 turnovers combined, maybe that won’t be the case. 

The Patriots hung on to defeat the Texans, 28-16, thanks to Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud’s four interceptions and a Woody Marks lost fumble.

Dating back to his fumble-filled performance six days ago against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Stroud became the first player in NFL history with five interceptions and five fumbles in a single postseason. He accomplished that in six quarters of play.

New England was fading fast until QB Drake Maye strode to the huddle, clapping his hands with 1:22 left in the third quarter. To that point, his team had managed six first downs and three turnovers (one being an inconsequential Hail Mary interception in the end zone to end the first half). But two minutes into the fourth quarter, Maye fired one of the best passes of his career over Texans All-Pro cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. to receiver Kayshon Boutte, who made a diving catch and survived the ground for the score to make it 28-16 with 12:58 to play. 

Maye finishted 16-for-27 passing for 179 yards, 3 touchdowns and the interception. Running back Rhamondre Stevenson, who was limited with a first-half eye injury, added 70 yards on 16 carries.

C.J. Stroud’s disastrous day started early, snowballed

Stroud’s first interception came via a quality catch by Carlton Davis on the sideline with 1:37 left in the first quarter. Two plays later, though, Maye and the Patriots had a busted play in which he went to hand the ball off and Stevenson was going to block. Maye decided to take off up the middle and, while diving, Texans’ defensive tackle Tommy Togiai knocked the ball out and Azeez Al-Shaair recovered on the ground, setting Houston up at the Patriots’ 27-yard line. 

Stroud found Christian Kirk on a third down in the red zone with 12:51 left in the second quarter for a 10-yard touchdown that gave Houston its first lead at 10-7. 

But too often for Stroud, even when he tried to make a play, it often ended in disaster. In the second quarter, he faked a handoff and rolled to his left. His intended receiver, tight end Harrison Bryant, fell on the slippery Gillette Stadium playing surface. Stroud was pressured by K’Lavon Chaisson and his attempted pass went skyward toward a pack of Patriots defenders. Marcus Jones, the Pats’ accomplished kick returner, settled under the ball like he was receiving a punt and won the 26-yard dash to the pylon for a touchdown that gave New England a 14-10 lead.  

The Patriots made it a two-possession game when Maye found Diggs after the wideout came across the formation in motion, and Diggs displayed strong hands to possess the ball for a touchdown that gave New England a 21-10 advantage with 3:12 until halftime. 

Stroud finished 20-for-47 passing for 212 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions. The Texans couldn’t get anything going on the ground, finishing with 48 rushing yards on 22 attempts.

The Patriots are in their first AFC title game since the days of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, when the quarterback-head coach pairing went on to win their final Super Bowl together after the 2018 season. 

For the Texans and head coach DeMeco Ryans, the loss marks the third straight year in which Houston’s season has ended in the divisional round. 

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FOXBOROUGH, MA – Azeez Al-Shaair walked off the wet Gillette Stadium field with a heavy heart. Partly because his season ended Sunday with the Houston Texans’ 28-16 loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC divisional round. 

But also because of a message he’s been trying to send all season. 

The fine – Al-Shaair violated section 4, article 8 of the NFL rulebook, which prohibits players from showing personal messages on game day – didn’t surprise Al-Shaair. 

“I knew that that was a fine. I understood what I was doing,” he said after the game Jan. 18.

What confused Al-Shaair was that he was told before the matchup against the Patriots that if he wore the message during the game, he wouldn’t be able to participate.

“At the end of the day, it’s bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?” he said. “That’s the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people – other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you’re a human being, and you see what’s going on in this world, you check yourself real quick.

“I’m sitting here crying about football when there’s people dying every single day.” 

Al-Shaair is the Texans’ 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee. 

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