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Set up a new account and secure a sign-up bonu Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 12/25/2025 10:05am • Dec. 26 1908 ��� Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 ��� Toronto���s Harry Cameron becomes the first defenseman to score four goals in a game as the Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Cana Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 12/25/2025 10:00am • Dec. 30 1956 ��� The New York Giants win the NFL title with a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears. 1962 ��� The Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants 16-7 to win the NFL title for the second straight year. 1973 ��� The Minnesota Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys 27-10 to win the NFC championship. 1973 Son of former Bangladesh prime minister returns after 17 years in exile with a chance to lead 12/25/2025 05:41am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� The son of a former prime minister of Bangladesh returned home Thursday, promising to work for a safe country after more than 17 years in self-imposed exile as a frontrunner to become the nation's next leader in upcoming elections. Tarique Rahman moved to London in 2008 fo Hawaii stuns Cal in 35-31 in Hawaii Bowl on backup QB Luke Weaver's last-minute TD pass 12/25/2025 02:21am • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Backup quarterback Luke Weaver threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cenacle with 10 seconds left, and Hawaii rallied for a 35-31 comeback victory over California in a thrilling Hawaii Bowl on Wednesday night. Weaver entered the game after Micah Alejado took a hard hit on the prev Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence 12/25/2025 12:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind bars. The disclosure of the tr Nuggets forward Cameron Johnson avoids major knee injury but will miss a few games, AP source says 12/24/2025 11:49pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The Denver Nuggets got good news Wednesday when an MRI revealed that forward Cameron Johnson suffered only a bone bruise to his right knee and not any ligament or structural damage, according to a person familiar with the medical test results. The person spoke to The Associated Press North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine 12/24/2025 11:14pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea on Thursday displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull, as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea���s push to acquire the technology. North Korea���s official Trump warns against infiltration by a 'bad Santa,' defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids 12/24/2025 09:02pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a ���bad Santa��� infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad. V No room for spin: Australia goes into the 4th Ashes with a pace-heavy attack against England 12/24/2025 07:34pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australia won't attempt to replace injured Nathan Lyon with another spin bowler for the fourth Ashes test against England and will go into Friday's start of the match with a 12-man, pace-heavy squad. After Lyon suffered a long-term hamstring injury in the Ashes-clinchin Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's 12/24/2025 06:44pm • BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) ��� Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in Gaza. At the Vatican, Pop Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building 12/24/2025 06:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show's host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Ravens' Lamar Jackson absent from practice Wednesday following last weekend's back injury 12/24/2025 05:58pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ��� Lamar Jackson did not practice Wednesday for the Baltimore Ravens because of his back injury. Jackson was injured in the second quarter of last weekend's loss to New England and did not return. The two-time MVP quarterback also missed three games earlier this season bec George Kittle misses practice with ankle injury, status for Niners' game against Bears in question 12/24/2025 05:22pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� San Francisco Pro Bowl tight end George Kittle missed practice with an ankle injury on Wednesday, leaving his status for this weekend's big game against the Chicago Bears in question. Kittle hurt his ankle during Monday night's 48-27 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.