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Kotelnicki returns to Kansas as associate head coach after stint as Penn State offensive coordinator 01/02/2026 02:45pm • LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) ��� Andy Kotelnicki will return to Kansas as associate head coach after not being retained as offensive coordinator at Penn State, Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold announced Friday. Kotelnicki and Leipold have worked together a combined 11 years at Kansas, Buffalo and Division III UW Corey Stephenson's 21 points lead Florida International over New Mexico State 89-74 01/02/2026 02:43pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Corey Stephenson's 21 points helped Florida International defeat New Mexico State 89-74 on Friday. Stephenson added seven rebounds for the Panthers (8-5, 1-1 Conference USA). Eric Dibami scored 16 points and added 10 rebounds and four steals. Hamed Olayinka had 14 points and shot 6 of Panthers, Buccaneers battle for NFC South title in matchup of teams going in opposite directions 01/02/2026 02:41pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ��� The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one game away from finishing off an epic collapse and entering an offseason of uncertainty. The Carolina Panthers are closing in on their first playoff berth in eight years. Two teams heading in opposite directions battle for the NFC South title on S College football's Urban Meyer joins board of Florida college transformed by DeSantis 01/02/2026 02:38pm • SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) ��� College football Hall of Famer Urban Meyer has been appointed to the board of trustees at a small public liberal arts college that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has transformed from a progressive institute into a staging ground for the Republican governor's war on ���woke.��� DeS Seahawks and 49ers face off for NFC's top seed in high-stakes showdown 01/02/2026 02:29pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� The playoffs start a week early for the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. The top two teams in the NFC West will square off Saturday night in a rare regular-season game with such high stakes as the winner will earn the top seed in the NFC playoffs with a first-ro Judge refuses to order release of man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Capitol riot 01/02/2026 02:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A federal magistrate judge on Friday refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharba Country singer Zach Bryan has married Samantha Leonard 01/02/2026 02:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Here's to a lifetime of pink skies: The irreverent country singer Zach Bryan is married. Bryan, 29, confirmed the news in an Instagram post shared Thursday. Beneath a photo of him holding his bride, Samantha Leonard, 28, he wrote the caption, ���tougher than the rest,��� a referenc Today in History: December 31, Edison demonstrates incandescent lights in Menlo Park 01/02/2026 02:23pm • Today is Wednesday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2025. This is New Year���s Eve. Today in history: On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first demonstrated his electric incandescent lights for the public by illuminating some 100 bulbs in and around his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Also on Ole Miss and breakthrough QB Chambliss advance to CFP Fiesta Bowl against Miami and blue chip Beck 01/02/2026 02:16pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Mississippi's scintillating breakthrough quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and his Rebels teammates have been saying for weeks that they have the chemistry, talent and confidence to carry on in the College Football Playoff without former coach Lane Kiffin. Unlikely as that may have Browns, Bengals look to end season with momentum when they meet in the Battle of Ohio 01/02/2026 02:08pm • Cleveland (4-12) at Cincinnati (6-10) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL odds: Bengals by 7 1/2. Against the spread: Browns 7-9; Bengals 8-8. Series record: Bengals lead 56-48. Last meeting: Bengals beat the Browns 17-16 in Cleveland on Sept. 7, 2025. Last week: Browns beat the Steelers 13-6; Benga Dolphins place tight end Darren Waller on injured reserve, sign running back Donovan Edwards 01/02/2026 01:55pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� The Miami Dolphins placed tight end Darren Waller on injured reserve Friday with a groin injury and signed running back Donovan Edwards to the active roster off Washington's practice squad. Waller will miss the Dolphins' regular-season finale at New England on Sunday, en Bills have won 5 straight at home against Jets in closing the regular season by hosting New York 01/02/2026 01:53pm • New York Jets (3-13) at Buffalo (11-5) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL odds: Bills by 7. Against the spread: Jets 7-8-1; Bills 7-9. Series record: Bills lead 72-58. Last meeting: Bills won 30-10 on Sept. 14, at the Meadowlands. Last week: Jets lost to Patriots 42-10; Bills lost to Eagles 13-1 FanDuel Promo Code: Get $250 Bonus for NBA, CFB, NFL Games This Weekend 01/02/2026 01:38pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services All new users can sign up with this FanDuel promo code offer and dive into a massive, 10 game NBA betting slate Friday night, along w Anthony Joshua���s driver charged after deadly crash in Nigeria 01/02/2026 01:33pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� The driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria was charged, the police said on Friday. Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged with dangerous and reckless driving in southwestern Ogun state following Mo 2 men rescued from 9th-floor Bethesda hotel ledge after armed suspect breaks in 01/02/2026 01:24pm • Two men, who were stuck on a Bethesda, Maryland, hotel ledge during an attempted armed robbery, were rescued by police early in the morning of New Year's Day. Two men who were stuck on the ledge of a ninth-floor hotel room at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Democracy Boulevard were brought down aroun