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Good morning, everybody. Carter Bahns right here with you to recap a extremely newsworthy weekend, particularly within the soccer world. The primary actual snow of the season hit this weekend in southern New England and stored me planted in entrance of the TV, and the timing couldn’t have been significantly better, for those who ask me. I used to be locked into the Heisman Trophy ceremony Saturday night time and all of the crucial Week 15 motion within the NFL, in order that’s the place we’ll begin on this morning’s e-newsletter.
Let’s soar in.
🩼 5 issues to know Monday
- Patrick Mahomes’ season is over with a torn ACL, and the identical is feared for Micah Parsons. The harm bug made an unwelcome look throughout Week 15 within the NFL, hanging two superstars simply hours aside. First, Mahomes landed awkwardly whereas making an attempt to increase on a late-game play because the Chiefs fought to salvage their season. It was later revealed that he tore his left ACL. Parsons went down with a non-contact harm that left the Packers fearing that their defensive chief can have the identical destiny as Kansas Metropolis’s quarterback. Mahomes’ exit successfully ended the Chiefs’ postseason possibilities because the 16-13 loss to the Chargers added insult to harm.
- Philip Rivers owns the feel-good story of the weekend. Image this: You are an NFL quarterback, who put up Corridor of Fame numbers over a 17-year profession earlier than retiring. Then 5 years later, with little prep, on the age of 44 you come again and practically defeat a Tremendous Bowl contender. That, my pals, is a abstract of Rivers’ story. Some may say that the Colts “new” quarterback was on the “unsuitable” finish of a 18-16 determination, however the present highschool soccer coach additionally gave some post-game remarks that may encourage others to beat any impediment in life.
- Fernando Mendoza is the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner. Strike that pose, Fernando! You are the primary Indiana participant to win faculty soccer’s most prestigious award. Mendoza racked up 643 of the greater than 900 out there first-place votes after main the nation in passing touchdowns and guiding the Hoosiers to their first undefeated season. Diego Pavia completed second with about half as many voting factors whereas Jeremiyah Love and Julian Sayin rounded out the finalists. Looking forward to subsequent season, Sayin has a shot to return to the ceremony whereas Arch Manning, Jeremiah Smith, Marcel Reed and Jayden Maiava additionally stand among the many early contenders.
- Sherrone Moore faces one felony cost and two misdemeanors because the fallout from his firing continues. Two days after Michigan fired him for trigger, Moore was charged with residence invasion within the third diploma — which is a felony — stalking and breaking and coming into or coming into with out breaking. The previous Wolverines coach allegedly broke into the sufferer’s home, grabbed two butter knives and kitchen shears and threatened to hurt himself whereas blaming the sufferer for “ruining his life.” Within the wake of his firing, Michigan approved a legislation agency to analyze the athletic division’s dealing with of the scenario.
- Kenley Jansen and Jorge Polanco headlined a wave of post-Winter Conferences free company offers. Jansen is headed to the Tigers on a one-year, $11 million deal that features a membership choice for 2027. He wants simply 24 saves to turn out to be the third member of the 500-save membership and will achieve this along with his fifth group. Polanco’s deal is a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets. He tasks to separate time as a delegated hitter and first baseman. The flurry of strikes on the heels of MLB’s Winter Conferences additionally contains the Cardinals bringing Dustin Might on board on a one-year deal and the Diamondbacks reuniting with Merrill Kelly on a two-year, $40 million contract.
🏀 Don’t miss this: Winners and losers from loaded faculty basketball weekend
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Tommy Lloyd and Nate Oats are unafraid of scheduling marquee non-conference matchups, and their head-to-head battle was one of many greatest of the yr. No. 1 Arizona destroyed No. 12 Alabama in an uber-impressive 96-75 victory to spotlight a weekend stacked with entertaining showdowns.
Cameron Salerno, Kyle Boone and David Cobb recognized the 15 greatest winners and losers from the weekend. You possibly can learn their takeaways on every of the groups, however for brevity’s sake, listed here are a few of them:
- Winner: Kentucky exhibits indicators of life with a 72-60 win over Indiana
- Winner: Melvin Council has his second for No. 19 Kansas with Darryn Peterson out
- Loser: Divine (Ugochukwu) intervention kills Penn State as No. 9 Michigan State halts an upset bit
- Winner: No. 8 Gonzaga vs. No. 25 UCLA lives as much as the hype
- Winner: Rick Pitino takes down Iona, his former group
- Loser: West Virginia squanders an enormous lead towards Ohio State
- Loser: Florida State meets its match vs. UMass
- Loser: Creighton‘s freefall continues
Do not anticipate any adjustments within the prime 10 when the AP High 25 rankings come out later as we speak. However just a few vital shakeups will likely be in retailer past that vary. Cobb foresees Vanderbilt and North Carolina transferring up, amongst others.
🎠 Teaching carousel spins with firings, a hiring and a retirement
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The Sherrone Moore firing might spark a domino impact if Michigan hires a sitting high-profile coach. Within the meantime, vacancies all through the remainder of the game proceed to refill. Right here is an outline of the most important strikes and creating conditions on the faculty soccer teaching carousel from one other energetic weekend:
- Utah: Kyle Whittingham will step down after 21 seasons atop the Utes program. Morgan Scalley, beforehand named coach in ready, is in line to inherit the place.
- Washington State: The Cougars will make Kirby Moore a first-time head coach. Missouri’s offensive coordinator returns to the Pacific Northwest, the place he shined throughout his taking part in days as a Boise State large receiver.
- Michigan: The Wolverines might make a splash with a big-name rent, however whereas a number of candidates have been floated as names to observe, none have dedicated to the job. Kenny Dillingham, Jedd Fisch and Kalen DeBoer every addressed the hypothesis that they’re within the working.
- North Carolina: Invoice Belichick made a major change to his workers forward of Yr 2 with the firings of offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens and particular groups coordinator Mike Priefer.
Michigan and Missouri State are the one open head teaching jobs heading into the primary week of the Faculty Soccer Playoff and bowl season.
🏈 NFL playoff image beginning to come into focus
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We have reached the purpose on the NFL calendar the place the highs are astronomically excessive and the lows are devastatingly low. Seasons are made and damaged this time of yr, and we noticed that come to fruition when, as an example, the Chiefs misplaced their quarterback and playoff aspirations whereas the Broncos prolonged their profitable streak and inched nearer to the AFC’s first-round bye.
This is every part you could know from Week 15:
- Winners: The Eagles earned an “A+” grade on our Week 15 report card for lastly placing every part collectively in a 31-0 shutout of the Raiders. Maybe that is the sort of get-right recreation that may ship them surging into the playoffs. Josh Allen can be a winner for main one other comeback and defeating the Patriots because the Payments stored their AFC East title hopes alive. And the Denver took benefit of New England’s loss by extending its profitable streak to 11 video games and leaping into sole possession of the AFC’s prime seed.
- Losers: It was a nasty day within the state of Ohio as each groups misplaced by a mixed 55-3. The Bengals have been shut out by the Ravens, 24-0, and the Browns misplaced, 31-3, to the Bears. Scoring wasn’t an issue for the Lions, however their protection struggled to get off the sector. They noticed their postseason hopes dwindle because the Rams handed them a 41-34 defeat. And Sunday night time, the Cowboys‘ playoff odds have been all however extinguished after a 34-26 residence loss to Vikings.
- Accidents: Just a few big-name gamers exterior of Patrick Mahomes and Micah Parsons additionally suffered accidents. For the Bears, Rome Odunze was a shock omission from the lineup as he aggravated a foot harm throughout warmups. And talking of receivers, the NFL’s landing chief in that class, Davante Adams left early for the Rams with a hamstring challenge.
- Clinchers: The Chiefs will watch the playoffs from residence for the primary time since 2014 because the second-longest postseason streak in NFL historical past got here to a shocking finish. The Vikings and Bengals are additionally knocked out of playoff rivalry, which brings to thoughts the 2026 NFL Draft order. (Why we actually have a mock draft!) Conversely, the Rams and Broncos clinched playoff berths.
👍👎 The most effective (and not-so-best) of the remaining
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📺 What we’re watching Monday
⚽ AFC Bournemouth at Manchester United, 3 p.m. on USA Community
🏀 Pistons at Celtics, 7 p.m. on NBC Sports activities Community
🏒 Panthers at Lightning, 7 p.m. on NHL Community
🏈 Dolphins at Steelers, 8:15 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 Rockets at Nuggets, 9:30 p.m. on NBC Sports activities Community
