Monday's Report: Falcons win & lose Morris, UGA, Tech, KSU; College football: playoffs/bowls/FCS/news, NFL, college basketball, NBA, hockey, golf, tennis, soccer

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Around/About Georgia
Falcons end season with fourth straight win, stop Saints
Reward for hot streak? Morris and Fontenot fired
How did previous Falcons head coaches fare?
Players stumped for Morris’ return
Georgia redshirt junior DL Miller declares for NFL Draft
Florida expected to land Georgia Tech transfer QB Philo
State college basketball
Bliss, Houser score 19 each as Delaware beats Kennesaw State
Opinion
Lane Kiffin's foolish pride blinded him to what he had at Ole Miss
College Football/Playoffs
CFP semifinal first look: Previewing the penultimate round
Oregon’s Lanning and Indiana’s Cignetti hope to outwit each other as teams meet again in CFP
Ole Miss player rips Lane Kiffin: 'Trying to steal our shine'
Chambliss downplays team of destiny narrative around Ole Miss
After Rose Bowl win, Hoosiers have nothing left to prove
Oregon's aggressive mindset breeds championship-level confidence
CFP overreactions: Indiana's Curt Cignetti on Hall of Fame track
Grades: Miami earns 'A' mark, Alabama gets 'F' on CFP report card
A quick look at the semifinals as Miami is the most recent national champion remaining
College Football/Postseason/Bowls
Plaschke: College football needs to stop diminishing the national treasure that is the Rose Bowl
College Football
Illinois State plays Montana State seeking 1st FCS title after historic playoff run
FCS national championship preview: Illinois State, Montana State starving for title
Blaha, Wisconsin-River Falls beats defending champion North Central 24-14 for D-III title
CFP games belong on campus, not up against NFL: 'There’s a better way to do all of this'
College Sports, the changing landscape
Texas Tech’s biggest and richest fan explains how he’d fix college sports
NFL/NFC
Canales and the Panthers celebrate Falcons’ win that gave Carolina the NFC South title
Eagles’ backup plan backfires with 24-17 loss to Commanders that costs them shot at NFC’s No. 2 seed
Lions beat playoff-bound Bears 19-16 on Bates’ 42-yard field goal as time expires
Stafford throws 4 more touchdown passes, and Rams beat Cardinals 37-20 to secure No. 5 NFC seed
Vikings cruise past resting Packers 16-3 for 5th straight win as McCarthy exits again with injury
NFL/AFC
Broncos secure AFC’s top playoff seed with 19-3 win over Chargers
Bills celebrate home finale with 35-8 rout of the Jets in potential final game at Highmark Stadium
Streaking Jaguars clinch AFC South title with a 41-7 drubbing of Titans
Texans win 38-30 over Colts, clinch No. 5 seed in AFC playoffs
Garrett sets sacks record and Szmyt’s field goal on last play gives Browns 20-18 win over Bengals
Garrett breaks NFL single-season sack record with 23 and laments not getting 2 more
Stevenson scores 3 TDs and playoff-bound Patriots beat Dolphins
Rodgers and Steelers win AFC North, beating Ravens 26-24 after Loop misses kick at buzzer
Carlson hits 60-yard field goal to lift Raiders over Chiefs
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Steelers, Panthers, Jaguars secure division titles. Broncos clinch AFC’s No. 1 seed
Raiders secure No. 1 overall pick in NFL draft after Giants’ win over Cowboys
DK Metcalf's suspension could be one of the most impactful ever issued by the NFL
College Basketball/Women
No. 12 Vanderbilt remain undefeated knocking off No. 5 LSU
Lee scores 17 and makes clutch play to help No. 2 Texas survive No. 15 Mississippi
Johnson, Edwards lead the way as No. 3 South Carolina holds off Florida
Chavez scored 17 points to help No. 8 Oklahoma rout cold-shooting Mississippi State
No. 11 Kentucky cruise past Missouri
Ziegler scores 18 points as No. 13 Louisville beat Virginia Tech
Ogden scores 21, Clardy delivers in clutch, and Stanford top No. 16 North Carolina 77-71 in OT
Cooper scores 18, Barker adds 17 to help No. 23 Lady Vols beat Auburn
NCAA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week
College Basketball/Men
Onetime NBA draft pick James Nnaji of Baylor gets frequent boos in college debut at TCU
Ball, No. 4 UConn push winning streak to 10 games with 73-57 win over visiting Marquette
Ike scores 16 points as No. 7 Gonzaga routs Loyola Marymount
How A.J. Dybantsa’s resilience led No. 10 BYU to a Big 12-opening win over Kansas State
NCAA Men’s Basketball Top 25 Fared-Week
NBA/Basketball
Booker hits a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to lift Suns over NBA-best Thunder
Doncic scores 36 as Lakers rally past Grizzlies
Antetokounmpo scores 37 in Bucks’ 115-98 victory over Kings
Powell makes career-high nine 3-pointers as Heat beat Pelicans
Edwards scores 35 points as Timberwolves rip Wizards
Cunningham scores 27, Daniss Jenkins 25 as East-leading Pistons hold off Cavaliers
Hockey
Bertuzzi completes hat trick in OT in Blackhawks’ victory over Golden Knights
Crosby sets up late tying goal, scores in OT in Penguins’ victory over Blue Jackets
Golf
10 burning questions facing pro golf in 2026
Tennis
Gauff clarifies comments on American tennis fans, loses to Bouzas Maneiro
Djokovic cuts ties with the PTPA players’ association he co-founded
Soccer
Man United boss Ruben Amorim delivers puzzling and defiant message after Leeds draw
With Mbappé injured, Real Madrid forward Gonzalo García impresses with a hat trick
Chelsea coaching candidates: Who could replace Maresca?
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