The weekend of NFL football that some believe to be the NFL's best has arrived. Divisional round playoff action will take place with two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday between the league's elite eight,

Here, I'm highlighting the young players who will play important roles in the second round of these NFL playoffs, yet they aren't necessarily headliners on a regular basis. Aligning with the eight remaining teams,

The best week of the NFL playoffs is here, as divisional round football will be played this weekend. The Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions will take their home fields for the first time this postseason,

Atlanta -- which means Freeman will make history on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and in King's hometown.  There is a duality about Freeman being the head coach at any program, much less the bluest of blue bloods.

Santi Aldama scored a career-high 29 points and the Memphis Grizzlies rolled to a 140-112 victory over San Antonio on Friday night, handing the Spurs their largest losing margin of the season even with Ja Morant sidelined by a foot injury.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Zaon Collins scored 23 points as Fresno State beat Air Force 74-65 on Friday.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football's most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face off -- the longest such streak in the series' relatively brief history.

Last June, a month after the landmark House settlement was agreed to, NCAA president Charlie Baker told a group of athletes and administrators assembled in Atlanta that he'd like to see guidance on a national standard for how Title IX fits into revenue sharing.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Nelly Junior Joseph's 16 points helped New Mexico defeat Boise State 84-65 on Friday. Joseph added nine rebounds for the Lobos (15-4, 7-1 Mountain West Conference). Donovan Dent scored 16 points and added seven assists. Tru Washington finished 5 of 8 from the field to finish with 13 points.

The NFL playoffs have undergone a series of changes since the merger, none having as big of an impact since the field expanded from 12 to 14 teams in 2020. A change that seemed inevitable despite the 12-team format being nearly perfect,

Spring training is less than a month away, but there is still plenty of MLB offseason business to tackle. A handful of notable players remain on the free-agent market, including Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso and Anthony Santander.

The Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams are set to square off in the playoffs for the fourth time, and the first time since the 2002 NFC Championship game. The Rams emerged victorious in that contest,