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The new game, like previous versions, features the option to play as professional skaters, and also features Lil Wayne, who had the reaction that any of us would to seeing yourself as a video game character. MORE: 2015 sports video game ranking | Marshawn Lynch dives into an end zone of Skittles on Conan As with other “Clueless Gamer” remotes where O’Brien plays video games, like when he battled Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski in the latest Mortal Kombat game, there are plenty of hilarious moments and even a wager that ends up with the loser getting a tattoo....

Winners of the tournament in its inaugural year in 1962 – when it was known as the Champions Cup – Guadalajara drew first blood in the Dominican Republic Thursday thanks to Jesus Sanchez and Jose Macias. Sanchez gave the Mexican visitors a 40th-minute lead in the opening leg after firing a shot past Cibao goalkeeper Juan Dominguez. The two-time runners-up, who last reached the final in 2007, sealed the victory in stoppage time when Macias bundled the ball home from close range....

The Panthers will be trying for their first 5-0 start since the 2003 season, when they reached Super Bowl XXVIII. The two-time defending NFC South champions also will be returning to CenturyLink Field in Seattle, where the Seahawks knocked them out of the playoffs last January. MORE WEEK 6: Picking against the spread | Steele’s picks, straight up | Daily fantasy tips Panthers center Ryan Kalil said they’re not concerned about making any sort of statement Sunday (4:05 p....

And there’s none bigger than the Big Ten championship matchup between Ohio State and Wisconsin. MORE: Watch college football live and on-demand with fuboTV Depending on the outcome of that game, one of three teams could make the playoff: A 10-2 Ohio State, an undefeated Wisconsin or an 11-1 (and idle) Alabama. It’s going to be a lot of fun. Elsewhere, No. 12 UCF and No. 16 Memphis face off in the AAC championship to determine the Group of 5 representative in the New Year’s Day Six bowls....

It’s made-for-TV drama, and those arguments will only intensify with each week. That is part of the sell, and it works, considering there are five Power 5 conferences but only four seats at the Playoff table. With that in mind, here are the five inescapable arguments that could unfurl for fans — and the Playoff committee — heading into the final month of the regular season. MORE: Jake Fromm still Georgia’s guy...

The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday and Washington is the new No. 4. Michigan slipped from No. 3 to No. 5 following its 30-27 overtime loss to Ohio State, which remained at No. 2. Alabama (12-0) is still the No. 1 team while Clemson (11-1) moved up from No. 4 to No. 3. MORE: Heisman candidates heading into conference title games While Michigan may be out right now, there is still a slim chance the Wolverines could move back into the playoff....

That said, each Power 5 conference faces at least one question that, for better or worse, will be answered heading into the final leg of the season. MORE: SN Week 10 college football rankings Don’t just assume the chalk will hold throughout November; Oklahoma’s shocking 48-41 loss to Kansas State on Saturday proved that anything can happen. With that, looking at the biggest storyline for each of the Power 5 conferences — and Group of 5 — heading into November....

Florida will play Michigan on Sept. 2 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the Advocare Kickoff Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. That game will be followed by the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff game between Alabama and Florida State at 8 p.m. at the Falcons’ new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. MORE: SN’s preseason college football rankings Meanwhile, ESPN will open the 2017 college football season with the Big Ten opener between Ohio State and Indiana on Thursday, Aug....

Clemson, Florida State, Oklahoma and Tennessee, strangely enough, lead the way at 10 wins each. Alabama, LSU and Michigan are next at 9.5. The Golden Nugget only released a handful of top programs. MORE: 100 reasons to be excited for college football season College football betting season win totals Clemson 10 (over -120) Alabama 9.5 Florida State 10 (over -120) Oklahoma 10 (under -130) LSU 9.5 (over -140) Michigan 9....

Four games between ranked teams take place this week, each with huge Playoff implications. At 3:30 p.m., have your remote on the swivel. No. 6 Georgia plays at No. 11 Kentucky, No. 12 West Virginia travels to No. 15 Texas and No. 14 Penn State faces No. 5 Michigan. All that sets up the main event between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 LSU at Tiger Stadium at 8 p....

12:15 p.m., Chapel Hill The college road trips I mentioned in my preview of today’s road trip all started with the same song. We couldn’t pull onto the highway without hearing the opening notes of “Today” by Smashing Pumpkins (yes, this was the mid-’90s). MORE: Kentucky is so good … | Speakers for Dean Smith memorial | Duke’s Okafor misses game The song’s opening stanza seemed perfect. You know, “Today is the greatest day I’ve even known....

College Pulse, a data and survey analytics company, and Chegg, an education technology company, launched an “Election Tracker” in March. Since its launch, they’ve asked college students on a weekly basis to select the candidate they’d most like to see as the Democratic nominee for president. Sanders was college students’ top pick since polls were first released on March 26, but he fell to second place on Tuesday, being replaced by Warren as students’ first choice....

In a recent Twitter post that has now amassed more than 150,000 likes, user Chloe Clinton (@__chloeclinton) revealed she had to bring her baby daughter Elsie to class as she didn’t have a babysitter that week. “I didn’t have a babysitter last week so I had to bring Elsie to college and she started getting agitated so my teacher took her off me and taught the class with her in her arms,” the tweet read....

We’re through the Regionals and Super Regionals and on to the College World Series starting this weekend in Omaha. College World Series 2016: Schedule | Odds If you haven’t really followed the action much, here are five things you can throw out there, courtesy of NCAA.com, as the four games (3 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday) get things rolling in Nebraska. 1. Note in advance that plate discipline, more than ever, is vital in the college ranks (firm your rep by dropping “ISO” in the conversation)....

Boyle’s Buffaloes had been eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Florida State, but he knew the result was well beyond a secondary concern. The coaches and players learned before heading to Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis that there had been a mass shooting Monday afternoon in Boulder, where the CU campus is located. They saw and heard the details later: Boulder police said at least 10 people, including a city police officer, were shot dead at a local supermarket....

“This thing is going to be a monster,” said South Point sports book director Bert Osborne. “We’ve already got a ton of risk on the Broncos, which is telling because these 5 p.m. (PT) games usually don’t start to build the type of action we’re already seeing until results from the first two wave of games are in. I don’t see the betting patterns changing from now to 4 p....

Indianapolis trumped Tennessee in the winner-takes-all affair, despite a pick-six, a fumble and key penalties. It is the Colts’ ninth win in 10 games, and they became only the third team in NFL history to make the playoffs after starting the season 1-5. Head coach Frank Reich and his red-hot Colts (10-6) will now face the Houston Texans in on the road on Saturday. Luck back among NFL’s elite quarterbacks...

Phil Joanou’s stylish psychological thriller Final Analysis takes these combustible elements and stirs slowly but expertly until they explode in murder, trial scenes, double, triple and quadruple crosses. Hollywood has not had much luck of late trying to refurbish the Hitchcockian legacy, but Joanou’s deliberately retro thriller-lusciously designed by Dean Tavoularis and photographed in rich, burnished images by Jordan Cronenweth - is an honorable homage, mounted with such seductive flair that you may be willing to ride with it all the way through its wild and frankly woolly third act, when Wesley Strick’s screenplay requires a major suspension of disbelief....