OK, the scores are easy to read, but the playoff winners from the Wildcard round are not always as clear. Neither are the losers.

Coaches in any sport who are largely devoid of ego often admit, "It's not the Xs and Os but the Jimmys and Joes" that are most often the difference between victory and defeat.

Not since Father Karras went into Regan's room has a demon been so thoroughly vanquished like what Allen and the Bills did to Bill Belichick's Patriots, who have only dominated the AFC East for two decades.

It was the fall of 1977. A young artist hoping to do a University of Kentucky men's basketball print, I had been asked to meet with the team's coach, Joe B. Hall, before beginning the work.

You win a college basketball game by two points on two free throws with 7.6 seconds to play after trailing by three points inside the final three minutes, there's a lot to focus on at the finish.

We haven't picked NFL games this year, but there's no time like the present right?

So Novak Djokovic has been in and out and now back in the Australian Open because of his less-than-honest handling of the vaccine requirements.

Right about now, some of my brothers and sisters in camo are feeling a little let down and discouraged.

Is University of Georgia national champion quarterback Stetson Fleming Bennett IV the best American sports story ever?

The ripples of Georgia's fourth-quarter domination that led to a 33-18 national-championship clinching win over Alabama needs context first.

It was early Monday afternoon inside Thompson-Boling Arena and Rick Barnes was preparing his basketball team for Tuesday night's visit from South Carolina some 18 hours away.

The NFL's the best. Period.

Most folks determined to watch Monday night's College Football Playoff title game between Alabama and Georgia from inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will have to pay a minimum of $425 on the secondary ticket market for that experience. And that's for the worst seats in the house.

It can be difficult to explain the impact UTC basketball great Wayne Golden and his fellow Mocs who won a national championship in 1977 had on the Scenic City.

The administrators responsible for managing the College Football Playoff appear to be at an impasse when it comes to expansion. They're all fine with growing beyond four teams, but how and when is another matter.

The market is there for even more gambling discussion, and moving forward isolating trends and theories on in-game options will certainly have a market.

Welp, we're at the doorstep. We're almost done with another college football season.

Well, I don't how we got here, but another new year is upon us.

The whole "Let's Go Brandon" thing is kind of surreal, right?

When does a good play become a bad play in a college football game?

So, the NFL has one more week — a never-before-seen week 18 — before the playoffs.

It can be easy not to like Tom Brady. For starters, the Tampa Bay quarterback is too dang handsome; especially to be 44 years old with more than 20 seasons of NFL hard knocks.

Weekend winners: SEC football. The elite teams delivered. Big time.