It's a big weekend for college football. The top teams in the country will battle it out for a conference championship title. Nick Dimengo, Senior Editor at FHM Magazine joins Cheddar to give his opinion on who will end up with the trophy on January 8th.
He predicts the Oklahoma Sooners will win it all, but he says to keep a close eye on the Miami vs. Clemson game. Clemson is the defending champion, but this game is Miami's last chance for a ticket to the playoffs so it will be intense. Now Wisconsin's division has had a tough year, but the team itself is undeafeted. Dimengo talks about what a win this weekend could mean for the team.
Plus, Giants fans will see a new QB on the field this weekend. Geno Smith will start over legacy quarterback Eli Manning. Manning was benched in a surprising move by the Giants' organization, which has left many players and fans upset. Dimengo talks about Manning's future as a Giant and in the NFL.
Shohei Ohtani's jaw-dropping deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world's biggest sports stars, including soccer icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, along with NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes. But in terms of his marketability, experts point to another name. The real comparison? Try Taylor Swift.
The police department in the remote north woods Minnesota town of Ely faces the same challenges of recruiting and keeping new officers as countless other law enforcement agencies across the country. So it's offering a unique incentive: canoes.
President Joe Biden told a gathering of Native American nations that he would support the bid by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which invented lacrosse, to compete in the sport under its own flag in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
NCAA President Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that he wants the organization to create a new tier of Division I athletics where schools with the most resources can offer unlimited educational benefits, enter into name, image and likeness partnerships with athletes and directly pay them through a trust fund.
A men’s World Cup super-G was called off Sunday due to strong wind as weather led to the cancellation of all three ski races over the weekend in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
