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James Brady

How can Lions clinch the NFC North title in Week 18?

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The Lions are tied with the Vikings atop the NFC North. We break down how they can clinch the division title and the top seed for the 2025 NFL Playoffs in Week 18.

The Detroit Lions have already handled business against the Minnesota Vikings once this year — on the road, too — but they have to overcome their division rivals again to lock up the NFC’s best record in Week 18. Detroit will play host to Minnesota in a game that will determine the...

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James Brady

How can Vikings clinch the NFC North title in Week 18?

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The Vikings are tied with the Lions atop the NFC North. We break down how they can clinch the division title and top seed for the 2025 NFL Playoffs in Week 18.

The Minnesota Vikings boast the second-best record in the NFL, but they’re still fighting for playoff seeding going into the final weekend of the regular season. They’re set to face the rival Detroit Lions, also at 14-2 on the year, in the final game of Week 18 to determine the top...

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David Fucillo

What Vikings-Lions means for NFC standings in Week 18

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The Vikings face the Lions in Detroit on Sunday. We break down what the game means for the NFL playoff picture.

The 2024-25 NFL regular season comes to a close on Sunday, and the final day wraps up with the biggest game of the year. Most of the playoff field is set, but the top of the NFC bracket has one more game to determine who gets home field advantage. The Detroit Lions will host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football, with kickoff...

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67 Tips For Anyone Whose New Year Resolution Is To Keep Everything Clean

If you never washed your pillows in 2024, it's probably time.

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Emily Cochrane

How Jimmy Carter Launched His Career and Cemented His Legacy in Atlanta

While his home was always in the small Georgia town, Atlanta gave him the opportunities to cement a political and humanitarian legacy.

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Rick Rojas, Isabelle Taft and Emily Kask

As Life Roars Back on Bourbon Street, Locals Question City’s Priorities

Bourbon Street is the lifeblood of the New Orleans tourist industry. But after an attack that killed 14, along with other recent violence, some people who work and live there wish for change.

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Rick Rojas

New Orleans Attacker Visited City Twice and Made Trips to Egypt and Canada

Shamsud-Din Jabbar visited New Orleans twice, and traveled to Egypt and Canada, before a burst of violence early on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people.

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Maggie Haberman

Legal Issues Will Follow Trump Into Office, With New York Sentencing Set

Donald Trump may not face a penalty for his conviction in the hush-money case, but he could still be the first felon to be president — and civil proceedings against him continue.

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Ricky O'Donnell

Bucs did Mike Evans right by getting him a bonus in garbage time

The Bucs let Mike Evans get his bonus in garbage time, and celebrated it like a championship.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had already wrapped up a Week 18 victory over the New Orleans Saints, to go along with the NFC South championship. They still chose to take a timeout in the final seconds and run a play for wide receiver Mike Evans, in an attempt to get the veteran wide receiver some bonus money while extending a streak that ties an NFL record.

In the final seconds of their victory,...

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Jack Milko

PGA Tour pro Taylor Pendrith makes incredible Kapalua history with miracle hole out

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Taylor Pendrith did something on the 5th hole that nobody else has ever done before at Kapalua.

The big bird has landed!

Taylor Pendrith did the unthinkable on Sunday at The Sentry: he made an albatross on the par-5 5th, holing out from 203 yards away.

It’s the first time a PGA Tour player made a double-eagle at Kapalua, a course known for yielding plenty of birdies and eagles. The Sentry, previously known as the Tournament of Champions with various...

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NFL Black Monday 2025: Every head coach fired

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Teams are making huge changes at the end of the 2024 NFL regular season, starting with the New England Patriots

The 2024 NFL regular season has come to a close.

While 14 teams still have Super Bowl dreams, the other 18 have turned their eyes to the offseason.

For some of those teams, that begins with a change at head coach.

Last week we outlined the teams that might make a head coach change, but here we will track all the firings on NFL’s Black...

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Bueckers (knee) exits UConn win, should 'be fine'

Paige Bueckers scored 15 points before exiting with an injury in No. 7 UConn's 83-52 rout of host Villanova on Sunday, but Huskies coach Geno Auriemma said, after the victory, that "she'll be fine. She looks good. I'm optimistic, let's put it that way."

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Max Olson

Source: Georgia QB Rashada entering portal again

Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada plans to enter the transfer portal once again after not appearing in a game for the Bulldogs this season, a source told ESPN.

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Pete Thamel

Branch Bros. commit to Georgia after USC exit

Receiver Zachariah Branch, the No. 9 overall player in the transfer portal, and safety Zion Branch, his brother, have committed to Georgia after leaving USC.

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Bucs clinch South, help Evans reach 1K yards late

Baker Mayfield used his legs and arm to help the Buccaneers clinch their fourth straight NFC South title while putting Mike Evans used a late catch to hit 1,000 yards receiving for an 11th straight season, tying Jerry Rice for the most in NFL history.

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Whether you're bundling up to brave the outside world or staying at home to hide from the cold, these products will help you survive the season.

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Wes Davis

Prime Video licensed a Melania Trump documentary directed by Brett Ratner

Melania Trump at Mar-a-Lago on New Year’s Eve. | Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images

Amazon Prime Video has licensed a documentary about Melania Trump that will be directed by Rush Hour director Brett Ratner, reports Variety. A Prime Video spokesperson told the outlet that the movie will be an “unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look” at the first lady.

The news comes as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been currying favor with Donald Trump, who heavily criticized Amazon...

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Roborocks new vacuum can pick up loose socks for you with its robotic arm

People with kids, rejoice.

That's because Roborock is releasing a robot vacuum that can help clear up all the little socks they leave all over the place. Announced at CES 2025, the Roborock Saros Z70 is a pretty normal-looking circular robot vacuum, except for the part where a big robot arm is jutting out of it. Roborock says it will launch in the first half of 2025, but didn't include any pricing info.

Look at this little guy. ...

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New Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 leak suggests huge memory boost

Everyone who follows graphics cards is pretty sure Nvidia will announce the GeForce RTX 50-series at CES 2025. One new leak makes that seem almost certain.

Chinese manufacturer Inno3D appears to have leaked its iChill X3 version of the rumored RTX 5090 GPU, courtesy of VideoCardz. The leak, which amounts to some product art that presumably exists for a future online shop webpage, doesn't tell us much. However, the packaging seems to confirm that the 5090 will come with 32GB of GDDR7 memory,...

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Chris Welch

LG’s 2025 OLED TVs are its best yet — but they risk going overboard with AI

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At least when it comes to making TVs, LG can seemingly do no wrong. Year after year, the company’s OLED sets are at the top of most reviewers’ recommendation lists. They’ve overcome the Achilles’ heel of older models — brightness — thanks to clever innovations like Micro Lens Array, which made the G3 and last year’s G4 bright enough to make HDR shine in any viewing environment.

So it should come as no surprise that LG’s 2025 lineup of OLED TVs raises the bar...

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