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Terence 'Bud' Crawford retires from boxing with 42-0 record

Boxer Terence "Bud" Crawford, who has won world championships in five different weight classes, announced his retirement from the sport on Dec. 16. The 38-year-old Crawford finishes his career with a 42-0 record (31 KOs), including his last fight in September, an unanimous decision victory over Canelo Alvarez, taking the World Boxing Council super-middleweight title. (USA Today)

Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Oakland's Greg Kampe don ugly Christmas sweaters in annual tradition

The annual men's basketball game between Oakland and Michigan State took place Saturday and the tradition between Greg Kampe and Tom Izzo also continued as the two teams met in Detroit. When their teams meet for this game Kampe and Izzo get into the festive spirit with Christmas sweaters, and this year's chosen attire was one of their best. (Yahoo! Sports)

College Football Playoff 2025 first-round takeaways

The first round of the College Football Playoff is complete. After last year's run of home blowouts, we saw the opposite in the first two games: a pair of nip-and-tuck ballgames with wild special teams swings and, thanks in large part to turnovers, a pair of road victors (after home teams were 4-0 in the first round last year). Alabama pulled off a 17-point comeback to beat Oklahoma. (ESPN.com)

Utah names Morgan Scalley as new head football coach

After Kyle Whittingham’s decision to step down as Utah football coach after 21 seasons, the program named defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley its 24th head coach in program history. Scalley, a Utah native, had long been viewed as Whittingham’s replacement, and in 2023 the coach-in-waiting title was re-added to Scalley’s contract. (Deseret News)

UNC Basketball Transfer Tracker: Tyler Nickel scores 26, 8 3s; Cade Tyson 2nd in country in scoring

Former UNC wing Tyler Nickel poured in a season-high 26 points and tied his career high with eight 3-pointers as No. 13 Vanderbilt extended its unbeaten streak to 12 with a 98-67 victory at Wake Forest. Cade Tyson continues to be one of the most prolific scorers in the country, scoring 24 points in 28 minutes of Minnesota’s 78-50 win Sunday over Campbell. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Michigan president promises 'rigorous' investigation of athletic department

As Michigan conducts an investigation into its own athletic department in the wake of the firing of football coach Sherrone Moore, the school is willing to "act swiftly" if new findings warrant more terminations. Interim university president Domenico Grasso shared that sentiment and laid out the requirements for the next football coach in a statement Wednesday. (CBS Sports)

Eli Manning has a hilarious post about Lane Kiffin-Ole Miss split

Eli Manning is weighing in on the messy situation involving his alma mater. Former Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin departed from the university to accept the same position with rival school LSU. It was an extremely acrimonious breakup (to say the least). During his introductory press conference for LSU, Kiffin made a big claim about angry Ole Miss fans. (Larry Brown Sports)

Roy Kramer, former SEC commissioner who created championship game, dead at 96

Roy Kramer, who as SEC commissioner led the conference’s expansion from 10 schools to 12 and created the SEC championship game, died on December 4. He was 96. A Tennessee native, Kramer was football coach at Central Michigan (1967-77) and athletics director at Vanderbilt (1978-90) before taking over as the SEC’s sixth full-time commissioner. (AL.com)

‘Loopholes have won the day’: Cap? What cap? Spending on players growing even after NCAA settlement

The settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and its most powerful conferences this year was supposed to cap the amount of money schools could pay athletes and establish stricter guidelines for NIL payments. But the introduction of direct revenue sharing with athletes and new reporting requirements hasn’t stopped increased spending. (WRAL.com)

After Notre Dame's numerous tantrums, what's the school's endgame? A divorce from the ACC?

The more Notre Dame squawks like a 7-year-old mad at their parents because they didn’t get a stuffed animal at the fair, the more reasonable it is to wonder whether there’s something more going on besides frustration over a CFP snub. Complaints on both sides of the Notre Dame-ACC relationship have started to spill into the public discourse. (Yahoo! Sports)

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