How Bout Them Carolina Panthers

Cam Newton passed for five touchdowns, capped by a 15-yard scoring strike to Jerricho Cotchery with 1:05 to go, and the unbeaten Carolina Panthers clinched the NFC South with a 41-38 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
Carolina, the only remaining unbeaten team in the NFL, has…

Nothing New Here, Golden State Just Keeps Winning

Stephen Curry scored 16 of his 28 points in the third quarter and the Golden State Warriors ran their NBA-record start to 22-0 by beating the Brooklyn Nets 114-98 on Sunday night.
Draymond Green added 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Klay Thompson scored 21 for…

College Football Playoff Match-ups Are Set

Top-seeded Clemson will play No. 4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl in the first College Football Playoff semifinal on New Year’s Eve. No. 2 Alabama will play No. 3 Michigan State at the Cotton Bowl in the nightcap of the Dec. 31 doubleheader.

No drama. No complaints. Nothing…

Jeff Samardzija Signs Big Deal With Giants

The San Francisco Giants landed a top-tier starter to complement ace Madison Bumgarner, agreeing with free agent Jeff Samardzija on a $90 million, five-year contract Saturday a day after losing out on Zack Greinke.
The club said the deal will be formally announced once Samardzija passes a physical…

Barry Bonds is Back in Baseball

Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leader whose suspicion of doping has kept him out of the Hall of Fame, has been hired as batting coach for the Miami Marlins, the National League club said on Friday.

Bonds, 51, in his first stint as a major…