Coach Dabo Swinney announced the injury in a teleconference Monday. The Athletic reports Ross will have surgery Friday. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2020Preseason top 25 rankings, bowl projections, All-Americans and more Swinney also said there is no guarantee Ross will be able to play football again. Ross was ranked No. 7 on Sporting News’ top 50 big board for the 2021 NFL Draft. That is a significant blow for Clemson, which is ranked No....

The only two undefeated programs left in the FBS, both sets of Tigers arrive at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on the back of a 14-0 record after dominant seasons. Inspired by Heisman Trophy winner and first overall draft pick-in-waiting Joe Burrow, LSU has torched opponents at will throughout the year, defeating four top-25 ranked programs in the regular season and burying Oklahoma 63-28 in the CFP semifinal last month. Clemson, meanwhile, which has enjoyed an easier schedule didn’t come across a ranked opponent until it thrashed Virginia 62-17 in the ACC title game, before defeating Ohio State 29-23 in the CFP semifinal....

Game time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN. This is an interesting spot for Clemson (2-1), the six-time defending ACC champions under coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers needed a goal-line stand to preserve a 14-8 victory against Georgia Tech in Week 3. The offense has sputtered with new quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei, and the running back Lyn-J Dixon entered the transfer portal this week. Defensive tackle Tyler Davis also is out with a biceps injury....

Banks was tackled at the Buckeyes 38, but trying to return the interception so late in the 49-28 win seemed indicative of his team’s determination to crush an opponent that had been disrespectful. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, of course, put Ohio State outside his top 10 entering the CFP. Justin Fields led the way for Ohio State with six touchdown passes in one of the better postseason performances in the program’s deep history of success....

At issue: Whether to change the designation Don King Way to a street on which King delivered a beating that led to a man’s death in 1966, according to The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. At the time, King was running an illegal bookmaking operation. MORE: Notable sports deaths | Hall of Fame’s controversial nominee The Cleveland City Council is expected to vote next week on the switch. No reasoning behind the move was presented during a council finance committee meeting Monday, Cleveland....

The deal contains an option for the Hornets to sign the former Manchester United midfielder on a permanent basis. OFFICIAL: Everton sign Schneiderlin Cleverley spent a season at Watford in 2009-10 during his time as a United player, scoring 11 times in 33 Championship appearances. The 27-year-old, capped 13 times by England, joined Everton on a free transfer before the start of last season but has found first-team opportunities this term hard to come by under Ronald Koeman....

Bush’s original sin was to politicize U.S. intervention in Iraq. He used the war to transform an aimless presidency into one of Churchillian dimensions, and now that it’s all turned sour, he has nothing to fall back on. Bush is as beleaguered now as Lyndon Johnson was during Vietnam—with one key difference. The worse the news is from Iraq, the more positive Bush is that he’s right. As Vietnam raged on, Johnson became less certain he was doing the right thing....

Activists outside the courtroom broke out in cheers when the ruling was announced, the Associated Press reported. Roger Cox, a lawyer for Friends of the Earth, one of the climate advocacy groups that brought the case to court, said that the decision will “change the world.” “Worldwide, people are in the starting blocks to take legal action against oil companies following our example,” Cox said. The court did not specify how Royal Dutch Shell, more commonly known as Shell, should go about meeting the requirement by 2030....

About 1 in 5 American households rely on septic systems to handle their toilet waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. These systems work by draining flushed toilets into an underground tank, where bacteria breaks it down into water and solid sludge. That water moves through an outflow tube into a drainage field. However, as sea levels rise, those drainage fields are becoming saturated, preventing them from absorbing liquid from septic tanks....

In the middle of a wave of violence that left everyday Americans feeling both threatened and vulnerable, along came a series of movies that captured the desire for law and order. The first and most famous of these was 1971’s Dirty Harry, starring Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan of San Francisco. The film was so powerful and so well received that it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant....

Eastwood attended a volunteer party on the eve of the PGA Tour event when he noticed tournament director Steve John choking on a piece of cheese. The 83-year-old actor quickly performed the Heimlich maneuver Wednesday night at the Monterey Conference Center. "I was drinking water and eating these little appetizers, threw down a piece of cheese and it just didn't work," John said Friday. "I was looking at him and couldn't breathe....

The new Cubs outfielder signed a contract with Chicago on Dec. 1 after being released by the Yankees in November. In all, Frazier’s Yankees career was more sizzle than steak: He hit .239 over four seasons in New York, in total a 0.2 bWAR player in 228 games. Some of that was inconsistent play, while more of it was inconsistent playing time: The outfielder was constantly shuffled between the Triple-A squad and the major league roster, while injuries also played a part into his release....

They were right. Making the most of a two-week lull in the run-up to the March 4 voting, and penetrating the previously impermeable bubble surrounding Democratic rival Barack Obama in ways that resonated with late-deciding voters, Clinton scored back-from-the-grave wins in three of the four contests Tuesday evening. The second Clinton to bear the mantle “comeback kid” may still face daunting odds in amassing sufficient pledged delegates to clinch the nomination....

Bill Clinton is moving to the right fast, but perhaps too late. The Elders episode is only the most recent reminder that the baby boom’s first political establishment – the liberal one Clinton joined in the ’60s – is finished. Think of the recent election as a race for generational class president. The candidates: two loquacious, overachieving white males who wear relaxed-fit slacks and own 1967 Mustangs. For years, Clinton’s crowd – obsessed with racial and gender justice, sexual freedom and the risks of war – got most of the attention and power....

“Anything’s possible,” Chris Paul said on the Open Run podcast this week. “Definitely, anything’s possible.” In case you need a reminder, the Banana Boat Crew involves Paul, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade. These guys are all close friends, but they play on separate teams and don’t get to share their friendship on the court. MORE: 12 biggest early season surprises, disappointments But members of the crew have been hinting towards joining forces at some point in their careers, and Paul is just the latest....

Simmons, who used to work at ESPN and has a deal lined up with HBO, called the Clippers dysfunctional in a six-part Twitter rant Tuesday. He said owner Steve Ballmer hasn’t made the right moves, and was very critical towards the team. MORE: How ESPN personalities fared after leaving “Steve Ballmer seems like a nice enough guy,” Simmons tweeted in a long series. “Donald Sterling was one of the worst human being who ever owned a pro sports franchise....

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor has been testifying in court in his $50 million defamation case against his ex-wife, who in turn is countersuing for $100 million for nuisance. Ugly details of the former couple’s tumultuous relationship have been aired in the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom with the trial expected to last about seven weeks. Court proceedings have been televised, leading to numerous clips from the trial being widely shared....

In the 1991 Persian Gulf War, tank operators had to stop to change their engine filters every 10 to 15 miles. It was a time-consuming and potentially risky operation, involving two vehicles and exposing the crew to hostile fire. This time around, that’s one problem the Department of Defense hopes it has solved. Most of the M-1 tanks now moving through Iraq are equipped with a self-cleaning filter that can keep going for hundreds of miles without clogging....