Skalski lowered his head and hit LSU receiver Justin Jefferson with the crown of his helmet after Jefferson caught a pass from Joe Burrow. MORE: Live scoring updates, highlights of LSU-Clemson The Pac-12 officiating crew working the game stopped play to review the play, ejecting Skalski after a video review. Skalski, a junior, was one of Clemson’s most active defenders while he was on the field, registering four tackles (three solo) and a sack....

Behind Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, LSU has gone 14-0, relying on a high-octane offense that has torched opponents throughout the season. The Tigers ranked first in total offense and scoring offense during the regular season and shredded Oklahoma 63-28 in the CFP semifinal last month. Clemson, meanwhile, is one win away from defending the title it won 12 months against Alabama and from completing a 15-0 season for the second consecutive year....

Actually, what really happened is a waterboy poured orange Gatorade into a Powerade water bottle. It’s pretty harmless by all accounts, where the outside of a container not matching the brand of its contents are supposed to be some big deal. Cleveland is sponsored by Gatorade and the Cavs are launching an internal investigation into the matter, according to TMZ.com. It’s something for the Executive VP of Liquids, Sports Drinks and Nacho Cheese over in Cleveland to sink his teeth into....

He is a force of nature—smart, even brilliant; passionate about what he believes, and a challenge for any mere staff person to rein in. At least four aides circled around trying valiantly to corral him. He had five minutes to get back to the Senate. He is willing to miss votes if his absence won’t change the outcome, he explains, unless there are political implications. The Senate was voting Thursday afternoon on a card check, which labor unions oppose, and Biden, who’s running for president, wanted to be there even though his vote was not needed to defeat the measure....

Greta received her first taste of global recognition after she founded the school strike for climate campaign in Sweden in 2018. Following her viral interaction with President Donald Trump, Greta’s name has been a major topic of discussion for news stations across the globe. On Monday night during Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum conservative pundit Michael Knowles brought up Thunberg following her speech to the UN General Assembly....

The Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Kinneret, is an important part of Israel’s economy, serving as a rich tourist destination with extensive religious importance. In the New Testament, Jesus reportedly performed many miracles near the Sea of Galilee, such as preaching from the lake’s shores and feeding thousands of people with only five loaves of bread and two fish. Tides have turned in recent years as global warming has caused the water level to sink....

Lobbying disclosure forms show that in 2007, when the Senate was preparing a bill called the Labor, (Health and Human Services) and Education Appropriations Act 2008, Ickes lobbied Congress on behalf of the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Hall of Science. Records show Clinton and fellow New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer earmarked $500,000 for the Brooklyn Public Library and $600,000 for the New York Hall of Science....

In fact, Clinton’s attitude was not very different from that of Franklin Roosevelt, who, in the 10th year of his presidency, after Stalin killed as many Russians as the Germans had, proclaimed that the Soviet leader was a reasonable person “possessed of stalwart good humor.” At the Teheran summit, Roosevelt went a step further by referring to Stalin as Uncle Joe and reporting afterward that “the ice was broken and we talked like men and brothers....

ELEMENTS Conventional Wisdom Clinton ( + ) Old CW: Not ready for prime time. New CW: Almost ready for Mount Rushmore. The Plan ( + ) Solid effort. Hill Munchkins should quit nibbling and pass the sucker. Taxes ( - ) Bill broke middle-class pledge, soaked the upper-bracket CW. Ouch. Spending ( - ) Some “investment” is fine, but they’re makin’ bacon, too. Cuts ( - ) Not enough. Slash the Collider, space station, ketchup-measuring bureaucrats....

She has implied that she shared a kind of co-presidency with her husband during her White House years in the 1990s. That suggests the co-presidency would continue in another Clinton administration. If the phone rings at 3 a.m. in the Hillary Clinton White House, will she awaken her husband to discuss what to do? (No one really thinks that a First Spouse would be deeply involved, say, in picking bombing targets in response to a terror attack, but the campaign rhetoric and red-phone ad do suggest experience in dealing with security crises....

Shortly before Game 5 of the 2021 Western Conference finals, Los Angeles ruled out Ivica Zubac because of a right knee injury. The Clippers managed to survive without the big man, though, defeating the Suns in Phoenix to avoid elimination and send the series back to Los Angeles. MORE: Cameron Payne’s ankle injury looming large Who will be in Tyronn Lue’s starting lineup the next time the Clippers and Suns take the floor?...

At the time of writing, the latest advance by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was made in Georgia on Friday, with a 1,097-vote lead over President Donald Trump, based on 99 percent of expected votes counted, according to data compiled by Reuters. While the race is certainly tight between Trump and Biden in a number of states, it would take a lot more for Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania to become as close as some other state races throughout history....

In 1989, the movie “Major League” took a lot of things about baseball to comical extremes, but one thing that was absolutely spot on was the ideal for the moment when the bullpen door swings open and the closer comes out. Ricky Vaughn came out of the bullpen, “Wild Thing” started cranking, the crowd went nuts and the opposing Yankees were visibly shaken by the crazy environment. It was a perfect depiction of that moment when the crowd welcomes its conquering hero, with the power of song behind it....

Santos comes into the final match of the regular season as the No. 2 seed, but current No. 5 America could diminish the Guerreros’ standing with a win this weekend. Neither team is in great form, though, with each coming off a defeat last week. With a better regular season finish the second tiebreaker in the quarterfinals and semifinals, Saturday’s match could have significant ramifications for the playoffs. TV Channel, Live Stream & How To Watch Watch America vs....

Case in point with the NHL Stanley Cup Final right now between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning. MORE: What we learned on WWE Raw | Ric Flair shows in classic pop culture | Possible Kevin Owens feuds in WWE CM Punk is from Chicago and a huge Blackhawks fans. Meanwhile, Hulk Hogan is a Tampa Bay resident. So, of course, the two are now feuding over their teams playing for the cup....

So what if, say, Kobe Bryant called head coach Mike Krzyzewski and said he wanted to play on the team? MORE: Team USA working out ahead of Rio trip “The very first thing I would say is, ‘Take a look at the tape of (Bryant’s final NBA) game and see if that may not be the one you go out on,” Krzyzewski said Tuesday, via ESPN.com. “‘Let’s talk after.’ And he probably wouldn’t call....

Butler missed out on the perfect ending in both 2010 and 2011. VCU went from ‘First Four’ to Final Four in 2011. Florida Gulf Coast dunked its way to the Sweet 16 in 2013. For some mid major in 2015, it’ll happen again. In fact, the last team from a mid-major conference to win the national championship since the tournament expanded to 64 teams was UNLV in 1990. Does Cinderella get her happy ending?...

The woman, in her mid-20s, went overboard from the balcony of her stateroom aboard the Carnival Miracle cruise ship near Ensenada, Mexico, at around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Adam Stanton said. Coast Guard personnel from San Diego had joined the Mexican Navy in searching for the woman. The Coast Guard said on Twitter than an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was also involved in the search and that the USCG Cutter Forrest Rednour is “scheduled to continue the search throughout the night....

In Cobb County, pivotal in Joe Biden’s electoral victory over Donald Trump, both major parties are preparing battle plans with national implications. The Cobb County GOP has begun bringing in some heavyweights to mobilize registered Republicans to vote in the January 5 runoff election. Last week in Marietta, the county seat, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida campaigned with Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and in support of Sen. David Perdue, at the Cobb County GOP Headquarters....