Clemson (13-0) returns to the Playoff for the fourth consecutive year. The Tigers are one of two teams who ranked in the top five in scoring offense (45.4 ppg.) and scoring defense (14.7 points per game). The other team? No. 1 Alabama, of course. Dabo Swinney brings the same loaded team to Jerry World. NY6 PREVIEWS: Peach | Rose | Orange | Sugar | Fiesta Notre Dame (12-0) enjoyed its second unbeaten regular season under Brian Kelly, and this team will have a chance to take the Playoff stage for the first time....

Tuesday, the team officially revealed them. MORE: Visual history of Browns uniforms | Roger Staubach compares Johnny Manziel to Russell Wilson The team introduced all-white, all-brown and all-orange jerseys (don’t let the photo above fool you, they look orange-red on broadcast even if they look deep red here). It also had some mix-and-match versions. Cleveland has long been a simple-looking team, even classically so. These new jerseys featured several key elements the team pointed out, including the word “Browns” on the leg, chain mail lettering and “Dawg Pound” stitched into the inner collar....

You could leave after this opening sequence and almost feel you’d gotten your money’s worth. That way you’d be spared the many risible moments that occur, with dismaying regularity, whenever there isn’t an avalanche, nitroglycerin explosion, terrifying fall or other climbing catastrophe to interrupt the otherwise ludicrous story and the crummy dialogue. Knee deep in cliches, writers Robert King and Terry Hayes send Annie up K2, the world’s second highest mountain, with an arrogant billionaire (Bill Paxton) and a reluctant guide (Nicholas Lea)....

Gallows humor aside, these second- and third-tier contenders have a point. How will they ever get known if the Big Three—soon to be Big Four, when Fred Thompson enters the race—crowd out everybody else? Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, one of the also-rans, blames money, or lack thereof, for his difficulty in breaking through. An ordained Baptist minister, he embodies the social values of the Republican base, yet polls show almost half of religious conservatives support Giuliani, whose personal life and policy positions conflict with their core principles....

Behind these dramatic incidents, an even larger crisis looms: the collapse of our food system. As the world focuses on the upcoming Climate Week and discusses how to limit global warming, the link to basic human rights—nutritious food, clean water and health—must be on the agenda. It’s clear that our infrastructure for housing and transportation cannot withstand changing weather patterns—and our agricultural infrastructure can’t either. Our food system, built on large-scale commodity crops that account for 24 percent of carbon emissions globally, is both inadequate and unsustainable....

“Increased frequency and severity of acute physical risk events and longer-term chronic phenomena associated with climate change are expected to lead to increased economic and financial costs,” the report said. The council gave several recommendations to combat the climate-related financial risks, including making strides to acquire more data that helps them assess the perils and creating an inter-agency group to monitor the threats. This is the first annual report of Joe Biden’s presidency from the governmental organization charged with assessing risks to the financial system and detailing them to Congress....

If a president could secure his place in history by osmosis, Clinton’s legacy would be ensured by now. He has devoured presidential biographies and imagined himself in the role since he was a small boy. Clinton has confessed to reading so much abou t his hero FDR that ““I feel like I’m talking to him instead of Hillary talking to Eleanor.’’ He’s made pilgrimages to Warm Springs and Hyde Park....

First-half goals from Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling wrapped up the victory, ensuring Yannick Bolasie’s strike after the break was merely a consolation. City – beaten 4-0 in this fixture last season – can now claim the title by beating bitter rivals Manchester United next weekend, with a Champions League quarter-final first leg against Liverpool to negotiate before that. A delighted Guardiola, who sealed his 50th Premier League victory , told BT Sport : “We knew we must win all games....

The definition of a team in “Team Spirit” varies widely. Among the 26 American, Canadian and European combos are a married couple (Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison) and a nuclear family (Boyle Family). But there are also identical twins (Mike and Doug Starn), gay lovers (Martha Fleming and Lyne Lapointe), self-help groups (the Bronx’s Tim Rollins + Kids of Survival) and fine arts platoons attached to larger multimedia cooperatives (Yugoslavia’s IRWIN)....

Just another 1.5-mile layout in a Sprint Cup schedule full of them and a Chase playoff that could use a bit more variety. Not to Clint Bowyer and Carl Edwards. As natives of Kansas (Bowyer) and Missouri (Edwards), there's practically no track (except maybe Daytona) that the two drivers would rather win at. MORE: Video: Danica plays sexy country girl | Video: Watch Bowyer get distracted | Kenseth: Why change | Kes contract...

After arriving in MLS from Tottenham Hotspur at the end of last season, it was nine appearances before the U.S. men's national team captain found his first and only goal of 2013 campaign. Following three playoff games without a goal, including two humiliating losses to Portland, doubts about Dempsey began to surface. Was he really worth the huge contract and record transfer fee MLS had committed to lure him home?...

The dilemma? Clinton owes a huge debt to Riordan campaign chairman William Wardlaw, who headed Clinton’s California campaign and stood by him during the scandal-filled days before the New Hampshire primary. Riordan also has endeared himself to Democrats: the millionaire has contributed heavily to big-name Dems like Dianne Feinstein and Bill Bradley. While the Woo camp and state party leaders have asked Clinton to visit L.A., Wardlaw-who has key administration backers in Secretary of State Warren Christopher and U....

“But Frank, you don’t understand,” Bill Clinton said. “I’ve always had to get A’s.” Always. And now, eight months later, much of America knows the mixed consequences of such fierce determination. The positive side will be on display this week at Madison Square Garden: a remarkably skilled and resilient politician, a man of persistence and intelligence who has managed to survive a personal ordeal unlike any other in the history of presidential campaigning and showed more than his share of grace under pressure in the process....

First, Leonard was named as one of the 75 greatest NBA players of all time. He became one of only 11 active players to make the list. Then, on Friday, Leonard dropped the first half of his rap project “Culture Jam.” MORE: Who are the active players on the NBA 75 team? Leonard’s goal with his rap album is to celebrate basketball and hip-hop together. He also wants to give back to underserved communities....

The Clippers owner launched the energy of a thousand suns over Los Angeles as he praised Kawhi Leonard and Paul George during Wednesday’s introductory press conference. Ballmer quickly deviated from his prepared notes and unleashed a primal scream into the microphone. MORE: How Magic Johnson reportedly torpedoed Lakers’ shot at landing Leonard Someone print “pretty damn cool!” on a shirt immediately. He also yelled at the audience, telling spectators to stand and clap before bench pressing 600 pounds while drinking a Red Bull....

KSI recently fought two opponents in one night. Was it a sideshow or sign of things to come? Should we embrace it, or should the sport resist going down the WWE route? The Sporting News’ Andreas Hale breaks down the idea of boxing YouTubers in the third episode of “Clobberin’ Time” along with Daniel Yanofsky, The Sporting News’ Combat Editor. They discuss the value YouTubers may or may not bring to the sport, what the future holds for them, and much more including:...

Chapman, who threw a 99 mph fastball on the play, suffered fractures above his left eye and nose. Given the frightening nature of incidents like this, it's best to wish Chapman a full recovery before assessing what's next in his career. (Update: Chapman reportedly has a "very mild concussion" but no brain or eye damage. A full recovery is expected, but a timetable of 6-8 weeks before he's pitching again has been mentioned....

The first images released by the Solar Orbiter mission—jointly operated by the two space agencies—have revealed ubiquitous features near the surface of our star that have never been seen before, dubbed “campfires.” These miniature solar flares could shed light on one of the sun’s most enduring unexplained phenomena—why the sun’s outermost atmosphere is hotter than its surface. “These images are closest images ever taken of the sun—and we have just started our long journey through the inner solar system,” Daniel Müller, ESA’s Solar Orbiter Project Scientist, told Newsweek....

A new report from the Commerce Department found that Americans spent their cash on cars, eating out and home renovations. However, sporting goods stores saw the biggest increase in sales, up 23.5 percent in March from February. It was followed by clothing stores, where sales soared 18.3 percent. Retail sales are up a seasonally adjusted 9.8 percent in March after dropping about 3 percent the month before, according to the Commerce Department....

Today, the industrial-age factories are little changed: workers still sit at tin desks twisting and clicking new revolvers into place, at a rate of about four an hour, while the smoldering stench of forged metal drifts over the valley. But in just about every other way, life in Gun Valley is not what it was. As fewer people shoot for sport, profits are drying up quicker than the parched river....