Baseball: Female baseball played in D1.
Basketball: Nets got the whole team back together. UVA find success after tragedy. Trainer arrested for rape.
Football-NCAAF: 8 losses in the Top 25 including some big upsets! TN Hooker out with torn ACL.
Football-NFL: 7 close games.
Golf: Svensson wins first PGA Tour title.
Olympic Sports: Shiffrin is back to dominating. Suni done at Auburn. USA > CAN in hockey.
Soccer: World Cup begins! First USA game ends in a tie.
Baseball:
- *Glass Ceiling Shatters* The first female athlete has been named to a D1 baseball roster. Olivia Pichardo is currently a freshman on the Brown baseball team. According to Baseball for All, 20 women have played collegiate baseball but not at the D1 level, until now. She will be a fill-in for infield and outfield. She has played on the USA Baseball’s women’s national team as a pitcher (RHP) and outfielder as well as spending time with the Mets in their amateur scouting dept.
Basketball:
- Nets G Kyrie Irving returned to the court Sunday night after serving an 8-game suspension. He only played 26 minutes of the game against the Grizzlies. This game was also just the 7th time that KD, Irving and Ben Simmons have all been able to play together and it showed. The Nets won 127-115.
- In their first game back after the tragic shooting for the 3 football players, #16 UVA upset #5 Baylor and then had to beat another ranked team in #19 Illinois on Sunday. The Cavaliers are currently undefeated.
- A prominent basketball trainer has been arrested on a rape charge. The trainer in question previously worked with KD, Steph Curry and other NBA players. He was arrested in RI for rape and drugging for intercourse.
Football-NCAA:
- Week 12
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- #3 Michigan and #4 TCU had scares that they escaped with game winning FGs. The horned frogs literally ran on the field to kick theirs. It was epic!
- #5 Tennessee got the pants beat off of them by South Carolina who scored 6 TDs through the air by QB spencer rattler who only had 8 coming into the game. Gamecocks win 63-38.
- #6 USC got 4 turnovers and only beat #16 UCLA by a FG. but they got the W and Trojan playoff hopes are still alive.
- #9 Clemson had 6 turnovers and still won by 30 over Miami.
- After losing last week, #12 Oregon had a nice bounce back win against #10 Utah. The Ducks get the final word scoring a FG to win.
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- And man was I wrong about this game! #14 Ole Miss went to Fayetteville and lost badly to unranked Arkansas. It was 42-6 before garbage time. The final score made it not look so bad 42-27 but Ole Miss scored 21 points in the 4Q after Arkansas stopped trying.
- #GFHint: Garbage time is when the other team is clearly ahead and stops trying. So in this example, Arkansas was up 42-6 in the 4Q. Arkansas likely took their best players off the field and at least took their foot off the gas. That is when Ole Miss scored their 21 points, thus in garbage time.
- #17 UNC looked to continue their Heisman bid, putting up 17 points by the half against Georgia Tech. But the Yellow Jackets came back to win scoring 21 unanswered points.
- #18 Notre dame is 40-7 against ACC opponents including a 44-0 win this weekend against Boston College.
- And man was I wrong about this game! #14 Ole Miss went to Fayetteville and lost badly to unranked Arkansas. It was 42-6 before garbage time. The final score made it not look so bad 42-27 but Ole Miss scored 21 points in the 4Q after Arkansas stopped trying.
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- #20 UCF lost by a FG to Navy. Navy was 3-7 coming into this game so this is a bad loss.
- In Bedlam, unranked Oklahoma started off hot with 28 points in the first Q but then didn’t score again. Luckily for the sooners, it was enough to beat #22 Oklahoma St 28-13.
- #24 NC St should not have been ranked and they showed that again this week. This time losing to Louisville 25-10.
- Vanderbilt gets another Sec win beating Florida!
- Purdue had a TD called back during a pick 6 for early celebration. Shame!
- Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker who has been responsible for so many amazing plays, is done for the season with a torn ACL. It wouldn’t have changed the result of the loss this weekend but it’s heartbreaking to see as he was going to go pro at the end of this year and this will undoubtedly hurt his draft stock.
Football – NFL:
- Week 11: There were 7 wins by a TD or less. The Commanders had an easy win after their Eagles win last week, facing the Texans this week. The Bears were trying to launch a comeback with 1 minute left to go in the game, down a FG to the Falcons when they threw an interception to seal their fate.
- The Eagles almost lost again but they scored the go ahead TD with a minute left to win by 1 over the Colts. The Patriots ran back a punt to win in the very low scoring game against the Jets 10-3. The Rams continue to struggle losing to the Saints by a TD and are now 3-7. Oh how the mighty have fallen. The Ravens scored 10 points in the 4Q to barely beat the Panthers 13-3. The Raiders got their first away game win beating the Broncos in OT.
- The Cowboys destroyed the Vikings in a battle at the top of the divisions. The Dallas team put up 40 points on the Vikings who only scored 3 points in the 1Q. TE Travis Kelce went off in the Chiefs’ game against the Chargers scoring 3 TDs. His 3rd TD led to the KC win in the final 31 seconds of the game.
Golf:
- The RSM Classic saw a new winner on the PGA Tour, Adam Svensson. Svensson had only won on the Korn Ferry tour prior to Sunday. The Canadian turned pro in 2015 but has been on and off the PGA Tour totaling 70 starts on the top tour. Finally winning at the RSM Classic by 2 this weekend brought home winnings of $1.5MM.
Olympic Sports:
- World Cup skiing is back! And Mikaela Shiffrin did not take long to assert her dominance, sweeping the 2 slalom races. That made her the skier to win the most titles in a single event. This was also Shiffrin’s 68th podium in the slalom discipline, the most ever by a woman, surpassing fellow American Lindsey Vonn with her downhill titles.
- Reigning All Around gold medalist Suni Lee will not be returning for another season of gymnastics for Auburn. She is opting to focus on Olympic gymnastics instead.
- USA beat CAN in women’s hockey for the 3rd straight win in the Rivalry series. Too bad this one wasn’t for the gold medal.
Soccer:
- Team USA played their first game in a World Cup since 2014 today. The team tied Wales 1-1. Team USA scored first in the 36th minute and dominated the first half. But Wales came back to even the score off a nicely placed penalty kick and the UK team dominated the second half. So American fans may have hated the result today but it’s not as bad as you might think. Every time the USA has avoided defeat, we have moved out of the Group stage and onto the tournament.
- The first game of the whole world cup was QTR vs ECU where the host lost 0-2. This si the first host to lose their debut ever.
- The other game played in Group B (our group) was ENG vs IRN. No surprise ENG put the beat down on IRN winning 6-2.
What to watch this week
Basketball – NBA:
- Tues 11/22
- Nets at 76ers @ 6:30pm on TNT
- Lakers at Suns @ 9pm on TNT
- Wed 11/23
- Mavericks at Celtics @ 6:30pm on ESPN
- Clippers at Warriors @ 9pm on ESPN
Basketball – NCAA:
There are a bunch of tournaments going on this week like the Maui Invite, Phil Knight Invite, Sunshine Slam tournament (FL), Baha Mar Hoops (Bahamas), etc. They have brackets so a lot of those games are simply TBD on the schedule. I have not included those.
- Mon 11/21
- Texas Tech at 10. Creighton @ 1:30pm on ESPN2 (in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational)
- Louisville at 9. Arkansas @ 5pm on ESPN2
- Omaha at 25. Iowa @ 7pm on BTN
- Bellarmine at 8. Duke @ 7:30pm on ACC
- Ohio St at 17. San Diego St @ 8pm on ESPN2
- Cincinnati at 14. Arizona @ 10:30pm on ESPN2
- Tues 11/22
- Texas Tech vs TBD @ 1:30pm on ESPN2 (Maui Invite)
- Auburn vs Bradley @ 5pm on CBSSN
- Creighton vs TBD @ 7pm on ESPN (Maui Invite)
- Wed 11/23
- NC St vs 3. Kansas @ 11am on ESPN
- North Florida at 15. Kentucky @ 3pm on SEC
- Little Rock at 11. Indiana @ 5:30pm on BTN
- Butler at 22. Tennessee @ 6:30pm on ESPN2
- Pepperdine at 19. UCLA @ 9:30pm on Pac12
- Thurs 11/24
- UNC at Portland @ 12pm on ESPN
- Duke at Oregon St @ 2pm on ESPN
- UConn at Oregon @ 7pm on ESPN2
- Purdue at West Virginia @ 9pm on ESPN2
- Alabama at 12. Michigan St @ 9:30pm on ESPN
- Portland St at 6. Gonzaga @ 11:30pm on ESPN
- Fri 11/25
- Jackson St at 11. Indiana @ 11:30am on BTN
- Maryland Eastern Shore at 5. UVA @ 5pm on ACC
- Iowa at Clemson @ 6pm on CBSSN
- Sun 10/27
- Saint Louis at 13. Auburn @ 2pm on SEC
Football-NCAAF:
| Top 25 | ||||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Top 25 Games | ||||
| Visitor | Home | Day | Time (CT) | TV |
| 19. Tulane | 25. Cincinnati | Fri 11/25 | 11:00 AM | ABC |
| NC St | 18. UNC | Fri 11/25 | 2:30 PM | ABC |
| 3. Michigan | 2. Ohio St | Sat 11/26 | 11:00 AM | FOX |
| 10. Oregon | 22. Oregon St | Sat 11/26 | 2:30 PM | ABC |
| 13. Notre Dame | 5. USC | Sat 11/26 | 6:30 PM | ABC |
| *GameDay indicated in bold* | ||||
As a note, these rankings are from the AP poll as the CFP does not come out until Tuesday night. You can find a full list of the Top 25 games every week with updated rankings on Wednesday, HERE. Print this page out when you get ready to watch with your family and friends!
Football – NFL:
- Mon 11/21
- 49ers at Cardinals @ 7:15pm on ESPN
- Thurs 11/24
- Bills at Lions @ 11:30am on CBS
- Giants at Cowboys @ 3:30pm on FOX
- Patriots at Vikings @ 7:20pm on NBC
- Sun 11/27
- 7 games at 12pm on FOX/CBS
- FOX:
- Buccaneers at Browns
- Bears at Jets
- Falcons at Commanders
- Broncos at Panthers
- CBS:
- Bengals at Titans
- Texans at Dolphins
- Ravens at Jaguars
- FOX:
- Chargers at Cardinals – or – Raiders at Seahawks @ 3:05pm on CBS
- Rams at Chiefs – or – Saints at 49ers @ 3:25pm on FOX
- Packers at Eagles @ 7:20pm on NBC
- 7 games at 12pm on FOX/CBS
- Mon 11/28
- Steelers at Colts @ 7:15pm on ESPN
Hockey:
- Wed 11/23
- Flyers at Capitals @ 6:30pm on TNT
- Senators at Golden Knights @ 9pm on TNT
- Fri 11/25
- Penguins at Flyers @ 4:30pmon TNT
- Blues at Lightning @ 7pm on TNT
Soccer – World Cup:
- Mon 11/21
- ENG vs IRN @ 7am on FS1
- SEN vs NED @ 10am on FOX
- USA vs WAL @ 1pm on FOX
- Tues 11/22
- ARG vs KSA @ 4am on FS1
- DEN vs TUN @ 7am on FS1
- MEX vs POL @ 10am on FOX
- FRA vs AUS @ 1pm on FOX
- Wed 11/23
- MOR vs CRO @ 4am on FS1
- GER vs JPN @ 7am on FS1
- ESP vs CRC @ 10am on FOX
- BEL vs SER @ 1pm on FOX
- Thurs 11/24
- SUI vs CAM @ 4am on FS1
- URU vs KOR @ 7am on FS1
- POR vs GHA @ 10m on FOX
- BRA vs SER @ 1pm on FOX
- Fri 11/25
- WAL vs IRN @ 4am on FS1
- QTR vs SEN @ 7am on FS1
- NED vs ECU @ 10am on FOX
- ENG vs USA @ 1pm on FOX
- Sat 10/26
- TUN vs AUS @ 4am on FS1
- POL vs KSA @ 7am on FS1
- FRA vs DEN @ 10am on FS1
- English FA Cup: Wrexham vs Farnborough @ 9:15am on ESPNEWS
- ARG vs MEX @ 1pm on FS1
- Sun 10/27
- JPN vs CRC @ 4am on FS1
- BEL vs MOR @ 7am on FS1
- CRO vs CAN @ 10am on FS1
- ESP vs GER @ 1pm on FS1
- Mon 11/28
- CAM vs SER @ 4am on FS1
- KOR vs GHA @ 7am on FS1
- BRA vs SUI @ 10am on FOX
- POR vs URU @ 1pm on FOX
- Tues 11/29
- IRN vs USA @ 1pm on FOX
