College Football
The top four seeds in the College Football Playoff will meet in games on New Year’s Eve. The Cotton Bowl in Dallas will have top seed Alabama meeting fourth seed Cincinnati at 2:30 pm Central, followed by second seed Michigan and third seed Georgia in the Orange Bowl in Miami at 6:30 Central time.
The Oklahoma Sooners are dipping into the ACC to find their next football coach. OU has named Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables their next head football coach. He replaces Lincoln Riley, who bolted Norman to take over at USC.
MLB
In the first year where players from the Negro Leagues have the chance to be enshrined in Cooperstown, two are being elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Buck O’Neil and Bud Fowler are breaking the barrier and earning the nods into the Hall. The late Gil Hodges was among six newcomers who were selected Sunday to enter Cooperstown on July 24th, 2022. Hodges manned first base for the Brooklyn and LA Dodgers and won two World Series titles with the franchise. Hodges went on to manage the New York Mets to a World Series title in 1969. He died in 1972 at the age of 47.
Golf
Viktor Hovland made consecutive eagles and closed with consecutive bogeys while overcoming a six-shot deficit to win the Hero World Challenge. Hovland’s 18 under par was one stroke better than Scottie Scheffler while Louisville area native Justin Thomas tied for fifth at 14 under along with Collin Morikawa-who was the leader going into Sunday’s play before firing a final round 76.