Sure, the Wolverines had one last Hail Mary gasp in a 14-10 loss to the Spartans at Michigan Stadium. That almost-finish is an ironic distraction from what really happened on Saturday in the Big House. MORE: Penn State proves it’s more than Saquon Barkley The Spartans are who they are, and that was good enough to upset Michigan again. That’s never going to change under Mark Dantonio — even on the heels of a 3-9 season....

Two Michigan State fans were not going to let the other schools have all the fun when it comes to Final Four hype videos. These two take a page from the book of rap group Rae Sremmurd to create a parody of the video “No Type,” appropriately called “Green and White.” MORE: Michigan State uniform history | Final Four fans can’t spell | Kentucky’s ultimate hype video These guys actually do a decent job of making a decent version that Michigan State fans may like, and keeping things in tune to the original version....

Line: Alabama -9.5, Total: 46.5 Line movement: The Wynn opened Alabama an 8.5-point favorite with early money pushing the line up to -9.5 within a day of betting. The number has gone back and forth from -9 and -9.5 over the last couple of weeks with -10 popping up in spots a few days out. The total opened as high as 49.5 offshore and is trending down; it’s as low as 46 at some Vegas shops....

The Wolverines (20-1, 9-1 Big Ten), second in the Big Ten behind in-state rival No. 6 Michigan State, started their season 16-0 before Wisconsin handed them their first loss on Jan. 19. Since then, Michigan has won two straight, defeating Minnesota and Indiana. MORE: Watch Michigan vs. Iowa live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Iowa (16-5, 5-5 Big Ten) enters the contest on a two-game losing streak. The Hawkeyes are coming off Big Ten defeats from the Spartans and Minnesota....

“I know a lot people in Michigan don’t like me,” Frost said, straight-faced, at Big Ten Media Days. “But I will always have a lot of respect for the program.” MORE: College football’s national championship discords How strong are those feelings? Former Michigan defensive end Glen Steele still holds onto that grudge 21 years later. “When I see Scott Frost on TV, I still get mad,” Steele told Sporting News....

With Saturday’s loss, the Wisconsin suffered its second loss and is eliminated from College Football Playoff contention. No two-loss team has every made the Playoff. MORE: Michigan, Wisconsin in same spot ahead of game Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson passed for 124 yards, no interceptions and ran in a 7-yard touchdown. He even had an impressive 81-yard run to open the second quarter, which led to a Karan Higdon touchdown. Higdon rushed for more than 100 yards in his fifth consecutive game of the season and for the 10th time in his career....

Recent form is perhaps not worth reading into for this game as both teams have known their fate for weeks now and have been resting players ahead of the play-offs. In the league this season, Villa finished seven points ahead of Middlesbrough, scoring more and conceding fewer goals than Tony Pulis’s side. TV Channel, Live Stream & How to Watch In the United States (US), the game can be watched on ESPN+....

While calls to release Barghouti are not new, Ben-Eliezer’s is a minority view in the government. Nonetheless, the fact that a current cabinet member—and an avowed hawk who as defense minister during the second intifada advocated a policy of assassination—is calling publicly for the release of a convicted killer is evidence of how little faith Israelis have any longer in the Annapolis peace process. (Rumors have also been floated in recent weeks that Olmert might consider Barghouti’s release, along with that of other Palestinian prisoners, in exchange for Gilad Schalit, the Israeli corporal captured in 2006 by Hamas....

The truth is that Rabin called Arafat’s bluff. Arafat has been holding out for several concessions, including Palestinian control of the border crossings between the autonomous areas and Egypt and Jordan once the Israeli troop withdrawal is completed next spring. That’s more than a detail. No matter how tiny the PLO’s fiefdom initially may be, control of the immigration checkpoints would grant Palestinians one of the primary trappings of statehood....

The coach said that while MLS continues to strengthen on the field, the calendar works against players who won’t be seeing competitive action until March. Liga MX, by contrast, resumes Jan. 5. “The players also have to realize that this league won’t give them the chance to go to the World Cup. It will give them the chance to make a bigger name for themselves, but not to get in a good rhythm of play, unfortunately,” Herrera told beIN Sports....

Paul Brown was Ohio State’s coach for several years and won a national championship, co-founded and coached the Browns — a team named after him — for 17 years to three NFL championships, and founded and coached the Bengals for eight years. When he died in 1991, his son, Mike Brown, inherited ownership of the team and has remained the owner and team president ever since. He named the stadium after his dad — Paul Brown Stadium — in 2000, and has now overseen the team’s first trip to the Super Bowl since his father was the owner....

MORE: Bubba Watson shares shocking Greenbrier flooding images Mike was at the NBA Draft in Brooklyn on Thursday monitoring weather reports. He had not spoken to his wife since her afternoon report that a creek had overflown and was creeping toward their offseason house, located near The Greenbrier resort nestled in the Allegheny Mountains. Later in the evening, with water rising, a stranger arrived in a rowboat and brought Laurel, the D’Antoni’s two cats and two other men to safety....

The team announced on Wednesday that Fisher, who retired following the Nashville’s run to the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, will begin skating on his own before signing a contract to rejoin the Predators near the NHL’s Feb. 26 trade deadline. “It’s great to be back,” Fisher said at a press conference with Nashville general manager David Poile and coach Peter Laviolette. “I never really thought it was a possibility. After I retired, I was done and that’s what I felt was the right decision then....

If this trend continues, it might change the way certain quarterbacks approach opportunities to start in the NFL. It might not be worth the risk. The amount paid to the unproven QBs is massive. Houston in 2016 gave Brock Osweiler, who had started just seven NFL games, one of the worst modern quarterback contracts when it signed him to a deal worth $18 million per season. This year the Bears signed Mike Glennon, who started 13 games in 2013 and ‘14 before he was benched, to a $15 million-per-year contract....

Friday morning, Golic — one half of ESPN’s “Mike and Mike” show — made good on a promise that he would recreate the infamous #BreakTheInternet Kim Kardashian photo from Paper Magazine if Northwestern beat Notre Dame. MORE: 10 biggest Heisman mistakes | College playoff spoilers The Wildcats won. Now we can thank — or blame? — them for this. Here’s how it compares to the original. This wouldn’t be complete without a few notes from the photographer....

A “blazing” argument was reported to have taken place between the two music heavyweights, leading to Carey allegedly quitting the label. An anonymous source provided the information, which was first reported in The Sun over the weekend. However, the “Fantasy” singer has since vehemently denied the rumors and defended her working relationship with the rapper. Taking to Instagram, Carey shared a clip from her and Jay-Z’s hit single “Heartbreaker” and dismissed all claims of any sort of “explosive” confrontation....

Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), told Newsweek on Thursday that he predicts a “long slog” ahead while the federal government clarifies the eligibility for relief under Biden’s new directive. “I have never in all my years doing this seen a government or law enforcement agency that… archives how many individuals every year are prosecuted federally for marijuana related crimes,” Armentano said, adding that he has worked in marijuana law reform advocacy for 27 years....

Pueblo County announced the scholarships ahead of the upcoming fall semester, according to The Pueblo Chieftain. It will award $1 million to Pueblo Community College, $616,000 to the Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation, $385,000 to CSU Pueblo Athletics for student-athletes and $26,000 to the Pueblo African American Concern Organization. Garrison Ortiz, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, told the newspaper he thinks the competitive process “draws out some innovation and creativity when it comes to how these dollars are awarded....