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LOS ANGELES — Friends since their high school days and former USA Basketball teammates and NBA Players Association leadership members together, LeBron James and Chris Paul are about to go against each other in the playoffs for the first time in their storied careers. “It’s going to be comparable to playing against [Rajon] Rondo in …

R&B artist Trey Songz was arrested at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, during an NFL playoff game between the Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills, authorities said Monday. In a statement, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s office said that Songz, whose real name is Tremaine Neverson, 36, was released early Monday. An investigation into the incident …

The Cleveland Browns will be without head coach Kevin Stefanski and four players for the playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers because of positive tests for the coronavirus. Stefanski, guard Joel Bitonio and wide receiver KhaDarel Hodge returned positive tests this week, and cornerbacks Kevin Johnson and Denzel Ward tested positive earlier this month and …

The top-ranked Crimson Tide have advanced to the College Football Playoff national championship game, defeating the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish 31-14 in the Rose Bowl semifinal on Friday. Alabama (12-0) will face either No. 2 Clemson (10-1) or No. 3 Ohio State (6-0) in the championship game. Clemson and Ohio State are playing in the other …

Four of the most fabled programs in college football — Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame — still have hopes of winning the championship in one of the most chaotic, uncertain, week-to-week seasons in the sport’s history. On Friday, the College Football Playoff will hold its semifinal games at the Sugar Bowl in New …

With local and regional health statutes preventing fans from being in attendance, the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl has been moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The move, announced Saturday evening by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, is a result of a “growing number of COVID-19 cases in Southern California along …

Saturday concludes the conference championship schedule — in addition to other regular-season games. Entering the day, Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State held the top four spots — in that order — in the College Football Playoff rankings, with Texas A&M in fifth. The top five has been unchanged since the College Football Playoff …

CBS Sports graphic The third edition of this season’s College Football Playoff Rankings was released Tuesday night, and the first six teams in the top 25 were unchanged from last week. Alabama remains the top-ranked team in the nation with Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State filling out the top four. This as questions arise …

MILAN – Imagine La Scala theater as a luscious garden, where butterflies flutter and rays of sunshine break through a waterfall. Set in a sort of fairyland, the fourth edition of the Green Carpet Fashion Awards, which was filmed and broadcast on the evening of Oct. 10, delivered a dose of glitz as it had …

After once trailing 2-0 in the Eastern Conference finals, the Boston Celtics are now in position to even up the series. Boston is coming off an impressive victory where it led from start to finish against Miami, and will try to make it two straight with a Game 4 win Wednesday night. While there is …