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James Rodriguez is staying at Real Madrid. The Colombian confirmed that he has decided not to leave the club and will finish out the season with the Merengues. “I’m staying, I’m staying,” James said after Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey win on Wednesday. The last time James spoke on his future was last month after Real Madrid won the Club World Cup. He told reporters that he would consider a…

An undefeated Ronda Rousey knocked out Bethe Correia in just 34 seconds at UFC 190 to solidify her status as the baddest woman on the planet. Just 16 months later, Rousey seems to be on the verge of retirement from UFC, and the nature of her two stunning losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes has made many fans and analysts question her legacy. On Wednesday’s episode of Undisputed, Shannon…

Greg Bedard, SI: Dak Prescott, Cowboys. Tom Brady’s team was 3-1 without him. Derek Carr’s stats weren’t good enough. Matthew Stafford was the entire Lions teams but didn’t win his division. The Packers lost four of five with Aaron Rodgers a little off before running the table against weak opponents. Matt Ryan had big late-game interceptions in losses to Seattle, San Diego and Philadelphia (and threw a pick-six in a…

West Ham played for 75 minutes with 10 men after Sofiane Feghouli was dismissed for this challenge on Phil Jones West Ham’s Sofiane Feghouli has had the red card shown to him during Monday’s defeat by Manchester United rescinded by the Football Association. The midfielder was sent off by referee Mike Dean for a challenge on Red Devils defender Phil Jones 15 minutes into a match the Hammers lost 2-0….

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Clay Travis of Fox Sports Radio called Ronda Rousey a “media creation,” and labeled the former UFC champion “the most fraudulent creation in the history of sports.” Rousey took a beating from Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 on Friday, lasting only 48 seconds into the bout before the referee had to stop the fight. The loss represented Rousey’s second brutal defeat, the first against Holly…

In Rio, Cox became the first British athlete since 1988 to win medals in different sports at one Paralympics Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox has had her UK Sport funding suspended while she takes part in Channel 4 winter sports programme The Jump. Cox, 25, will join Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones and Rio silver medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith on the show. She won cycling and athletics golds at the Rio…

Kadeena Cox, the first British Paralympian to win gold medals in multiple disciplines at a single Games since 1984, has had her UK Sport funding suspended while she takes part in the Channel 4 television programme The Jump. Cox, who won four medals in Rio including golds in the C4-5 women’s cycling time trial and on the track in the T38 400m sprint, will join the Olympic taekwondo champion Jade…

Jade Jones won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 in the women’s 57kg category. GB Taekwondo chiefs say they “had reservations” but “understand” double Olympic champion Jade Jones’ decision to take part in Channel 4’s The Jump. The programme involves competitors learning to ski jump, and the last series saw several serious injuries. Gymnast Louis Smith and Paralympic cyclist and athlete Kadeena Cox will also take part in the new…

COLLEGE FOOTBALL MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota fired coach Tracy Claeys just over two weeks after the football program became embroiled in a standoff with the administration over the suspension of 10 players in connection with allegations of sexual assault. Athletic director Mark Coyle said he made the decision to ”address challenges in recruiting, ticket sales and the culture of the program. We need strong leadership to take Gopher football to…

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This story appears in the Jan. 9, 2017 issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. To subscribe, click here. On the worst nights, when the fadeaways are short and the pocket passes are late, Giannis Antetokounmpo skips the showers. He storms out of the Bradley Center in full uniform, from home locker room to player parking lot, and hops into the black Explorer the local Ford dealer lent him. He turns right…

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has whittled its list of 26 semifinalists down to 15 finalists, five of whom will be voted in during Super Bowl Week and inducted into Canton this coming summer. The list of 15 features three big-name newcomers who were eligible for the first time — running back LaDainian Tomlinson, safety Brian Dawkins and defensive end Jason Taylor. Tomlinson, as one of the best two-way…

Ronda Rousey will be sidelined at least six weeks following her 48-second TKO loss to Amanda Nunes last week at UFC 207 in Las Vegas. Rousey was suspended until Feb. 14 with no contact until Jan. 30 as a result of the TKO loss suffered to Nunes, who put the former champion away in rapid-fire fashion in the opening round. The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the medical suspensions from…

This story appears in the Jan. 9, 2017 issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. To subscribe, click here. On the worst nights, when the fadeaways are short and the pocket passes are late, Giannis Antetokounmpo skips the showers. He storms out of the Bradley Center in full uniform, from home locker room to player parking lot, and hops into the black Explorer the local Ford dealer lent him. He turns right…

“When I tore my ACL, my mindset, as you can imagine whenever you get any type of injury – it’s always doubt and depression,” Denver Broncos’ Von Miller told FORBES. “But I was quickly over that and I was on to the next phase of my career, and that’s bouncing back off of ACL surgery.” Miller came back from his 2014 surgery stronger than ever, as he became a Super Bowl…

Ndamukong Suh has been labeled a dirty player since his early days in the NFL. There have been incidents that prove his label to be accurate, from stomping on Aaron Rodgers’ leg to the time he kicked Matt Schaub in the groin, and several players around the league won’t let that go away. LeGarrette Blount is just the latest to suggest Suh is a cheap-shot artist, saying this after Sunday’s…

In movies, sequels aren’t always as good. The same applies to sports. So wish Alabama and Clemson plenty of luck as they go into the College Football Playoff championship game – because they’ve got a classic to try to recreate in Tampa, Florida on Monday night. More from FoxSports A year ago, Alabama beat Clemson 45-40 in a thriller. Here’s hoping this remake is more akin to ”Godfather…

Playing team sports in high school may not influence whether or not teens use heroin or abuse prescription drugs, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data from more than 21,000 high school seniors surveyed between 2006 and 2014. Overall, they didn’t find any differences in prescription or illegal opioid use between students who played at least one competitive sport and non-athletes. The study did, however, find an increased…

Don’t let anyone tell you the Rose Bowl wasn’t the best bowl game of the 2016 season. USC (10-3) scored twice in the final 90 seconds to win the Rose Bowl 52-49 after trailing 49-35 heading into the fourth quarter. The winning score came courtesy of a Matt Boermeester field goal as time expired. He had missed two field goals earlier in the game, but drilled the 46-yard game-winner down…

Former Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin said he wondered when looking back on Alabama’s win over Washington if he was fully invested in the Tide’s semifinal victory. Kiffin told ESPN’s Paul Finebaum on Monday that he thought balancing his duties as Alabama’s offensive coordinator and Florida Atlantic’s new head coach would be “easier” than it turned out to be after he saw former Alabama defensive coordinator (and current Georgia head…