The Memphis Grizzlies and the Orlando Magic were in London for a regular-season game in London on Sunday, Jan. 18.

Actor Vanessa Williams was tasked with singing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ before the game at London’s O2 Arena.

During Williams’ rendition of the song, a member of the crowd was heard interrupting and drawing a reaction from the crowd. ‘Leave Greenland alone,’ the audience member yelled before the comment was met with cheers from the crowd.

The heckling that took place on Sunday is just the latest incident in which a sporting event has served as a platform for a member of the audience to share its displeasure for the U.S. president and his foreign policies. Canadians booed during the national anthem in 2025 after verbally threatening to raise tariffs on goods.

The NBA previously had held a game in London annually from 2011 until 2019 (other than during the 2012 season). The league returned for Sunday’s game after holding a game between the Magic and Grizzlies in Berlin on Thursday.

The final day of the college football season is upon us. The two participants in Monday night’s College Football Playoff finale might not have been predicted by, well, anybody at the start of the campaign, but they should provide compelling theater.

Anybody who is still under the impression that Indiana is the plucky underdog in these playoffs hasn’t been paying attention. The Hoosiers earned their top seed and have played like it in dominant victories against Alabama and Oregon, not exactly no-name schools in the playoff era. Now the final obstacle to the program’s first ever football national championship is Miami, once a powerhouse of the sport that had been wandering in the wilderness for nearly a quarter of a century.

This didn’t appear to be the year the Hurricanes would climb back to the top, as they were the last at-large team included in the field. But here they are with an opportunity to claim the title in familiar surroundings at Hard Rock Stadium, the predetermined site of this year’s CFP finale.

Here’s everything you need to know as you take in the action.

CFP title game: No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 10 Miami

Time/TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Why watch: Whether playing on its home field will have any appreciable positive impact for Miami remains to be seen. The Hurricanes will likely have a significant part of the crowd behind them, though there will be no shortage of Hoosiers’ followers in attendance as well. Miami’s biggest concern is the high level of execution Indiana has demonstrated in the postseason. Heisman-winning QB Fernando Mendoza has been a big part of that, of course, but he’s had plenty of help. RBs Kaelon Black and Roman Hemby are providing ample ground support, and his top trio of WRs Elijah Sarratt, Omar Cooper and Charlie Becker have been catching everything thrown their way. Mendoza’s protection has also been excellent, but Miami DEs Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor might prove more difficult to keep out of the backfield.

The Hurricanes’ playoff wins haven’t been as decisive, but QB Carson Beck has made the key plays when needed. WR Malachi Toney often provides the lightning while RB Mark Fletcher brings the thunder for Miami. But Beck will need an error-free performance against the Hoosiers’ defense, which has done its part by generating takeaways. No matter where Miami goes with the ball, expect to see Hoosiers LBs Rolijah Hardy and Aiden Fisher somewhere in the vicinity at the end of the play. Even the kicking game has been a largely smooth operation for the Hoosiers. PK Nico Radicic has missed just one field-goal try in 17 attempts.

Why it could disappoint: As we’ve seen, Indiana is quite capable of wire-to-wire domination. But the Hoosiers have been in their share of close contests as well. If Miami can borrow a page from Ohio State and keep the high-powered Hoosiers’ offense off the field, a less flashy but highly intense affair could unfold.

The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be revealed on Tuesday, Jan. 20, with Carlos Beltrán – and perhaps Andruw Jones – looking likely to be enshrined alongside Jeff Kent this summer in Cooperstown, N.Y.

In his fourth year on the ballot, Beltrán is expected to finally get over the hump and win the required 75% share of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Meanwhile, Jones has climbed all the way from 7.3% in his debut to 66.2% last year and one of the greatest center fielders in history could cross the threshold in 2026, his second-to-last chance.

Here’s what to know about Hall of Fame’s upcoming announcement:

When is Baseball Hall of Fame announcement?

The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results will be announced on January 20th at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network.

Baseball Hall of Fame voting tracker

Ryan Thibodaux’s Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Tracker is an incredible resource and the entire baseball community is so very appreciative of the work he and his team put in.

Full Baseball Hall of Fame 2026 ballot tracker

Updated 12 a.m. Monday, 75% required

• Carlos Beltran: 88.8%
• Andruw Jones: 83.7%
• Chase Utley: 67.9%
• Andy Pettitte: 56.7%
• Felix Hernandez: 56.7%
• Alex Rodriguez: 42.8%

Check out individual Hall of Fame ballots

Baseball Hall of Fame ballot 2026

Holdovers

• Carlos Beltrán (4th year on ballot, 70.3% in 2025)
• Andruw Jones (9th year, 66.2%)
• Chase Utley (3rd year, 39.8%)
• Álex Rodríguez (5th year, 37.1%)
• Manny Ramírez (10th final year, 34.3%)
• Andy Pettitte (8th year, 27.9%)
• Félix Hernández (2nd year, 20.6%)
• Bobby Abreu (7th year, 19.5%)
• Jimmy Rollins (5th year, 18.0%)
• Omar Vizquel (9th year, 17.8%)
• Dustin Pedroia (2nd year, 11.9%)
• Mark Buehrle (6th year, 11.4%)
• Francisco Rodríguez (4th year, 10.2%)
• David Wright (3rd year, 8.1%)
• Torii Hunter (6th year, 5.1%) 

First year on ballot

• Ryan Braun
• Shin-Soo Choo
• Edwin Encarnación
• Gio González
• Alex Gordon
• Cole Hamels
• Matt Kemp
• Howie Kendrick
• Nick Markakis
• Daniel Murphy
• Hunter Pence
• Rick Porcello

Day 2 of the Australian Open is loaded with a whopping 56 matches between both the men and women singles brackets. Most notably, there is a myriad of stars taking the hard court today including 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and defending French Open champion Coco Gauff.

This will be the seventh Australian Open of Gauff’s career. The American star and No. 3 seed opened the tournament against Kamilla Rakhimova and cruised to an easy 6-2, 6-3 win in the first round.

Other American stars in action include No. 4 seed Amanda Anisimova, who reached the finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open last year, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 27 seed Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion.

With so many highly-anticipated matchups on the plate tonight, it makes sense why so many tennis fans are scrambling to figure out how to watch all the action. Well fear not! Here is the full schedule for all the seeded players on Day 2 of the Australian Open:

Australian Open Day 2 men’s seeds results, schedule

All times Eastern

Rod Laver Arena

• No. 6 Alex de Minaur def. Mackenzie McDonald, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• No. 4 Novak Djokovic vs. Pedro Martinez

Margaret Court Arena

• No. 11 Daniil Medvedev def. Jesper de Jong, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
• No. 12 Casper Ruud vs. Mattia Bellucci

John Cain Arena

• Nuno Borges def. No. 7 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, retired

Kia Arena

• No. 13 Andrey Rublev def. Matteo Arnaldi, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3

1573 Arena

• Arthur Gea def. No. 17 Jiri Lehecka, 7-5, 7-6 (7-1), 7-5

ANZ Arena

• No. 21 Denis Shapovalov vs. Yunchaokete Bu

Court 5

• No. 25 Learner Tien def. Marcos Giron, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
• No. 30 Valentin Vacherot def. Martin Damm, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Court 7

• No. 27 Brandon Nakashima vs. Botic van de Zandschulp

Court 12

• Fabian Marozsan def. No. 24 Arthur Rinderknech, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4

Court 13

• No. 19 Tommy Paul def. Aleksandar Kovacevic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• No. 14 Alejandro Davidovic Fokina def. Filip Misolic, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3

Australian Open Day 2 women’s seeds results, schedule

All times Eastern

Rod Laver Arena

• No. 3 Coco Gauff def. Kamilla Rakhmova, 6-2, 6-3
• No. 2 Iga Swiatek def. Yue Yuan, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

Margaret Court Arena

• No. 4 Amanda Anisimova def. Simona Waltert, 6-3, 6-2
• No. 8 Mirra Andreeva vs. Donna Vekic vs., 3 a.m.

John Cain Arena

• No. 6 Jessica Pegula def. Anastasia Zakharova, 6-2, 6-1

Kia Arena

• No. 23 Diana Shnaider vs. Barbora Krejcikova, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

1573 Arena

• Magda Linette def. No. 15 Emma Navarro, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• No. 17 Victoria Mboko def. Emerson Jones, 6-4, 6-1

ANZ Arena

• Peyton Stearns def. No. 27 Sofia Kenin, 6-3, 6-2

Court 5

• No. 25 Paula Badosa vs. Zarina Diyas

Court 6

• No. 13 Linda Noskova vs. Darja Semenistaja

Court 7

• No. 14 Clara Tauson def. Dalma Galfi, 6-3, 6-3
• No. 21 Elise Mertens def. Lanlana Tararudee, 7-5, 6-1

Court 13

• No. 29 Iva Jovic def. Katie Volynets, 6-2, 6-3

Court 14

• No. 19 Karolina Muchova def. Jaqueline Cristian, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)

Stream select Australian Open matches on Fubo

How to watch Australian Open Day 2

The match between Gauff and Rakhimova is scheduled to start around 7:30 p.m. ET and will air on ESPN2, with streaming options available on ESPN+ and Fubo.

The entire tournament will stream on ESPN+. Certain matches will air on both ESPN and ESPN2 and can be streamed on Fubo. The semifinals and finals for both the men’s and women’s brackets will air on ESPN and can be streamed on Fubo.

Blue and white smoke is finally emanating from East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The New York Giants and John Harbaugh have finally completed a five-year deal to make him the team’s next head coach, per multiple reports, days after Harbaugh and the club had agreed to join forces. His package is expected to be worth in the neighborhood of $100 million, according to multiple reports.

“This is the New York Giants,” Harbaugh told ESPN. “I’m proud and honored to the head coach of this historic franchise, and especially excited to work with the Mara and Tisch families. But most of all, I can’t wait to get started with the great players on this football team to see what we can accomplish together.”

Per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, a news conference is expected to occur Tuesday. Harbaugh and general manager Joe Schoen, who retained his job despite Brian Daboll’s firing during the just completed season, are expected to have a ‘cooperative setup.’

Schoen led the coaching search that quickly led the organization to Harbaugh.

Harbaugh led the Baltimore Ravens to 12 playoff berths, AFC North titles and one Super Bowl victory in his 18 seasons in Charm City. His record, including postseason, is 193-124.

The Giants have made the playoffs just twice, winning one wild-card game under Daboll, since winning Super Bowl 46 nearly 14 years ago.

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs is regarded as the best weekend of the season by some fans. Four games over two days, two of them including the regular season’s best teams − insomuch as one might regard the No. 1 postseason seeds as the best squads.

Saturday, the Denver Broncos, the top seed in the AFC, will host the Buffalo Bills in a rematch from the 2024 wild-card round − Josh Allen and Co. cruising best then-rookie Bo Nix and the Broncos 31-7. In the NFC, the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks will meet for the third time (and second in three weeks) − the ‘Hawks returning to action at Lumen Field following their bye.

Sunday afternoon, the New England Patriots will try to advance to their first AFC championship game in seven years − by beating a red-hot Houston Texans squad hoping to get that for for the first time. Ever. The final matchup of the weekend quartet will pair the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears, who will square off in the postseason for the first time in 40 years − since the legendary ’85 Bears shut out the Rams at Soldier Field.

Which teams will qualify for the NFL’s version of the Final Four? Our experts make their selections:

(Odds provided by BetMGM)

Divisional round picks, predictions, odds

• Bills at Broncos
• 49ers at Seahawks
• Texans at Patriots
• Rams at Bears

AI-assisted summary
• Alberto Mendoza is the backup quarterback for Indiana, behind his Heisman-winning brother Fernando.
• Indiana recently signed transfer quarterback Josh Hoover, signaling a challenge for Alberto’s future starting role.
• Alberto Mendoza intends to compete for the starting job rather than transfer from Indiana.

MIAMI — He sat on a aluminum bleacher with the rest of the forgotten, a full-blown feeding frenzy unloading in front of him.

Everyone wanted a piece of Alberto Mendoza. 

Meanwhile, a larger hoard of media — one not seen at College Football Playoff media day in maybe ever — was hovering around Fernando Mendoza while he sat surrounded at a podium for the elite.

You know him. 

Heisman Trophy winner. Star quarterback. The key to Indiana completing the greatest turnaround in sports history Monday night against Miami in the College Football Playoff championship game. As pure and true since a guy named Tebow.

And the older brother of Alberto, Indiana’s backup quarterback. The guy hanging with the other backups in the bleachers.

This is where the story begins, where a brother trying to find his own way in a sport he loves, dutifully and unflinchingly sitting for an hour — an hour! —  and answering questions about the one player in college football everyone can’t get enough of.

Is Fernando really as perfect as he looks? 

Was Fernando always great at sports? 

If Fernando were an animal in the jungle, what would he be?

But while the deeply vacuous wondered and wandered aloud in the annual menagerie that is CFP media day, an important thing happened to Alberto a couple of weeks ago. 

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti signed TCU quarterback Josh Hoover from the transfer portal for the 2026 season. About as clear a statement as can be made about the future of Alberto. 

The Hoosiers aren’t paying Hoover millions to leave TCU so he can decide a year from now if Alberto is a Tiger or Lion in the jungle. And it’s here where we find the cold, hard truth of the sport. 

There’s a finite clock for starting quarterbacks in the NIL era. Teams and coaches don’t have time to invest two or three years of development.

High-value contracts are made for now, not when it all finally comes together. 

“I get it,” Alberto says. “It’s a business.” 

That doesn’t make it any easier to swallow the reality that he’s a play away from critical minutes against Miami — and who knows how long from becoming the Indiana starter.

He already convinced one NIL gun for hire (see: Fernando) to skip in line ahead of him. He’s not sitting around and letting it happen a second time — or worse, leaving town because of it.  

Mendoza says he will compete with Hoover for the starting job, and says Fernando told him to go win the job instead of waiting. Force Indiana and Cignetti into a difficult decision.

Cignetti, meanwhile, understands the complexities of the situation. It’s a small and growing sample size of the undeniable: inexperienced quarterbacks rarely work in the NIL era. 

The surest, safest way to efficient play from the most important position on the field has quickly become the transfer portal.

Doesn’t matter that Alberto led Christopher Columbus High School in Miami to back-to-back state titles once Fernando left. Doesn’t matter that Alberto brings something different to the offense — his ability to stress defenses with his legs — and has shown rare dual-threat ability in limited backup action this season.

All that matters is the here and now. There’s a reason more than 200 Bowl Subdivision (and another 100 Championship Subdivision) quarterbacks hit the transfer portal when it opened on January 2.

It’s all about the quick fix, with the least amount of the unknown. 

“We’ll see what happens,” Cignetti said. “I like (Alberto) a lot as a player. We’ll see what the future holds.”

There was a moment last month, in what was then the biggest game of the season, that we nearly saw what Indiana had with Alberto. Fernando was drilled by Ohio State edge Caden Curry on the first play of the Big Ten championship game, and Alberto replaced him for a play. 

His first significant snap of the season, and Alberto handed off. But it’s not like he hasn’t shown it this season. 

His numbers are high level, even in mop up time. He plays the part well, with five touchdown passes and runs of 59, 53 and 39 yards. 

He’s not just a guy with clipboard. 

“You get me out there, I can rip it,” Alberto says. “I’m very confident in my ability.”

Meanwhile, back at the circus, the bobblehead bunch is busy asking about six-seven, and if Alberto and Fernando fought as kids. 

Last one from me! Wait, what was I going to ask you again? Oh yeah, social media is ablaze with 2016. What were you doing in 2016?!

“I was, like, 12,” Alberto says.

And just for the record, yeah, they did fight as kids. And yeah, there were times when Alberto got the better of Fernando playing sports.

The last thing he’s going to do is let a high-dollar mercenary run him out of Bloomington. So here’s a better question for the wandering, vacuous masses: 

What if Alberto wins the job, and a multi-million dollar contract sits on the bench? 

Guess who then becomes the story of college football?

For all the right reasons. 

Anthony Edwards produced a career-high night for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. Still, it didn’t result in a successful outing as they suffered a 126-123 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on the road.

Edwards reached 54 points after nailing a 3-point shot in the corner to make it a one-point game with 9.8 seconds left in regulation. He added one more free throw and finished the game with 55 points, a new career high.

The Timberwolves star scored 26 points in the fourth quarter after scoring 29 points through the first three quarters of play.

Victor Wembanyama led the way for the Spurs with 39 points.

Anthony Edwards stats vs. San Antonio Spurs

• Points: 55
• FG: 19-for-33
• 3PT: 9-for-16
• Free Throws: 8-for-10
• Rebounds: 4
• Assists: 3
• Steals: 0
• Blocks: 0
• Turnovers: 2
• Fouls: 4
• Minutes: 40

Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves vs. Spurs highlights

The Denver Broncos return to the AFC championship game for the first time in 10 years in an exceedingly difficult spot.

Starting quarterback Bo Nix will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a broken bone in his ankle in Saturday’s divisional playoff win over the Buffalo Bills, Broncos coach Sean Payton announced.

That leaves Jarrett Stidham to take the reins to the Broncos’ offense for the tilt against either the New England Patriots or the Houston Texans with a trip to Super Bowl 60 on the line.

Here’s what we know about the outlook for Stidham and the Broncos:

Who is Jarrett Stidham?

A seventh-year veteran, Stidham is about to command a spotlight far more intense than he’s ever experienced.

The 2019 fourth-round pick out of Auburn began his NFL career as Tom Brady’s backup on the Patriots. His chance to become Brady’s successor never fully materialized, however, and he was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022.

All four starts in Stidham’s career came as teams were pivoting away from marquee veteran passers. First, he stepped in for the final two games of the Raiders’ 2022 season when Derek Carr was benched. Then, he did the same for the Broncos in 2023 as Payton and Co. sat Russell Wilson.

But even with Denver bringing on Bo Nix the following year to step in as the starter, Stidham hung around as a trusted backup for Payton. In March, Stidham re-signed to the team on a two-year, $12 million deal that included $7 million guaranteed.

“We’re excited Jarrett’s back,” Payton said at the NFL league meetings this spring. “He brings a veteran presence, but also a young presence about him. And I know how he feels about his own abilities. … I think the experience from Jarrett is helpful to Bo.”

Jarrett Stidham stats

• Completions: 117
• Passing attempts: 197
• Completion percentage: 59.4%
• Passing yards: 1,422
• Touchdown passes: 8
• Interceptions: 8

Broncos QB depth chart

• Bo Nix
• Jarrett Stidham
• Sam Ehlinger