Eleven of the sport's top figures have been unable to reach an agreement after months of negotiations, stalling hopes for more teams to be included in the national title race. Fans milling about in downtown Indianapolis ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship game between Georgia and Alabama on Monday night. Credit... AJ Mast, The New York Times Jan. 10, 2022 ...read more

Q. and A. The former Super Bowl champion has always had a way with words. It has turned him into a trusted adviser to N.F.L. and college football players who want to use their "wittys to get up out that siti." Marshawn Lynch credited his Buffalo Bills teammates for informing him about contributing to retirement accounts early in his career. "Even if you don’t want to, you’re going to do it." Credit... Taylor Glascock for The New York Times Published ...read more

College Football Recent huddles among the sport's leaders have shown how much television drives their thinking. The band performed to a small crowd of college football fans in Indianapolis, Saturday ahead of Monday's national championship game. Credit... AJ Mast for The New York Times Jan. 10, 2022 Subscribe to the Pro Football Digest. Our analysis of th ...read more

Students at Shanghai's Fudan University celebrate their college graduations, July 2, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Register Now to Get Unlimited Access for Free to Reuters.com HONG KONG, Jan 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Private educator New Oriental has laid off 60,000 people read more , part of a massive wave of redundancies coming out of the after-school tutoring industry after President Xi Jinping converted it to non-profit. The stock of the company has fallen ...read more

Georgia hopes that it can show Alabama more this time as they compete for the national championship. In the Orange Bowl semifinal of the College Playoff, Georgia defeated Michigan. To be satisfied with the season, it will need to win against Alabama. Credit... Jasen Vinlove/USA Today Sports, via Reuters Jan. 1, 2022 Sign up for the Pro Football Digest. Our ...read more

Alabama 27, Cincinnati 6 For the national championship, the Crimson Tide will take on the Georgia Bulldogs Jan. 10. Near the end of the first period, Ja'Corey Brooks catches a 44-yard touchdown in Alabama. This put the Crimson Tide 17-3 ahead of Cincinnati. Credit... Richard Rodriguez/Getty images Dec. 31, 2021 Register for the Pro Football Digest. Our anal ...read more

On College Football The frustrations caused by the pandemic in college sport have mirror the problems seen beyond athletics. On Monday, a strategically placed bus prevented the view of Georgia's football practice ahead of Friday's College Football Playoff semifinal game against Michigan. This week, practices were closed to allow teams to avoid asking questions about players who aren't there because of the coronavirus. Credit... Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Const ...read more

Q. and A. The former Super Bowl champion has always had a way with words. He has become a trusted advisor to the N.F.L. for college football players who want their "wittys" to get out of that siti. Marshawn Lynch credits his Buffalo Bills teammates with informing him about retirement accounts in his early career. "You're going to do this, even if you don't want to." Credit... Taylor Glascock, The New York Times Published Jan. 19, 2022 Last updated Jan. 20, 2 ...read more

The College Football Playoff begins on Friday, with Alabama and Cincinnati playing in the Cotton Bowl and Michigan and Georgia facing off in the Orange Bowl. img alt="Alabama meets Cincinnati in the Cotton Bowl Friday." src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/12/31/multimedia/31cfb-explain1/31cfb-explain1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75auto=webpdisable=upscale"/> On Friday, Alabama and Cincinnati will meet at the Cotton Bowl. Credit... Richard W. Rodriguez/Associated ...read more

A City College Physics professor was shocked to discover the contents of an ordinary box that had been in the mailroom. The box contained bundles of $50 and $100 bills, adding up to $180,000. Credit... The City College of New York Published Dec. 21, 2021 Updated Dec. 23, 2021 Vinod Menon was a City College of New York in Harlem physics professor who returned to in-person teaching this semester. He finally looked through the pile of off ...read more