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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) attend a job fair in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China April 14, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com BEIJING, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Enterprising Chinese college graduates will be able to borrow up to half a million yuan ($78,900) in the wealthy province of Zhejiang to start a business, and if it goes belly-up, the government will help pay at least 80% of the lo ...read more

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The sentence for Gamal Abdelaziz, 64, of Las Vegas, was the longest yet in the continuing federal prosecution known as Operation Varsity Blues. Former Wynn Resorts executive Gamal Abdelaziz, right, arriving at Boston federal courthouse for his sentencing hearing Feb. 9, 2022. Credit... Katherine Taylor/Reuters Feb. 9, 2022 A former casino executive was sentenced on Wednesday to a year and a day in prison for participating in a conspiracy to sec ...read more

REUTERS/Jonathan Drake Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com The University of Virginia School of Law's new Roadmap Scholars Initiative takes aim at the law school pipeline Administrators hope other top law schools will follow suit (Reuters) - The University of Virginia School of Law is taking what it says is the most comprehensive approach yet to promoting a diverse pipeline of law students, launching a program to guide first-generation college students and those fr ...read more

As Afghan universities reopen, some women can't afford to return Women and their relatives have lost jobs, straining finances Economic crisis could reverse gains in female education Taliban say they are working to support women in business KABUL, Feb 25 (Reuters) - As students return to universities across Afghanistan this month, law major Waheeda Bayat will not be among them. The 24-year-old was looking forward to resuming her course at the private Gawharshad University in Kabul, but ami ...read more