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Alabama Freshman Becomes Hero In Epic Win
Serena And Baby
DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS: SATURDAY, JAN. 13
NFC Divisional Playoffs:
(6) Atlanta (11-6) at (1) Philadelphia (13-3), 4:35 p.m. ET (NBC) AFC Divisional Playoffs:
(5) Tennessee (10-7) at (1) New England (13-3), 8:15 p.m. ET (CBS)
DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS: SUNDAY, JAN. 14
AFC Divisional Playoffs:
(3) Jacksonville (11-6) at (2) Pittsburgh (13-3), 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS)
NFC Divisional Playoffs:
(4) New Orleans (12-5) at (2) Minnesota (13-3), 4:40 p.m. ET (Fox)
Sometimes you have to let the underdog in the game so he/she can show you what they’re made of.
That’s exactly what hap- pened Monday night during the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs. True freshman Tua Tagov- ailoa stepped in for starting QB Jalen Hurts at halftime to bring home a victory for the Tide...in overtime.
At one point in the game the Bulldogs had a 13-point lead, but they let that slip right out of their hands.
Of February Vogue
Kevin Durant Second-Youngest Player To Reach 20,000-Point Plateau
Vogue.
While she was due to return
to the court this January, Williams’s comeback has now been delayed until March.
The tennis champion suffered several complications after giving birth to her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr., but, predictably, she can’t wait to get back onto the court.
She is instilling her well-doc- umented determination in her four-month-old baby.
The mother-daughter duo graces Vogue’s February cover, making Alexis Olympia Vogue’s youngest cover star of all time.
Isaiah Thomas Fined $20K For Striking Andrew Wiggins
Alabama freshman quar- terback, Somoan, Tua Tago- vailoa (left)
Tua, a Samoan from Hawaii, threw a 41-yard pass to De- vonta Smith on Alabama's first possession of over-time and that sealed the deal for the school’s fifth national title in nine years.
Serena Williams has her sights set on “25”—mean- ing 25 Grand Slam victo- ries (she cur- rently has 23), accord- ing to her in- terview in the February edition of
SERENA WILLIAMS AND BABY ALEXIS
Alexis Grace Cover
Golden State Warriors star forward Kevin Durant scored his 20,000th career point with 1:41 remaining in the second quarter of Wednesday's 125-106 loss to the LA Clippers, becoming the second-youngest player in NBA history, behind LeBron James, to reach that milestone.
Durant made his return to
KEVIN DURANT
action after sit- ting out the past three games with a right calf strain. It took the All-Star for- ward 16 minutes to score the 25 points needed to
achieve the feat.
Cleveland Cavaliers star point guard Isaiah Thomas was fined $20,000 for striking Minnesota Timberwolves for- ward Andrew Wiggins above the shoulders, the league announced Wednes- day.
Thomas was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 and ejected for
ISAIAH THOMAS
the incident, which hap- pened with 6:47 remaining in the third quarter of the Cavaliers' 127- 99 loss to the
Timberwolves on Monday.
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