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No. 1 Georgia bullies TCU 65-7 to win 2nd consecutive title

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No. 1 Georgia demolished No. 3 TCU 65-7 to become the first team to win consecutive College Football Playoff national championships. The Bulldogs became the first repeat champs since Alabama went back-to-back a decade ago and left no doubt that they have replaced the Crimson Tide as the new bullies on the block. TCU, the first Cinderella team of the CFP era, never had a chance against the Georgia juggernaut and suffered the most lopsided loss during bowl season in college football history.

Georgia becomes 12th back-to-back champ in AP Top 25 history

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Georgia is No. 1 in the final Associated Press college football poll, becoming the 12th back-to-back national champion in the history of the rankings after routing TCU. The Horned Frogs were No. 2, their best final rankings since the 2010 season. Michigan was No. 3, followed by Ohio State and Alabama. The Bulldogs won the College Football Playoff national championship game 65-7 to secure their third AP title overall. Their first came in 1980. Georgia also became the 14th school with as many as three AP national titles.

Bennett, Bowers lead champion Bulldogs’ demolition of TCU

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stetson Bennett and Brock Bowers showed off their remarkable partnership one last time in the College Football Playoff championship game. Bowers caught seven passes for 152 yards and a touchdown from Bennett during Georgia’s 65-7 demolition of TCU. Bennett walked on at Georgia nearly six years ago and caught a ride for the Bulldogs’ remarkable growth into the sport’s dominant program. Bowers arrived two years ago from the West Coast, and the tight end has known nothing but championships during his brief tenure. Bowers epitomizes the Bulldogs’ present and future in their ability to recruit anywhere and turn anybody into a champion.

Bills safety Hamlin back in Buffalo to continue recovery

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Doctors who treated Damar Hamlin say the Bills safety was moved to a hospital in Buffalo to continue his recovery. It’s an uplifting sign of the remarkable progress Hamlin has made a week after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati. Hamlin was discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in the morning and flown to Buffalo, where Dr. William Knight said he was “doing well.” Hamlin’s return comes a day after he cheered on the Bills from his hospital bed during their 35-23 win over the New England Patriots. The game proved to be a cathartic outpouring of support for the Bills and Hamlin.

Shiffrin trails Vlhova in 1st slalom run of record attempt

FLACHAU, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin had the second-best time behind Olympic champion Petra Vlhova in the first run of a night slalom as the American goes for a record 83rd win on the women’s World Cup circuit. Shiffrin entered the race tied with fellow American Lindsey Vonn for the record with 82 wins each. She is 0.17 seconds behind Vlhova going into the second run. Shiffrin was the first skier to start and didn’t make any glaring errors on her way down the flood-lit Griessenkar course but Vlhova knew where to be careful and where to charge more after several other skiers struggled. Zrinka Ljutic of Croatia stood third 0.58 behind Vlhova. Lower-ranked skiers were still coming down the course.

Shiffrin can break Vonn’s record — if she can stay awake

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Staying awake might be Mikaela Shiffrin’s biggest challenge as she prepares to try to set a record for women’s World Cup skiing victories. Shiffrin poured out her emotions after matching Lindsey Vonn with career win No. 82 in an early morning giant slalom in Slovenia on Sunday and now needs to refocus and shift her sleeping patterns in time for a slalom to be held under the lights in Austria on Tuesday. She noted that “if I have a good first run then I don’t start until 9:45 in the second run and normally I’m well asleep by then. So we have to change the whole rhythm again.”

Column: Morikawa the latest case study in a bizarre collapse

Collin Morikawa is the latest player to tie a PGA Tour record for losing a six-shot lead in the final round. AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson was there for five of the last six such collapses and says this one was bizarre. It wasn’t a slow leak like so many others. Morikawa played beautifully at the Sentry Tournament of Champions for 69 out of 72 holes. Jordan Spieth has lost leads himself and says it’s not as easy as it looks. He says players can feel as though they are supposed to win. And if they lose, it’s the worst feeling in the world. Ferguson says Morikawa should bounce back. He is playing too well to let this linger.

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023: Tennis sans Serena starts in earnest

The 2023 Australian Open will be the first Grand Slam tournament to be held since Serena Williams walked away from tennis with a farewell at the U.S. Open shortly before her 41st birthday. And so the sport will will get a real taste of what a post-Serena world looks like on a big stage. Williams will be missed. By spectators. By executives from the tours, tournaments and television. By other athletes. But tennis will need to move on. It won’t be easy. But all sports do need to take steps forward even when superstars leave.

Netflix tennis docuseries ‘Break Point’ short on surprises

The new Netflix docuseries about professional tennis is launching shortly before the start of the Australian Open. The first five episodes of Season 1 will be released on Friday. They offer recaps of major tournaments and give fans a chance to hear players talk about the pressures of life on the tour. There are not a ton of surprises for those who follow the sport closely. The series is made by the same executive producers who created “Formula 1: Drive to Survive.” Early episodes focus on players such as Nick Kyrgios, Ajla Tomljanovic, Maria Sakkari and Taylor Fritz.

Analysis: 3-point shooting leads to more NBA scoring binges

The NBA these past few weeks has featured an almost nightly display of one-upmanship among the game’s greatest scorers. Donovan Mitchell had 71 points in a game for Cleveland. Dallas’ Luka Doncic reached 50 points three times in a nine-day span. Everywhere you turn, it seems like another player is putting up a huge total. Ten different players already have scored 50 points in a game this season. Those are Mitchell, Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Pascal Siakam, Darius Garland and Stephen Curry.