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Michigan Overcomes Alabama—and Recent History—to Reach National Title Game
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Michigan Overcomes Alabama—and Recent History—to Reach National Title Game

Updated Jan. 1, 2024 9:45 pm ETPASADENA, Calif.—Michigan arrived at the Rose Bowl with plenty of baggage. There was the coach, Jim Harbaugh, once again dogged by rumors that he will imminently depart for the National Football League, and with a dismal bowl game record of one win in seven tries. There was its recent history—two previous trips to the College Football Playoff that both ended in losses. There were the twin scandals, yet to be resolved by the NCAA.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
PGA Tour, Saudi Deadline Passes With No Deal—but Talks Will Continue
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PGA Tour, Saudi Deadline Passes With No Deal—but Talks Will Continue

The stunning agreement last June between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s Saudi backers came with a deadline to hammer out a deal: the end of 2023. As New Year’s Eve came and went without a pact, the sides now say they are poised to continue negotiations into 2024. In a memo to players Sunday, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan wrote that the goal remains to strike a finalized agreement—but it hasn’t happened yet. Instead, he said, there are “active and productive conversations” with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and they are “working to extend our negotiations into next year based on the progress we have made to date.”Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Biden’s ‘Proportionate’ Defense of U.S. Troops Has Failed
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Biden’s ‘Proportionate’ Defense of U.S. Troops Has Failed

On Christmas Day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that U.S. military forces conducted “proportionate” strikes against Iraqi militias that attacked and wounded American service members (“Biden Endangers U.S. Troops,” Review & Outlook, Dec. 27). The statement defines the equivocating, timid and wholly unsuccessful strategy of the Biden administration, but also of successive administrations for years.After nearly daily attacks on U.S. forces over months, resulting in dozens of wounded Americans, “proportionate” ought to have been revealed as having no deterrent value. It is past time for the U.S. to signal to those who attack our forces that they will pay disproportionately and severely. Continued attacks will see increasingly robust spankings. In this case, if the Iraqi governm...
It’s the Same Old Nick Saban. It’s a Brand New Alabama.
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It’s the Same Old Nick Saban. It’s a Brand New Alabama.

For the better part of two decades, Nick Saban and his Alabama football team have been college football’s model of consistency.Through an era of unprecedented change, when the sport has been rocked by conference realignment and the whole notion of amateurism has begun to unravel, Alabama has remained stubbornly the same. The Crimson Tide recruit the best players, they win the biggest games, they roll into the playoffs pretty much every year as favorites to win the championship.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
How Liverpool Won Christmas – WSJ
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How Liverpool Won Christmas – WSJ

Updated Dec. 27, 2023 11:44 am ETWhen Liverpool won the English Premier League in 2020, ending a 30-year dry spell for the club, something about the title still felt hollow. The relief didn’t wash over the city quite the way anyone expected it to. That’s because it was the season of the pandemic—there could be no public celebration. The best team in the country lifted the trophy inside an empty Anfield stadium. The players never got their open-top bus parade. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8