Santa Anita is delaying season-opening races until Sunday, Dec. 28. It's the second time since 1976 that Santa Anita will not open on the day after Christmas.

The ACC and Big 12 recorded their first victory of the CFP's expansion era when the Hurricanes edged Texas A&M in the opening round.

Dallin Hall scored a season-high 20 points, Jacari White had a spectacular dunk and scored 15, and No. 23 Virginia beat Maryland 80-72

There is simply no stopping this Aston Villa machine, cylinders pumping, exclusively handcrafted by Unai Emery, the manager who reacted to Morgan Rogers’ winning goal against Manchester United by launching his jacket into the night sky. “Birmingham, are you listening?” came the chorus from the home support but this was another victory with wider implications. For now Villa, third and three points…