1+ min ago (236+ words) Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after the Red Bull driver won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix. Verstappen benefited from a strategy call from McLaren that flew in the face of decisions made by every other team during an early race safety car. It was a costly decision that sacrificed track position to Verstappen in the final stages and in hindsight threw away the race win for Piastri. Verstappen won to take his seventh win of the season, equalling Norris and Piastri, while the Australian was second and the Briton fourth behind the Williams of Carlos Sainz. Norris won himself an extra two points by passing Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes on the penultimate lap. Norris has been left with a 12-point lead over Verstappen, who moved ahead of Piastri by four…...

1+ min ago (139+ words) The three-way fight for the 2025 Formula 1 Drivers" Championship between Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, and Oscar Piastri is heading to Yas Marina, and the final race of the season. Verstappen"s stunning win at the Qatar Grand Prix kept the Red Bull driver in contention for his fifth Drivers" Championship, and potentially one of the greatest comebacks in F1 history. Following the Dutch Grand Prix Verstappen trailed Piastri " who then led the Drivers" Championship standings " by 104 points as he was in third behind Piastri and Norris. Verstappen took the win ahead of Piastri and Carlos Sainz Jr., with Norris finishing fourth. The Red Bull driver now heads to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix now just 12 points behind Norris, and in second place ahead of Piastri. Here are the updated standings following the Qatar Grand Prix:...

3+ min ago (333+ words) The post North Carolina's Bill Belichick states obvious as disastrous first season ends like it started appeared first on ClutchPoints. The North Carolina Tar Heels ended the regular season with a 4-8 record after suffering an ugly 42-19 Week 14 loss to the North Carolina State Wolfpack. With the 2025-26 campaign complete, head coach Bill Belichick stated the obvious as the program begins the offseason. Belichick, who is 73 years old, claimed the Tar Heels have a ton of work to do to improve for next season, according to'Brian Murphy of WRAL News. With North Carolina not bowl-eligible, the program will be able to start signing recruits as early as Wednesday, December 3. "You can see we've got a lot of work to do," said Belichick" "The season just ended like a few minutes ago. Okay, and so now we're going to move into the offseason....

5+ min ago (175+ words) Coastal Carolina fired head coach Tim Beck on Sunday, ending his three-season tenure, according to On3's Pete Nakos. Beck finished 20-18 after taking over the Chanticleers ahead of the 2023 season, his first college head-coaching role. The move comes after Coastal Carolina closed the 2025 campaign with back-to-back blowout losses, falling 59-10 at James Madison on Saturday following a 51-7 home defeat to South Carolina. Coastal opened 6-3 but dropped three straight to end the regular season and was outscored 110-17 across its final two games. "Yeah, it's hard," Beck said postgame Saturday, lamenting missed tackles, coverage breakdowns, and formation wrinkles his defense had not previously seen. "It's a combination of things" they got us." Early optimism from his debut season, an 8-5 finish in 2023, faded after a 6-7 record in 2024 that ended with a Myrtle Beach Bowl loss. Beck hops back into the coaching carousel at the right…...

7+ min ago (184+ words) Notre Dame handled business last night on their business trip out to the west coast beating Stanford 49-20 in the battle for the Legends Trophy. The defense played well, for the most part, but had some sloppy mistakes at other times. That being said, they still held Stanford to 312 total yards of offense, 86 total rushing yards and kept them out of the end zone until the fourth quarter. Junior captain and middle linebacker Drayk Bowen'led the team in tackles with seven and recorded a sack on the night.' Notre Dame handled business last night on their business trip out to the west coast beating Stanford 49-20 in the battle for the Legends Trophy. The defense played well, for the most part, but had some sloppy mistakes at other times. That being said, they still held Stanford to 312 total yards of offense, 86 total…...

8+ min ago (28+ words) LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) " Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix. Yahoo Top 10: Could the ACC actually miss out on the College Football Playoff?...

9+ min ago (498+ words) Three drivers will race for the 2025 Formula 1 title in Abu Dhabi. Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Oscar Piastri in second and Lando Norris in fourth. With Verstappen scoring 25 points for the win, Piastri getting 18 for second and Norris earning 12 for fourth, Norris leads Verstappen by 12 points and Piastri by 16 points heading into the final race of the season. Verstappen started third but moved to second on the opening lap ahead of Norris and capitalized on an early safety car. Pierre Gasly crashed into Nico Hulkenberg on lap 7 in Turn 1. With Pirelli mandating each team pit twice over the course of the 57-lap race and that tires could not be run longer than 25 laps, the timing of the crash opened the first pit window for the entire field. Verstappen " and nearly everyone else in the…...

13+ min ago (476+ words) Former Olympic swimmer Adi Bichman has been unanimously appointed CEO of Israel's Olympic Committee as the country begins its push toward the 2028 Games. The Israel Olympic Committee has unanimously selected Adi Bichman as its next CEO, appointing the former Olympic swimmer and current chair of the Israeli Swimming Association to lead the organization ahead of the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. The search committee " chaired by Israel Olympic Committee President Yael Arad and joined by Vice President Amit Oberkovich and Treasurer Moshe Goldstein " reached its decision after an extensive review process that included final interviews with three candidates, each presenting their professional vision, strategic direction, and marketing approach for the coming Olympic cycle. Arad said the committee was impressed not only by the strength of the overall pool of applicants but by Bichman's comprehensive experience. "Adi Bichman is a remarkable professional…...

19+ min ago (431+ words) Martin O'Neill maintained his perfect domestic record as interim Celtic manager after two goals in 33 first-half seconds helped secure a 2-1 win away to Hibernian on Sunday. Victory lifted the reigning champions to two points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts, with a game in hand. Before kick-off, O'Neill revealed his caretaker spell in charge of the Glasgow giants was set to last a little longer, with the 73-year-old expected to be at the helm for Wednesday's visit of Dundee while Celtic complete the paperwork needed for the arrival of Wilfried Nancy as their new permanent boss. "It's a wee bit strange, to be honest," smiled O'Neill as he reflected on the Frenchman's delayed arrival at Parkhead. "I was joking that whatever has happened to the paperwork, I have no idea - maybe I'm hiding it!" The Northern Irishman, who played under celebrated…...

19+ min ago (230+ words) The post Josh Heupel drops Tennessee football truth bomb after Vanderbilt loss appeared first on ClutchPoints. It was another solid but not great year for head coach Josh Heuepel and company, and after the game, Heupel got 100% honest on the state of his program amid the loss. "Really disappointed we didn't play the way we needed to in this stadium [this season]," said Heupel, per Wes Rucker of WBIR on X, formerly Twitter. Indeed, Tennessee laid multiple eggs at home this season, including choking away a great opportunity to beat Georgia earlier in the year, and culminating in the blowout loss to the Commodores on Saturday. The Volunteers have been knocking on the door of something special for quite some time now, but have never been quite able to get over the hump. Last year, Tennessee backdoored its way into…...