Top-ranked Alabama arrived for their playoff semifinal game at the Cotton Bowl. The Crimson Tide were without offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien or offensive line coach Doug Marrone
Late Monday evening, the UTEP women's basketball team announced that their away game against NM State on Wednesday would be postponed due to multiple positive COVID-19 cases, along with subsequent contact tracing in the program.
The World Health Organization has convened a technical group of experts to decide whether the new variant warrants being designated a variant of interest or a variant of concern.
UTEP will play Florida A&M tonight without Souley Boum and Christian Agnew, and the Miners will need to solve their offensive struggles against the zone.
Jorge Soler became the first player to begin a World Series with a home run and the Atlanta Braves, despite the loss of pitcher Charlie Morton to a broken leg, hushed the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 1.
Washington State has fired football coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants for refusing a state mandate that all employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.