Author: Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

It’s Championship Week in fantasy football with Bills QB Josh Allen one of the players poised to lead teams to a league title.

Josh Gordon had been activated from the NFL’s suspended list and was expected to play Sunday before a setback in his battle with substance abuse.

The Jaguars’ rookie sensation James Robinson has a tall task in the second round of the fantasy playoffs against the staunch Ravens defense.

ESPN veteran Sage Steele returns to co-host noon ET SportsCenter, adds new interview show for 2021; Elle Duncan takes Steele’s spot on 6 p.m. broadcast.

Cleveland baseball team makes transition plan official, but will retain “Indians” nickname until a new one is chosen.

Hall of Fame Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa would serve one day in jail, pay fine under plea agreement, according to The Athletic.

Illinois has fired head football coach Lovie Smith with one game left in the regular season after compiling a 17-39 record in his five-year tenure.

QB Tom Brady and the Bucs have lost three of their last four games, but still lead the Vikings by a game for the sixth playoff spot in the NFC.

Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats says college basketball would “have a whole lot more problems if we weren’t playing games,” voices disagreement with Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski.