Yahoo Sports AM: The Rundown

Heisman Finalists

Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter, Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty, Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel, and Miami QB Cam Ward were named Heisman Trophy finalists. The winner will be announced on Saturday.

MLB Posting

Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki was posted on Monday, kicking off a 45-day race for MLB teams to sign the right-handed flamethrower.

Monday Night Football

Joe Burrow (369 yards, 3 TD, INT) and Ja'Marr Chase (14 catches, 177 yards, 2 TD) dominated for Cincinnati, who took advantage of a late Cowboys blunder to win on "MNF."

NBA Action

Karl-Anthony Towns had his 13th straight double-double (longest active streak in the league) in the Knicks' 113-108 win over the Raptors in Monday's only NBA action.

NWSL Coaching Changes

Angel City FC fired Becki Tweed a year after she was a finalist for NWSL Coach of the Year. Houston and San Diego also have coaching vacancies.

AP Poll

The past 20 national champions were all ranked in the top 12 of their respective season's Week 6 AP poll. The average Week 6 ranking of the eventual champion was 4.8. The last national champion that didn't crack the Week 6 AP top 12 was the 2002-03 Syracuse squad.

UConn

UConn has steadied itself (beat Baylor and Texas) after imploding in Maui last month (three losses to unranked teams). The betting odds say it's the most likely team to defy 20-plus years of polling history and go from outside the Top 12 this week to cutting down the nets in April.

Tennessee

Tennessee took the No. 1 spot in the men's AP poll and returned to the women's AP Top 25 after the longest drought in program history.

Soto vs. Ohtani

In the wake of Juan Soto's 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets, Shohei Ohtani's uniquely structured 10-year, $700 million pact with the Dodgers looks like an epic bargain. Ohtani's deal features no deferred money and a $75 million signing bonus. The value really is $765 million, more than $300 million beyond Ohtani's estimated figure.

UNC

North Carolina beat Wake Forest, 1-0, on Monday to win the school's 22nd women's soccer national championship. This is the Tar Heels' first title without head coach Anson Dorrance, who retired in August after establishing the program in 1979 and spending 45 seasons at the helm of one of America's greatest sports dynasties.

Photo Gallery

Some of the best photos from the weekend...

Dec. 10, 2002: MJ vs. Pippen

22 years ago today, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen faced off as opponents for the first and only time in their careers. Scottie and the Trail Blazers easily defeated Jordan's Wizards, 98-79. Jordan retired at the end of the season. Pippen re-signed with Chicago the following year, but injuries limited him to just 23 games and he called it quits in 2004.

Watchlist

The NBA Cup knockout round begins tonight on TNT, as four teams battle for spots in Saturday's semifinals in Las Vegas. Magic at Bucks (7pm ET): Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the league in scoring (32.5 ppg), while Orlando has now lost both of their leading scorers (Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner) to torn obliques. Mavericks at Thunder (9:30pm): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29.8 ppg) is the NBA's fourth-leading scorer and Luka Doncic (28.7 ppg) ranks fifth.

Champions League

Matchday 6 (12:45-3pm, Paramount+) Nine games.

'The Simpsons' Trivia

What is the name of Springfield's football team? The answer is Springfield Atoms.