Matthew Tkachuk wants to watch the Miami Hurricanes play for the College Football Playoff national championship. Thing is, he and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers have a home game that night.

The Hurricanes missed out on a top quarterback transfer target for 2026: Arizona State signal-caller Sam Leavitt. Leavitt committed to LSU instead.

It looked improbable two months ago. Two years ago — impossible. But against the odds, Miami and Indiana have a date in the College Football Playoff final — a first-of-its-kind matchup on Jan. 19 in the second national title game of the expanded-playoff era.

Higgins, who defeated former city manager Emilio González in a 15 landslide, was part of a broader Democratic surge in November’s off-year elections. Reflecting on the result, she pushed back on calls for ideological moderation, arguing that Democrats don’t need to abandon who they are to win.

Miami has had an insane journey to the national championship game. The Hurricanes opened the CPF with a 10-3 road win at No.

The Hurricanes defense didn’t own this matchup as much as in previous playoff games. So, this game gave us a few new players to highlight. Particularly, the pla