Centennial defensive end Korey Foreman chooses USC  —  Corona Centennial High defensive end Korey Foreman, one of the top players in the 2021 recruiting class, is headed to USC.  —  Foreman made his choice known Saturday, Jan. 2, at the end of the “All-American Bowl: Declaration Day” broadcast televised on NBC.

Is This the Beginning of the End for Baker Mayfield in Cleveland?  —  Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns control their playoff destiny on Sunday when they meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in their regular season finale.  Win and they make their first postseason in nearly two decades …

NHL planning two outdoor games at Lake Tahoe for 2021 season  —  When the NHL on NBC broadcast schedule was released last week, one game stood out as an oddity: Colorado at Vegas on Feb. 20.  It is the network's lone Saturday telecast before April 17.  —  The next day, there's a Philadelphia-Boston matchup that's also a bit strange.

Nuggets' Michael Porter Jr. expected to miss multiple games due to COVID protocols, source says  —  Nuggets small forward Michael Porter Jr. won't be available for Friday night's game against the Phoenix Suns due to contact tracing from the league's health-and-safety protocols, a league source confirmed to The Denver Post.

Red Sox hiring Bianca Smith as minor league coach, making her first Black woman to coach in pro baseball history  —  The Red Sox are hiring Bianca Smith as a minor league coach.  —  She will be the first Black woman to serve as a professional baseball coach in the sport's history, Major League Baseball confirmed.

MLB rumors: Yankees or Japan for Masahiro Tanaka?  Trevor Bauer wants Gerrit Cole coin; George Springer update  —  As the Yankees continue their long and probably nervous wait to see what kind of money DJ LeMahieu will accept, their other potential free-agent targets are stuck in limbo.

We Should All Hope the Giants Are the Terrible NFC East Team to Host a Playoff Game  —  This year's slate of Week 17 games promises a good amount of excitement.  There are a handful of “win and you're in games”, with the Browns going up against the Steelers and the Cardinals and Rams facing off for a wild card spot.