With everything on the line, in the final minute of the college football season, the Ohio State rookie came up big. 

Ohio State's national championship celebrations hit a momentary bump.

The emotions boiled over for Kirk Herbstreit after Ohio State won the national championship on Monday.

Heroes, zeros and the full blitz from Ohio State's 34-23 win over Notre Dame to win the national championship.

The reactions came fast and furious when Ryan Day led Ohio State to a national championship after coming under intense scrutiny following the Buckeyes' loss to Michigan at the end of the regular season. 

Coco Gauff's trip to Melbourne Park — and her 13-match winning streak that dated to late last season — ended in the quarterfinals. The 2023 U.S. Open champion was eliminated by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 6-4.

Those narratives seem silly now, even preposterous. That loss to Michigan at The Horseshoe feels like an eternity ago. 

He has been the lone player in the Islanders’ top four who hasn’t dealt with injuries this season, but his status is a major concern after Monday night. 

Notre Dame had a chance to further cut into Ohio State’s lead in the fourth quarter, but instead got stopped in the red zone and then kicker Mitch Jeter's field goal attempt hit off the uprights to keep Notre Dame off the board entirely. 

Ohio State won its ninth national championship in program history by holding off a late comeback attempt by Notre Dame.

No. 8 Maryland couldn’t catch a break Monday. 

This was the sort of effort which, if the Islanders could replicate it consistently, makes them look like a playoff contender.

This isn’t the first time Kyle Palmieri’s name has been thrown around going into the NHL trade deadline. If the Islanders move the winger, it won’t be the first time he’s been dealt, either.

Some of Notre Dame and Ohio State’s biggest fans made their way to Atlanta. 

President Trump made an appearance during the halftime segment of Monday's College Football Playoff championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame.

If Notre Dame’s opening drive equated to landing the first punch in the CFP championship game, then Ohio State connected on the next three.

Chris Russo was one mad dog at the sight of Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark interrupting his football viewing.

UCLA coach Cori Close doesn’t want to talk about it. 

He won an NBA title in June and was in camp with Jordi Fernandez’s Team Canada a month later, has landed with the Long Island Nets. 

Jayson Tatum led six Boston players in double figures with a game-high 22 points on Monday as the Celtics steamrolled the Golden State Warriors 125-85 in San Francisco as part of the NBA's Martin Luther King Jr. Day slate.