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Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman was coaching in the Orange Bowl with a little extra fire in his belly following comments made at his expense by Penn State coach James Franklin. 

At a Wednesday, January 8 press conference ahead of Notre Dame’s 27-24 victory over Penn State on Thursday, January 9, Franklin, 52, ribbed Freeman — who turned 39 on Friday, January 10, just hours after the biggest win of his career — about his age and said, “I mean, I look at the hairline on this guy. Envious of his hairline in a lot of ways.”

Freeman appeared to take the jokes in stride at the press conference, but after his team’s victory on Thursday night, Freeman’s players revealed it was quite a different story. 

“He was angry,” Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts told The Athletic. “He was angry with the press conference thing, whatever was going on between that. He was mad about that. All the anger went toward us and that anger went onto the field.”

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Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love indicated he was similarly ticked off by Franklin’s comments, telling The Athletic, “I’m not gonna speak on their head coach.”

“We felt like their team didn’t really respect us,” Love, 19, said. “We wanted to come into this game and make a statement. Be the aggressors. Dominate them physically. That’s the message. Be physical and play violent. The whole game.”

Inside the Notre Dame locker room at Miami Gardens’ Hard Rock Stadium, Fighting Irish linebacker Jack Kiser noticed the clock read 12:17 a.m., meaning it was his head coach’s birthday. 

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“Let’s just say that 17 minutes ago coach Freeman turned 39,” Kiser, 24, told The Athletic. “So he’s not that young guy that a lot of people treat him as. Guys want to play for coach Freeman, and when you put gas on that fire, it can get really explosive in this locker room.”

Notre Dame’s win over Penn State earned them a trip to the College Football Playoff National Championship, which goes down Monday, January 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. They will face the winner of Ohio State–Texas, who battle on Friday, January 10 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. 

Freeman did not address Franklin’s comments after the game, but he did acknowledge the significance of Notre Dame’s win — which meant Freeman will become the first Black coach in history to coach in a college national championship game. 

“I’ve said this before, I don’t ever want to take attention away from the team,” Freeman told ESPN’s Molly McGrath. “It is an honor, and I hope all coaches — minorities, Black, Asian, white, it doesn’t matter, great people — continue to get opportunities to lead young men like this. But this ain’t about me. This is about us. We’re going to celebrate what we’ve done because it’s so special.”

There is still a bit of a wait until the return of Justin Hartley‘s hit CBS show Tracker but the first photos from the midseason premiere tease a familiar face — and a spooky new one.

Tracker returns to CBS on Sunday, February 16, with an episode focused around Colter’s (Hartley) case about Gina Picket’s disappearance. After getting a tip from retired cop Keaton (guest star Brent Sexton), the duo work together to track down a serial killer known as The Teacher. The stills from the upcoming episode also reveal that Ryan Dorsey’s character Frank Whales is back after being introduced earlier this season.

Meanwhile, in another moment from the episode, Nicholas Lea is credited as a character named Noah Darview who dons a creepy mask. The midseason premiere is expected to pick up immediately after Colter received a break in his white whale case.

“We got into something. Wasn’t our fault, heavy stuff — we didn’t have a choice,” a former associate of Frank’s told Colter about working for someone called Teacher. “[He] knew things about us. Bad stuff. Held it over our heads. Even the others. He kept a long line of pretty boys to do his bidding.”

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Teacher made Frank lure Gina to a place called The Farm. “He said he planted things there,” the unnamed man added before Colter asked if Gina was still alive. The episode cut to black before a “To be continued” message appeared on screen.

Hartley, 47, previously teased that the Gina case would take up most of the second season.

“When [Gina disappears], Colter makes a promise to [her sister] Camille — and I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but he never promises [his clients] anymore. He says, ‘I will bring her home … I will bring him home,’” he told TVLine in October 2024. “He says, ‘I am going to do my best … to try.’ This is why.”

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Hartley teased how digging into Colter’s past with Camille (Floriana Lima) will unlock more details, adding, “[This story line] has been built in a way that, when you look at it, you go, ‘Oh man, that was a pivotal moment in Colter’s life that changed the way he approaches his work and his relationships with other people.'”

Despite the 11-week wait for more answers, Tracker is having a successful sophomore return on CBS. The season 2 premiere in October 2024 brought in 8.3 million total viewers, which was nearly 10 percent up in viewership from the season 1 finale. The season 2 premiere also marked the show’s highest audience since the series debuted in February 2024 after the Super Bowl.

Tracker has since been coined the most-watched broadcast premiere since NCIS’ final episode with Mark Harmon in September 2021. Its average viewership is 18.2 million per episode according to their Paramount+ and broadcast measurements. Variety’s annual list of the year’s 100 most-watched primetime telecasts revealed that Tracker episodes earned 15 spots.

Tracker returns to CBS Sunday, February 16, at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Paramount+.

Jesse James and his estranged wife, Bonnie Rotten, have petitioned the court to throw out their latest divorce filing, Us Weekly can confirm.

According to court records viewed by Us, James, 31, and Rotten, 55, filed a joint “Notice of Nonsuit” on Monday, January 6, to call off the proceedings. The divorce case is now listed as “closed.” In Touch was first to report the news.

James then chronicled their “BBQ Lunch” together via Instagram Story on Thursday, January 9, in which he tagged Rotten’s account while visiting Schmidt Family Barbeque in Texas.

James, who was previously married to Sandra Bullock, and Rotten got married in 2022 before she filed for divorce twice at the end of that year.

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“The past week has been a pretty terrible week on all accounts … I mistakenly posted my private business between my husband and I on social media,” Rotten (real name Alaina Antoinnette James) wrote via Instagram at the time. “Yes I filed for divorce … the next day I filed a nonsuit to stop the divorce. I love Jesse so much and was very hurt by what I saw when I went through his phone. In his defense and the reason I am back home is that he didn’t say anything inappropriate.”

After Rotten and James reconciled, they welcomed son Bishop in 2023. Another year later, Rotten filed for divorce in November 2024.

“The marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities between Petitioner and Respondent that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation,” the court docs obtained by Us read.

Rotten requested “exclusive use and control” of her 2022 Dodge Ram TRX and wanted to prohibit James from being able to track or monitor its location. She wished to retain ownership of her clothing, books, firearms and related gear that are stored in a private gun room, a pet cat named Olive and other personal effects.

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In addition to her divorce filing, Rotten also requested a protective order “in connection with a child support case,” claiming that James “engaged in conduct that constitutes family violence.” According to Rotten, James “committed acts that were intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault or sexual assault” or threatened to do so.

“I realized Jesse Gregory James’ anger was getting worse and worse,” she claimed in the docs. “To protect our baby and myself, I left home with [Bishop] and decided to file for divorce. Because of all the things he has done, I am very afraid Jesse Gregory James will cause me physical harm, cause me bodily injury or assault me.”

James, meanwhile, entered a “general denial” to her accusations in his official response and asked that Rotten “take nothing.” He also filed for a protective order against Rotten, claiming that she committed family violence.

“Respondent committed acts that were intended by Respondent to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or were threats that reasonably placed Applicant and the child Bishop Morrison James in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury or assault,” James’ docs read. “Respondent’s acts therefore constitute family violence. Respondent’s conduct was reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment or embarrass Applicant and Bishop Morrison James.”

James further claimed that Rotten has “alcohol abuse issues and gets violent and aggressive,” asking the judge to appoint a separate guardian over Bishop. She never publicly addressed his counterclaims.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

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The Traitors, the Peacock reality hit, began its third season on Thursday, January 9, and Dorinda Medley from The Real Housewives of New York City was the first casualty.

Ousted in the second episode by traitors Danielle Reyes, Carolyn Wiger and Bob the Drag Queen, Medley, 60, was devastated to leave the castle so early.

“I cried my eyes out,” she told Decider in an interview published Friday, January 10. “When I saw that envelope, it was so unexpected. First of all, I think I should have been a traitor. But it was so devastating because unlike the Housewives, where you can sort of go on and you’re in control of what you say, how you say it, what you’re doing…this, you just have no control over.”

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The traitors decided to target the Housewives on the cast early, hoping to turn them against each other and cause chaos among the faithfuls.

“I just think they realized that the Housewives are strong characters. We’re opinionated, and we’re strong,” Medley added. “I think people especially think of me as a strong woman who’s been through a lot of stuff and doesn’t take a lot of bulls–t.”

While others might assume the Housewives wouldn’t match up with the former Survivor and Big Brother players who have already excelled on competitive reality shows, Medley said she did her best to be ready to play. She even admitted to preparing “too much.”

“I read The Art of War twice, I read every philosopher. I wrote in my journal. I planned my outfits to a T. My outfits were off the charts,” she said. “But I just think it all falls to the wayside once you’re there. You don’t know what to expect. That’s the problem. So you have to just sort of go with the flow.”

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Though Medley’s time on The Traitors was short-lived, other housewives have gone deeper into the game. Shereé Whitfield made it to the finale of season 2, while Phaedra Parks was marked a traitor immediately and lasted until the penultimate episode.

As for a potential season 4, Medley has her own pick for who she wants to see in Andross castle.

“I think Luann [de Lesseps] would be great,” she said. “I think Ramona [Singer] would be amazing. Because Ramona’s very, very good at looking at things. She’s like a producer. I think they’d be the best.”

New episodes of The Traitors stream Thursday nights at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock.