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College Football Playoff National Championship
Oregon vs. Ohio State
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Arlington, TX - In a season defined by its
resiliency, Ohio State (Buckeyes) wasn't about to
let four turnovers stop it from winning the
national championship. Ezekiel Elliott ran for
246 yards and four touchdowns, the defense
limited the impact of those giveaways and the
Buckeyes rolled to an impressive 42-20 victory
over Oregon (Ducks) in the first ever College
Football Playoff National Championship on Monday
night. Running behind an offensive line that
absolutely dominated the trenches, Elliott
displayed vision and power on his way to his
third straight 200-yard game. Third-string
quarterbackby definition, not talent
levelCardale Jones was also thoroughly
impressive. Making just his third career start,
he tallied 242 passing yards, 38 rushing yards
and two total touchdowns, leading the Buckeyes to
538 total yards. For the Ducks, Heisman Trophy
winner Marcus Mariota threw for 333 yards and two
touchdowns. The Ducks have little reason to hang
their heads after this one, and even though they
now likely face the unenviable task of replacing
one of the most efficient signal-callers in
college football history, they'll surely be back
in playoff contention in 2015.
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In Other News

• Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten Lionel Messi to the
  Ballon d'Or for the second successive year. The
  29-year-old was voted best player in the world
  ahead of the Argentina and Barcelona forward and
  German international and Bayern Munich goalkeeper
  Manuel Neuer at a FIFA ceremony held in Zurich,
  Switzerland. Ronaldo received the most votes
  from a panel made up of captains and coaches of
  national teams and a selection of the world's
  media.
• The New York City Police Department and other law
  enforcement personnel responded to a threat from
  ISIS after someone re-released a September 2014
  message that tells followers to "rise up and kill
  intelligence officers, police officers, soldiers,
  and civilians." The threat named the United
  States, France, Australia and Canada as targets.
  In an internal memo, NYPD employees were told to
  "remain alert and consider tactics at all times
  while on patrol," especially in light of the
  attacks in France last week. The Federal Bureau
  of Investigation and the U.S. Department of
  Homeland Security issued a similar bulletin to
  law enforcement across the country. That bulletin
  and the NYPD memo make it clear that this new
  message is consistent with previous threats that
  ISIS and others, including al Qaeda, have issued.