Are the San Francisco 49ers afraid to fully unleash quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo? Because the numbers this postseason tell a pretty convincing story.

Sunday's conference championship games produced the best-case scenario. Of all the possible outcomes, nothing compares to Chiefs vs. 49ers.

Odell Beckham Jr. just couldn't help himself. He was so excited that his Tigers, his alma mater, won the national championship that he forgot ... the 2019 national champions had nothing to do with him.

Pete Rose has weighed in on Major League Baseball's handling of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal ... and he makes a lot of sense.

On a Tuesday in mid-January, the day after the college football national championship and in the middle of the NFL playoffs, Major League Baseball owned the top story in sports.

LSU is on top of the college football world after beating defending champion Clemson, 42-25, in Monday's national title game in New Orleans. We know now that this team has been on top since the very beginning, smashing records and opponents throughout an all-time championship run.

Lamar Jackson will be named NFL MVP next month, but there's no quarterback on the planet like Pat Mahomes right now. He reminded us of that in Sunday's record-breaking playoff performance that has the Chiefs in the driver's seat to win Super Bowl LIV.

The International Olympic Committee has barred competitors participating in this summer's Tokyo Games from using its platform to make political protests or demonstrations. Apparently, the IOC is so powerful it can ban Freedom of Speech.

The only thing the Heat's Jimmy Butler and the Pacers' TJ Warren didn't do Wednesday night was actually fight. They had all the other theatrics down.

Joe Judge, the new head coach of the New York Giants, is 38 years old. He's been the Patriots special teams coach since 2012 and this season also served as receivers coach. Bill Belichick loves him. He's close to earning a PhD in Education.

Does that make him qualified to lead the Giants out of their current state of dysfunction? Only time will tell, but the Giants certainly think so.