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For the first time since 1997, the Michigan Wolverines are the champions of the college football world. Michigan faced off against Washington in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday night, and behind a tough running game and a defense that put the clamps on one of the best offenses in America, the Wolverines were able to come out on top, 34-13.

It didn’t look like the final score was going to be that one-sided, as the Huskies had chance after chance to tie things up. But between Michael Penix’s radar just being a little off, drops by a brilliant skill position group, or Michigan’s ferocious defense making monster plays, the Wolverines were able to keep them at arm’s length. And as the game reached its conclusion, there was only one thing left to do: Dump a big cooler of Gatorade on Jim Harbaugh. The issue is that Harbaugh was a pretty good athlete in his day, so he was able to step right out of the way.

This would have been a very nice moment for Harbaugh, but unfortunately for him, Michigan’s players were persistent and eventually got him.

There are a whole lot of rumors that Harbaugh could be on his way back to the NFL after this game, and while getting a little Gatorade poured on him probably won’t make up his mind one way or another, well, you never know.

21 Savage may be a London native, but Atlanta, Georgia, is where his heart is. As part of his forthcoming film, American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, Donald Glover will examine how, in 2019, the rapper found himself in a fierce legal battle with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Last month, 21 Savage’s legal issues were put to bed. To celebrate, he took a trip back to the UK for a larger-than-life homecoming concert. During the show, he was on track to release his first solo album in nearly six years. Fans now know this long-awaited music project will serve as the visual’s official soundtrack. So when does the American Dream: The 21 Savage Story soundtrack come out?

Unfortunately, the release details are a bit murky because the webpage linked to his social media pages seems to be broken. But according to 21 Savage’s latest post on X (formerly Twitter), the album is set to be released on Friday, January 12.

The promotional poster and supporting trailer starring 21 Savage, Glover, and Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin show that in the film, viewers will journey through his initial move to the US, Atlanta upbringing, and his rise to fame. Watch 21 Savage’s trailer below.

American Dream: The 21 Savage Story soundtrack is out 1/12 via Epic Records. Find more information here.

Last week Aaron Rodgers did a dumb, weird thing: While on The Pat McAfee Show he randomly and baselessly suggested late night talk show host would be on Jeffrey Epstein’s list of former clients (alongside the frontrunner for the GOP ticket, incidentally). Why would he do that? As with some of the quarterback’s other beliefs, it’s a mystery. Kimmel responded by threatening legal action. Both McAfee and ESPN apologized. Rodgers, so far, has not. The ball was thus in Kimmel’s court about what to do next. The answer, at least for now: roast the crap out of him on his show.

On his first show of 2024, Kimmel said it was “already a crazy year, particularly for me.” He relayed the strange story, while noting the troubling real world implications it’s created for him.

“When you hear a guy who won a Super Bowl and did all the State Farm commercials say something like this, a lot of people believe it,” Kimmel told the crowd. He compared what Rodgers said to what the QAnon crazies have claimed about him, namely that he’s one of the Hollywood types, like Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey, who drink the blood of children.

“I know this because I hear from these people often,” he said, “My wife hears from them. My kids hear from them. My poor mailman hears from these people. And now we’re hearing from lots more of them thanks to Aaron Rodgers.”

Kimmel then speculated that Rodgers “believes one of two things. He actually believes my name was going to be on Epstein’s list, which is insane. Or the more likely scenario was he doesn’t actually believe that, he just said it because he’s mad at me for making fun of his top knot and his lies about being vaccinated.” Kimmel then shared a clip of him mocking Rodgers last February about his theory that the spate of UFO sightings were a cover-up for the Epstein documents, which began to be unsealed last week.

He’s particularly upset, I think, because I made fun of the fact that he floated this wacko idea that the UFO sightings that were in the news in February were being reported to distract us from the Epstein list. That’s Aaron’s theory that he shared, and I mocked him.

Kimmel then summed up Rodgers pretty good:

I spent years doing sports. I’ve seen guys like him before. Aaron Rodgers has a very high opinion of himself because he had success on the football field, he believes himself to be an extraordinary being. He genuinely thinks that because God gave him the ability to throw a ball, he’s smarter than everyone else. The idea that his brain is just average is unfathomable to him. We learned during COVID that he somehow knows more about science than scientists. A guy who went to community college then got into Cal [University of California, Berkeley] on a football scholarship, and didn’t graduate, someone who never spent a minute studying the human body is an expert in the field of immunology. He put on a magic helmet and that G [the Green Bay Packers logo] made him a genius. Aaron got two As on his report card, they were both for the word ‘Aaron.’

Kimmel concluded that “this hamster-brained man” is suffering from something called the Dunning-Kruger effect, which is defined as “cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.”

“In other words, Aaron Rodgers is too arrogant to know how ignorant he is,” he said. “They let him host Jeopardy! for two weeks, now he knows everything.”

Kimmel wrapped things up on a positive note, of sorts: “I also want to say congratulations to Aaron Rodgers, who has done the impossible: He made the New York Jets look even worse.”

You can watch Kimmel tear apart Rodgers in the tweet embedded above.

Ja Morant‘s 2023-24 season has come to an end. According to a statement put out by the Memphis Grizzlies, Morant injured his shoulder during a training session on Saturday, and after further examination, it was determined that he suffered an injury that will require surgery.

“At Saturday’s training session, Morant suffered a subluxation of his right shoulder. Following ongoing soreness and instability, Morant underwent an MRI that revealed an underlying labral tear,” the team said in a statement. “Morant will undergo season-ending surgery and is expected to make a full recovery ahead of the 2024-25 season.”

Morant’s campaign has been limited to nine games as he served a 25-game suspension to start the season. His return did serve as a galvanizing force for the team, as Memphis went 6-3 with Morant in the lineup and was able to make up a little ground in the race to sneak into the back of the Play-In Tournament — they’ve gone 7-20 without him in the lineup. Injuries have hit the team particularly hard this season, as Steven Adams is out for the year and Brandon Clarke is sidelined after an achilles injury last March.

While he hasn’t played in a ton of games, Morant shouldered a heavy load when he was on the floor, as he averaged 25.1 points, 8.1 assists, and 5.6 rebounds in 35.3 minutes a night.

As any avid Upworthy reader will tell you—we have our fair share of heartwarming stories involving strangers returning lost items to their owners. It’s just such a perfect example of humanity at its best.

But this story has all that, plus an extra layer of feel-good.

Here’s what happened:

An Englishwoman named Georgia Girelli, had lost her purse and was “crying her eyes out” because of her missing item.

Luckily, the man who found it at a gas station ventured up to her house to return it. Girelli wasn’t home at the time, but her doorbell cam captured their entire exchange.

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In the clip (shared to Reddit/MadeMeSmile) the man shared that he had intended to wait until morning to return the bag, but then remembered the inconsolable distress felt by an ex who was in a similar situation, and wanted to help Girelli avoid feeling that kind of stress.

Moved by his thoughtfulness, Girelli insisted on paying the man back, even telling him to take some money out of the purse itself.

But the man simply said, “Nah, just pay it forward. Just do something nice for the next person.”

Before exiting, the man shared that “I’m a firefighter, I don’t need money for doing a good deed.”

Of course, you can read all this. But then you miss the accents and use of words like “wheelie bin” that might just give you your “Ted Lasso” fix. The guy even looks like Roy Kent, for goodness sake.

Watch below:

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It’s nice enough that this man made the effort to return Girelli’s purse, even nicer that he returned it as soon as possible. But then there’s that extra lesson of spreading kindness.

We all know that doing this helps make the world a better place, and makes us feel pretty damn good in return. But it can be easy to miss opportunities to actually do it. So seeing almost effortless examples can maybe help bolster our resolve. And heaven bless the individuals who set the example.

Are you tired of having to do endless homework before watching the latest Marvel movie or show? You’re not the only one. Viewers seem to be exhausting of the comic movie line’s whole “cinematic universe” thing, as witness such underperformers as Ant-Man 3 and The Marvels. (Meanwhile, the DCEU has recently come to an ignominious end with Aquaman 2.) Luckily Marvel has noticed and have decided to launch a wing, called Marvel Spotlight, that doesn’t require bingeing multiple hours of ephemera just to understand the plot.

The first out of the gate? Echo, which follows Alaqua Cox’s Maya Lopez, aka Echo, a deaf Native American Choctaw and former criminal gang leader. She was introduced in the show Hawkeye. Did you not watch Hawkeye? Allegedly it doesn’t matter. Echo has her own contained storyline, in which she seeks to avenge her father’s murder after learning the culprit is her former mentor, Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio).

But when does Echo come out? Very, very soon.

The show is set to hit both Disney+ and Hulu on Tuesday, January 9. What’s more, they’re not doing a traditional staggered release, as they’ve done with other shows. All five episodes, each about 45 minutes long, are set to drop on the same day.

Yes, there’s some overlap with the greater MCU. D’Onofrio’s Kingpin was originally seen in the Netflix iteration of Daredevil, whose star, Charlie Cox, also makes an appearance, at least. But Marvel swears you don’t have to bone up beforehand. Instead you can just watch Echo kick some butt.

Echo hits Hulu and Disney+ on January 9.

On January 8, CRSSD unveiled the details of its annual Spring 2024 Festival. This year’s festivities are set to take place on Saturday, March 2, and Sunday, March 3, in San Diego, California. CRSSD’s Spring 2024 Fest will feature performances from Grammy Award-winner Black Coffee, Little Drago, Sango, Tale Of Us, Armand Van Helden, Dixon, Jeff Mills, Astra Club, Joris Voorn, and more.

Ticketholders can enjoy three separate concert spaces along the city’s Waterfront Park, including the Ocean View, The Palms, and City Steps stages. Although both days will highlight electronic dance music’s broad spectrum (house, club, dub-step, trip-hop, techno, etc.), the lineup features buzzy acts in hip-hop and soul. Dozens of musicians are listed on the official flyer, yet the event’s promoter has teased that more announcements are still coming.

CRSSD’s Spring 2024 Festival is set to occur on March 2 and 3, 2024, at the Waterfront Park in San Diego, California. The presale will begin later this week. To access the presale queue, text the code “SPRING24” to (855) 912-1457. The general sale for the festival will begin on January 12. Find more information here. It is important to note that CRSSD has a 21+ age restriction.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

UPDATE: The Pacers announce that Haliburton suffered a hamstring strain on this play, and while he won’t return against Boston, there’s no word on any sort of long-term absence.

EARLIER: Tyrese Haliburton has been brilliant to start the 2023-24 NBA season, and as a result, the Indiana Pacers made it to the final of the inaugural In-Season Tournament and are fighting to make the postseason in the Eastern Conference without needing to go through the Play-In Tournament. As a result, while much of the sports world had its eyes on the college football national championship game on Monday night, Haliburton and the Pacers had a high-profile matchup of their own with the Boston Celtics.

But unfortunately for the fine folks in Naptown, Haliburton needed to get carried into the locker room before the half after slipping on a spot on the floor and accidentally doing a split. Haliburton attempted to drive to the rim when his foot slipped, which caused him to do a near full split and sit on the ground in some serious pain.

Haliburton couldn’t even walk to the back, as towels were thrown over his head as he was carried in to get further examination.

It’s hard to put into words how brutal of a loss this would be for Indiana, as Haliburton is well on his way to earning his second consecutive All-Star nod — an added bummer to all of this is that Indianapolis is hosting the All-Star Game this season, and Haliburton surely would have gotten celebrated as the local hero during the game. At the time of his departure, Haliburton had seven points and six assists on the evening.

Back in mid-2021, as his initially stuttering presidency took a turn for the better, Joe Biden got a new nickname: People started calling him “Dark Brandon.” It was a co-opt of the Republican slogan “Let’s Go Brandon,” twisting it to depict him as a badass who got stuff done. Lately Biden has been living up to that rep, kicking his re-election campaign into high gear by trashing his likely opponent, former president Donald Trump.

Per Mediaite, the current president spoke at the Mother Emanuel AME Church on Monday, where he drew cheers for calling Trump what he is: a “loser” (of the 2020 election, that is).

“Time and again they lost in every court of law that challenged the results, 60 losses in courts of America,” Trump told the crowd about his predecessor’s Sideshow Bob-on-rakes attempts to prove there was voter fraud in the 2020 election.

“There’s one thing they don’t have. They don’t have respect for the 81 million people who voted the other way, voted for my candidacy! And voted to end the presidency,” he continued. “In their world, these Americans, including you, don’t count. But that’s not the real world. That’s not democracy. That’s not America! In America, we all count! In America we witness to serve all those who, in fact, participate.

“And losers are taught to concede when they lose,” he added. Then he twisted the knife. “And he’s a loser!”

At that point the crowd hooted and hollered at Biden sticking it to the guy who sometimes can’t remember who replaced him in the Oval Office.

It was another forceful speech, coming mere days after he warned another crowd about the danger of a second Trump presidency. At that one, while speaking about him finding it funny that Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was attacked in his home, Biden seemed to come this close to calling Trump a “sick f*ck.” But simply calling him a “loser” is good, too.

(Via Mediaite)

California’s Napa Valley has become known for its top shelf vineyards. But in May, tourists will flock to the region for something else. From Friday, May 24, to Sunday, May 26, the 2024 BottleRock Napa Valley Festival at Napa Valley Expo is prepared to have ticketholders drunk strictly on the multi-day event’s energy (and presumably some pricey booze).

Over the three days, musicians like Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, Stevie Nicks, Maná, Kali Uchis, Megan Thee Stallion, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Kid Laroi, and more are set to entertain massive crowds. With the general ticket sale scheduled to begin on January 9, festivalgoers are ready to dig deep into their pockets to secure entry. So, how much are the tickets going for?

How Much Are Tickets For The 2024 BottleRock Napa Valley Festival?

According to the festival’s official website, several ticketing options are up for grabs. Unfortunately, VIP tickets are currently marked as sold out. However, general admission tickets are available for purchase. Like VIP packages, single-day and three-day GA ticket packages can be secure during the public sale.

The three-day GA tickets are $456 ($409 for the ticket and $47 for fees). The single-day pass for Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25, cost $318. The single-day pass for Sunday, May 26, costs $277.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.