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Football fans were saddened to learn of the death of John Madden earlier this week. Madden, who passed away suddenly at 85, helped introduce people to football in a number of ways — he was a Super Bowl winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders, a broadcaster whose enthusiasm for the sport came through any time he did a game, and a person whose name is on an NFL video game giant.

That last thing has made it so Madden was a constant in the lives of football fans even after he decided to leave the broadcast booth. EA Sports’ Madden series doesn’t include his face anymore, but it’s a medium through which people can experience and learn about the game of football, which Madden famously wanted with the franchise.

Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves is apparently someone who loves playing the game, as he fancies himself the best Madden player in the NBA. And in his eyes, there was only one way to pay tribute to Madden following his death: fire up the game and lay a whooping on someone.

Edwards is a famously great quote and is always eager to talk up his ability to do stuff — he once said that he can throw a baseball 100 miles per hour. We are in favor, however, of an NBA Madden tournament so we can see just how good he is at the game.

While many artists were canceling their New Year’s Eve performances, like The Strokes, Flaming Lips, and LL Cool J, Kanye West was getting one together at the last minute. Along with Future, Kanye threw a NYE bash in Miami last night, with both rappers performing. The party was also hosted by Justin LaBoy, but details of the private show didn’t really hit the internet until Kanye posted it on his Instagram yesterday.

Dubbed New Year’s Eve Black Party, it’s worth noting that the event took place in the exact same city where Miley Cyrus was hosting a NYE special for NBC. Her co-host, Pete Davidson, has been linked with Kanye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian lately, so it was perhaps another attempt by Kanye to get her attention. Lately, he’s made it known that he hopes the couple get back together. And, he also very recently purchased a home on the same street as his ex-wife. She did wear a wedding dress during one of his many Donda shows, so clearly they’re not on horrible terms, but the divorce does seem to be pretty final on her end. She reportedly has no desire to reconcile, so probably skipped both of the New Year’s Eve parties just to be safe.

Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson were the hosts of NBC’s New Year’s Eve TV special, Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party. The night was memorable for many reasons, like when Cyrus performed the entirety of “Party In The USA” with a major wardrobe malfunction. But there were also some hilarious moments that showcased both of the hosts’ humor. Not only did they open the event with a song about what the night had in store, but they also shared a filmed skit with a song about Davidson’s “unrealistic” New Year’s resolutions.

The sketch kicked off with Davidson living it up on a massive yacht overlooking the New York City skyline. Cyrus shared tongue-in-cheek quips as the backup singer while Davidson fired off lyrics about all he hopes to achieve in 2022. The list included actions like hitting the gym and “getting so jacked” that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would feel “self-conscious,” learning a new language (“a hard one, like Bosnian”), solving a Rubik’s Cube, and reading “three whole books.”

Cyrus called Davidson out for his “grand delusions” and “unrealistic” resolutions in the song, so Davidson agreed to make some concessions. Instead of reading three books, he’ll settle for a magazine or skimming at least one article. Eventually, the song ends with the two wishing their fans a happy new year and a FaceTime cameo from Steve Buscemi.

Watch Davidson and Cyrus’ full New Year’s Eve skit above.

New Year’s Day is known for its load slate of college football bowl games. The first one to ring in 2022 was the Outback Bowl between Penn State and No. 21 Arkansas in a Big Ten vs. SEC battle. While the Nittany Lions took a 10-7 lead into the locker room, the moment from the first half of the game that got everyone talking involved their special teams unit doing something extremely silly.

Jordan Stout, the program’s all-conference punter who will very likely be booting the ball for an NFL team starting next year, looked like he was going to attempt a field goal. But after calling a timeout, Penn State’s coaching staff decided to dial up a fake on fourth-and-13 from the Arkansas 36. It is high on the list of the worst fake punts you will ever see, but if there’s any solace, it was also very funny.

The Lions came out in a very weird formation and, well, just watch what happens here I can’t do it justice.

It’s hard to figure out the best part: the punter avoiding a tackle, the punter launching a football 40+ yards, an Arkansas player dropping a pick (possibly because an interception here would have been a touchback and cost his team yardage), or the mere fact that it happened at all. Also very funny is that the Razorbacks tried to do something tricky on the next drive and it did not work at all.

Bowl season is the best.

2021 was undoubtedly a big year in music. Not only was live music and touring able to return (for a while, at least), but many musicians were hard at work rolling out new projects. As 2021 officially came to an end, many artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Halsey, and Charli XCX reflected on their momentous years while looking forward to all 2022 has in store.

Phoebe Bridgers’ shared some snapshots of her 2021 on Instagram, showing that it involved a lot of bras thrown on stage, as well as some chats with Doja Cat and Florence Welch.

Halsey also had a big year, which included giving birth to their first child and releasing the Grammy-nominated album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. “Long nights, full hearts. Happy new year,” they wrote.

Looking back on her year, Charli XCX shared a round up of photos showing all the musicians she linked up with in 2021 including Arca, Caroline Polachek, PinkPantheress, and A.G. Cook.

Japanese Breakfast took a moment to thank her fans for all the support they gave her in 2021. The singer shared some stats on how well her book, Crying In H Mart, and her album, Jubilee, performed. “Thank you everyone who helped bring these massive projects to life,” she wrote.

Other musicians like Rico Nasty and Kacey Musgraves had tips on starting off the new year right. “Be the person nobody thought u could be,” Rico advised on Twitter.

Musgraves, on the other hand, told her fans to start listening to her song “Rainbow” 11:56:39 pm on New Year’s Eve so they can start 2022 by hearing the comforting phrase, “It’ll all be alright.”

See how musicians reflected on 2021 and rang in 2022 above.

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

The arrival of the omicron COVID-19 variant is the reason why many musicians are canceling their events and performances all across the country. But when the coronavirus strain first broke out in the US, R&B fans flocked to Twitter to decide that dubbing the new variant the Omarion variant was a much catchier term. After a wave of memes, the “Touch” singer has finally addressed the jokes and assured fans they don’t need to “have a negative test result” in order to dance to his music.

Despite the severity of the omicron variant, Omarion was in good humor about all the jokes. The singer shared a cheeky video to TikTok addressing the meme and reminding everyone that he’s an artist and an entertainer, not a COVID-19 variant. “Hi everybody, this is Omarion. I am an artist, not a variant,” he said in the video. “So please be aware that if you just so happen to run into me on the street, you don’t have to isolate for five days, nor do you have to have a negative test result in order to dance to my music. So please, be safe, be healthy, happy new year.”

Watch Omarion address the omicron jokes above.

Miley Cyrus rang in the new year in a big way by celebrating the start of 2022 with a massive New Year’s Eve TV special. But things didn’t go exactly as planned. Right before launching into a rendition of her hit track “Party In The USA,” the strap on Cyrus’ silver crop top broke and she still continued with the entire song while experiencing a major wardrobe malfunction.

Cyrus, alongside Pete Davidson, was the official host of NBC’s New Year’s Eve special, Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party. The star-studded event saw performances by the likes of Saweetie, Jack Harlow, Brandi Carlile, and more before they counted down to 2022. But things took a turn when Cyrus’ top had a wardrobe malfunction while she was on stage.

While the official livestream doesn’t show much of the wardrobe malfunction presumably thanks to an expert team behind the cameras, a fan-captured video shows exactly what went down. Cyrus hugged one of her guest performers goodbye and as she pulled away from the embrace, her metal top snagged and the strap broke off. The singer immediately clutched her chest but still managed to play things off. “Okay, people are officially watching my tits out,” she sad into the mic as “Party In The USA” began. “This is still the most amount of clothes I’ve worn onstage,” she later joked.

Watch clips of Cyrus’ “Party In The USA” performance above.

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

It’s official: The honor of being named college football‘s national champions will be determined in a rematch. After Alabama blew out Cincinnati earlier on New Year’s Eve in the Cotton Bowl to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff title game, Georgia put on a show in the evening at the Orange Bowl, blowing out the Big Ten champion Michigan Wolverines to put themselves in position to get a measure of revenge for their SEC championship game loss to the Crimson Tide earlier this year.

From the jump, Georgia made clear it was not particularly interested in letting this game be close. The Bulldogs overwhelmed a good Michigan defense with its physicality and speed on offense, while the Wolverine offense struggled to get off the ground against the nastiest defense in all of college football. By the time the clock hit zero, the Bulldogs walked off the field with a 34-11 win.

There just wasn’t all that much Michigan could do on the evening — Georgia outgained them, 518-321, with Bulldogs starting signal caller Stetson Bennett putting on a show. A former walk-on and lifelong Georgia fan, Bennett went 20-for-30 with 310 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions.

Bennett wasn’t the only one getting things done through the air, as the Bulldogs’ second score of the evening came via some trickery. Kenny McIntosh, one of the handful of options Georgia has in its running back room, took a handoff from Bennett and looked like he was going to try and run a standard outside zone. Instead, McIntosh let it fly, throwing a dime to Adonai Mitchell for six.

Georgia boasts the best defense in America, and unfortunately for Michigan, that lesson had to be learned the hard way. The rushing attack that ground Ohio State to dust and ran wild on Iowa in the Big Ten title game couldn’t get going against the Bulldogs’ front seven, with standout running back Hassan Haskins toting the rock nine times for 39 yards and his co-pilots, Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards, combining to run the ball seven times for 22 yards. They couldn’t get into a rhythm through the air, either, as Cade McNamara and his backup-turned-replacement once the game got out of hand, JJ McCarthy, combined to go 18-for-36 with 237 yards and a pair of picks.

Their only touchdown came late in the game, when McCarthy threw a strike to fellow freshman Andrel Anthony to get the Wolverines into double digits on the day.

Now, the Bulldogs and the Crimson Tide will get some time to recharge before heading to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Jan. 10 with a national championship on the line. The game is a rematch of their SEC title game showdown, when Georgia, then undefeated and the top-ranked team in the nation, got blown out by Alabama, 41-24.

Normani had a great 2021. She burst back onto the scene with “Wild Side,” her first collaboration with Cardi B, and their steamy video and Sean Kinghead choreography kicked off a whole host of reactions and copycat dances from excited fans. After performing the song live at the VMAs, and paying homage to Janet Jackson in the process, Normani is definitely ready to move on into some new music. And she made that clear today with a preview of a brand new song.

Sitting in her car and rolling down the window for dramatic effect, Normani took the last day of the year and turned it into an opportunity to get fans excited for the next single. Titling her tweet “Dear 2022,” and then including the video of her listening to the song, based on the lyrics shared it’s very unlikely that’s the name of the song… but it does seem to indicate that we will finally be getting new music from the rising pop star next year.

She also decided to let fans get a look at the outfit she’s rocking in the clip, posting a tweet before the clip with the self-confident caption “willing to bet on myself.” This is the energy we need for 2022! Keep an ear out for news of a new single coming soon.

For the sixth time in eight years during the College Football Playoff era, the Alabama Crimson Tide will play with a national championship on the line. The top-seeded Crimson Tide took on the No. 4 Cincinnati Bearcats, and thanks to a smothering defensive display and a trio of touchdown passes by Heisman Trophy winning signal caller Bryce Young, Alabama handed Cincinnati a 27-6 loss, the Bearcats’ first of the year.

The Crimson Tide imposed their will on both sides of the football, gaining 482 yards of total offense on the vaunted Bearcat defense and preventing Cincinnati from getting much of anything going. While Cincy is not exactly known for having an explosive offense, Alabama’s defense completely slammed the door on them, holding them to 218 total yards, 144 passing yards, 74 rushing yards, and a paltry 2-for-12 mark on third downs.

Interestingly enough, it wasn’t necessarily the brilliance of Young that got them across the finish line. Alabama hasn’t ran the ball as well this year as it has in the past, but on Friday, its offensive line pushed Cincinnati around and Tuscaloosa native Brian Robinson ran wild, running the ball 26 times for 204 yards, the most for a running back in a bowl game in program history.

Young, meanwhile, had his season-low mark in passing yards, going 17-for-28 for 181 yards and a pick. But when the Tide needed to get into the end zone, Young was able to find his receivers, lining up with Slade Bolden, Ja’Corey Brooks, and Cameron Latu for scores on the evening.

Now, the Crimson Tide will sit back and wait to see who they’ll play on Jan. 10 in Indianapolis. A little later this evening, No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 Georgia will go head-to-head in the Orange Bowl with a spot in the national title game on the line — the Wolverines are the champions of the Big Ten, while the Bulldogs’ only loss this year came when it faced off against Alabama in the SEC title game.