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The Liberty seek their first title in franchise history. The Lynx are after their fifth. Our experts are split. Game 1 is Thursday.

NFL Nation reporters react to all the action. Here’s what we learned from Week 12.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, who was suspended for the past three game days, will return to the sideline for the Big Ten title game vs. Iowa.

Bengals coach Zac Taylor said his team’s loss to the Steelers had “nothing to do with Joe Mixon,” who rushed for 16 yards on eight carries.

Free agent Kenta Maeda will stay in the AL Central, reaching a two-year, $24 million deal with the Tigers, sources told ESPN. He was 6-8 for the Twins last season.

In wake of report, Giants coach Brian Daboll expressed ‘respect’ for defensive coordinator Wink Martindale. “I’m glad he’s on the staff,” Daboll said.

The Warriors’ Draymond Green, speaking to reporters for the first time since being suspended for five games, said, “I don’t live my life with regrets.”

The Milwaukee Bucks authored the largest comeback in the NBA this season, rallying from a 26-point deficit in the third quarter to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-102 on Sunday at Fiserv Forum, in Damian Lillard’s first game against his former team.

Texas A&M and Duke’s Mike Elko, a former Aggies defensive coordinator, have reached an agreement to make him the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN on Sunday, a day after the regular season ended for both teams.

Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby was named head coach at Mississippi State on Sunday, the school announced, taking over the Bulldogs two days after he and the Sooners ended their regular season with a resounding 69-45 victory over TCU.