The expanded College Football Playoff has a decidedly old-school feel: Smothering defenses have carried the last four teams still in the hunt for the national championship.

Friday's a big day for Betty Taylor, 94, who will ceremoniously rejoin the Kilgore College Rangerettes before the game — the first time for her since the 1950s.

Melinda Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is among the world's richest women. Read about her life, ...