Biden Scales Back Book Tour as Georgia Reclaims No. 1 in AP Poll

Former President Joe Biden Scales Back Book Tour Amid Cancer Treatment

Former President Joe Biden, 83, announced in a post on X on Sunday that he will scale back the promotional tour for his forthcoming memoir, "Promise me, America," as he continues undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, according to NBC Bay Area.

Scheduled for publication on November 17, 2026, by Hachette Book Group, the memoir of the 46th president chronicles his 4 years in the White House and his summer 2024 decision to step aside from the presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. Months after leaving office in January 2025, Biden disclosed an aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis and has undergone radiation therapy, hormone treatment, and a procedure last year to remove cancerous skin cells, with Hunter Biden telling the BBC in August that the condition had metastasized to his bones and former first lady Jill Biden speaking previously with NBC News after a Memorial Day appearance in Delaware covered by NBC10's Tim Furlong. Biden wrote Sunday that while some days slow him down, his physicians remain encouraged by his response to therapy.

Sutter Health Pulmonary Trends and Richmond Guard Jack McCaffery's Care at Penn Medicine

In clinical oncology news, Dr. Heba Ismail, pulmonary disease specialist and director of Sutter Health's CPMC Lung Nodule Center, joined KCBS Radio reporter Melanie Woodrow to examine a rising incidence of lung cancer diagnoses among women who have never smoked.

Meanwhile, on the collegiate hardwood, University of Richmond sophomore basketball guard Jack McCaffery—son of University of Pennsylvania men's basketball head coach Fran McCaffery and a transfer from Butler, where he averaged 2.8 points and 1.6 rebounds across 9 games in 2025-26—has taken an indefinite medical leave after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to Hoodline. Admitted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania under Penn Medicine physician Dr. Alison Wakoff Loren—who noted that Hodgkin's lymphoma primarily affects individuals in their 20s and is highly curable, with American Cancer Society registry benchmarks tracking 2015-to-2021 cohorts—McCaffery comes from a family that has raised more than $1.25 million since 2011 for the Adolescent and Young Adult program at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (where older brother Patrick was treated at age 14 and remains in remission), earning Fran McCaffery the 2015 Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award.

Georgia Reclaims No. 1 in AP Top 25 Poll Behind Utah, Notre Dame, and 9-0 UCLA

In collegiate football, Georgia captured 53 of 69 first-place votes from the Associated Press panel (scored on a 1-to-25-point scale from 25 down to 1 and 24 down to 2) to reclaim No. 1 in the Week 10 AP Top 25 rankings after routing No. 19 Ole Miss 42-7 as 3.5-point favorites behind quarterback Gunner Stockton's 5 total touchdowns (4 passing, including 3 to receiver Talyn Taylor, and 1 rushing) and a 295-to-66 rushing edge—Georgia's fifth win by 35+ points over a top-10 opponent since 2014, KCBS Radio reported.

Unbeaten Utah (12 first-place votes) rose to No. 2—its highest regular-season mark since going 13-0 in 2008 and beating Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl, and its first top-5 appearance since 2019—after defeating then-No. 10 (and No. 7 CFP) BYU 28-20, dropping BYU to No. 12. Independent Notre Dame (5 first-place votes) climbed to No. 3 by handing Miami (down from No. 1 to No. 5 after losing receiver Malachi Toney, making Miami the fourth No. 1 team unseated this season, the most since 2008, as noted by University of Miami President Joe Echevarria) a 31-24 defeat. Undefeated UCLA (9-0 for the first time since 1998) moved up to No. 4, while idle No. 6 Indiana was the sole team to hold its exact rank.

Across conferences, the SEC placed 8 teams after starting the week with 10: No. 1 Georgia (the lone 1-loss SEC team), No. 7 Alabama (7-2 after beating No. 24 LSU 31-13 as Keelon Russell completed 17 of 24 passes for 206 yards and 3 scores against Sam Leavitt's 380 yards, extending Lane Kiffin's record against Alabama to 0-5 despite LSU Falling to 6-3 alongside 6-3 Ole Miss, 6-3 No. 20 South Carolina, and 6-3 Missouri, which fell from No. 19 out of the poll after a 34-20 loss to 7-2 No. 8 Texas, where Arch Manning threw for 297 yards and 3 touchdowns, Graceson Littleton intercepted a pass with 1:41 left, and Raleek Brown scored 16 seconds later for Texas's sixth straight ranked win after beating No. 14 Tennessee), 7-2 No. 9 Tennessee (which beat 7-2 No. 13 Kentucky 34-6 behind Arion Carter's 13 tackles, 2 sacks, and 4 tackles for loss, Qua Moss's 2 forced fumbles, and Dejuan Lane's interception), and Florida (5-4 after a 23-7 loss to Oklahoma, where John Mateer went 21 of 33 for 207 yards and 2 touchdowns on a 20-play, 12:45 drive). The Big Ten placed 6 teams: No. 4 UCLA, No. 6 Indiana, No. 15 USC, No. 16 Iowa, No. 18 Oregon (led by Dylan Raiola in a 41-28 win over No. 21 Ohio State after trailing by 14, dropping the Buckeyes 10 spots to their lowest rank since No. 22 in 2014 before their 13-game title run), and No. 21 Ohio State. The Big 12 placed 5 (No. 2 Utah, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 12 BYU, No. 14 Houston, No. 22 Arizona), the ACC placed 3 (No. 5 Miami, No. 11 Wake Forest at 8-1 and 5-1 ACC after redshirt freshman Steele Pizzella threw for 432 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 63 yards in a 77-0, 730-yard win over Merrimack—the first 400-yard game since Hank Bachmaier in 2024—and No. 25 SMU), alongside Pac-12 No. 17 Boise State and Mountain West No. 23 New Mexico.