At long last, the NFL is back. Our nearly seven-month drought comes to a merciful end on Thursday night when the Philadelphia Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys in a star-powered rivalry game fit for primetime. That game alone features no shortage of intrigue, with the Eagles kicking off their championship defense and the Cowboys getting […]
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The college football season is once again upon us, accompanied by the welcoming background noise of marching bands playing “Seven Nation Army,” stadium singalongs to Tom Petty classics and nonstop arguments about the Big Ten versus the SEC. Before the opening horn sample of “Jump Around” gets things jump-started, here are eight things to know […]
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Seven years ago, newly appointed Maryland athletic director Damon Evans mingled with prominent boosters before a Terps vs. Rutgers football game. Among them was Thomas McCausland, a renowned supporter of the team. The two discussed the program’s future. Evans promised McCausland he’d hire “a good football coach” to replace interim coach Matt Canada. The team desperately […]
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Jimmy Johnson couldn’t sleep, because he was worried about traffic and no doubt about being late. He’s never late. He can’t stand people who are. And so he got up early even for him — he plays online bridge around 5 a.m. most mornings. He hopped in his car at 4:30 for the drive north […]
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WILKES-BARRE — Since Fantasy Football is just that — a vehicle for millions of people to fantasize what it would be like to own and manage and coach a National Football League team — what better way to take a “deep dive” into this multi-billion dollar world than to go all-out AI. Since the entire […]
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With the 2025 NFL season fast approaching, the South Florida Sun Sentinel takes a look at 10 storylines to watch for in a 10-part series ahead of the Miami Dolphins’ first day of training camp, which is set for July 22. This was always the point where the Miami Dolphins were going to have to […]
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FRISCO, Texas — Scott Frost admits he never attended a Big 12 Football Media Days when he was a player at Nebraska, but he’s enjoying his first time as UCF‘s head coach. “I really like this league, and I was excited to get into the league,” Frost said. “There are a bunch of good guys […]
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Connecticut Sun guard Jacy Sheldon had just turned three years old when the WNBA’s Cleveland Rockers folded in 2003, and though she still grew up watching the league, her childhood in Olmstead Falls, Ohio, was dominated by men’s sports — the Cavaliers in the NBA, the Browns in the NFL. But as the WNBA’s popularity […]
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GAINESVILLE — Florida Gators football coach Billy Napier and his brethren have been bracing for a roster reckoning spurred by the House v. NCAA antitrust settlement. The landmark legislation went into effect Tuesday, but sweeping changes remained on the horizon, not yet at the doorstep. With fall camp scheduled to start at month’s end, Napier’s […]
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The fifth UCF mailbag of the offseason addresses questions about future stadium expansion, who has the edge in the race for the starting quarterback, what to expect in this year’s Space Game and the status of a basketball transfer. Thoughts on the most likely next stadium renovation/expansion? People have recently discussed a Hard Rock-like roof […]
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