Football

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s effort to make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame has reportedly hit another setback. Despite the tremendous success in Foxborough, including multiple Super Bowl wins, ESPN reported Thursday that Kraft been passed over for the class of 2025. Kraft was among the nine semifinalists announced last month. According to ESPN, the Contributor...

Cooper Rush replaced Dak Prescott against the Falcons when the Cowboys’ starting QB left with a hamstring injury.

A high school senior from Bangor, Maine, has decided that when the time comes, he will donate his brain to science. Fionn Parker-Cummings is the youngest person to donate his brain to the University of Pittsburgh National Sports Brain Bank. Researchers will check in with him every year for the rest of his life. Parker-Cummings said he hopes the contribution...

New research shows Latinos will account for $1 of every incremental $3 spent on U.S. sports by 2050.

A Los Angeles-area high school student who was recently injured during a football game has died, the high school’s principal said in a letter to the community last week.

A 12-year-old boy in Arizona received hundreds of text messages with well wishes after 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in an attempted robbery on Aug. 31.

Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork and maybe win a college scholarship. But growing research shows it can also cause injuries that damage developing brains.

Flag football’s inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a sport that’s growing rapidly on the women’s side.

The Turkish Football Federation has suspended all league games in the country after a club president punched the referee in the face at the end of a top-flight match.

With the merger of XFL and USFL approved by regulators, the combined season will launch on March 30, 2024.

A youth football team from Boston is about to embark on a journey to Florida in search of a national title.

One of the greats of Massachusetts high school football has officially retired. Abington football head coach Jim Kelliher said goodbye to the gridiron after 50 years, coaching his team one last time during a Thanksgiving match-up against rivals Whitman-Hanson Regional Panthers.

Marvin Harrison Jr. has crept up the 2024 NFL Draft board throughout the fall. Will the Ohio State wide receiver go first overall? Here are five things to know about the highly-coveted prospect.

April Florie is an English and special education teacher at Toms River High School East in New Jersey. She’s also the first female football coach in the history of New Jersey’s 42-team Shore Conference and one of only a handful in the state.

Here’s a look at some games to keep an eye on in Week 5 of the 2023 NFL season.

The winless Bears pay a visit to the Washington Commanders to see if they can get their first win of the year.

Dallas Cowboys’ Osa Odighizuwa honors his mother through his foundation, which provides education, resources and support to single-parent communities.

Washington Commanders DE James Smith-Williams is ‘setting the expectation’ off the field, working with Set The Expectation on ending sexual and interpersonal violence.

Despite early challenges and injuries, Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks rallied in a dominant 24-3 victory over New York Giants.

Following the Chiefs’ win over the Jets, Travis Kelce departs MetLife stadium without Taylor Swift. Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively don’t leave until meeting up with Patrick Mahomes.