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Trump attends the Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny
President-elect Donald Trump was huddling with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team.
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Needham and Wellesley face off to continue their historic football rivalry
Rockets vs. Raiders it’s more than the oldest rivalry in the country. It’s an event that goes back to the late 1800 and has tied generations to a single, yearly game.
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft snubbed again in Hall of Fame bid: Report
Despite a storied career as the owner of the Patriots for the last three decades, Robert Kraft will reportedly not be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2025 class.
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Cowboys QB Dak Prescott knocked out of game vs. Falcons with hamstring injury
Cooper Rush replaced Dak Prescott against the Falcons when the Cowboys’ starting QB left with a hamstring injury.
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‘The legacy I want to leave': How a Maine teen is helping with concussion research
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...
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Is it time for the ‘Latinification' of American sports? These Latino execs think so
New research shows Latinos will account for $1 of every incremental $3 spent on U.S. sports by 2050.
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Los Angeles-area high school student dies after injury at football game
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.
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Wrong number: Well wishes for 49ers WR Ricky Pearsall sent to Arizona boy's phone
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.
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Why are children still playing tackle football, despite brain risks?
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.
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Flag football gives female players a sense of community and scholarship options — and soon a shot at the Olympics
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.
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Turkey suspends all soccer league games after club president punches referee
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.
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Now-merged XFL and USFL to debut season on March 30
With the merger of XFL and USFL approved by regulators, the combined season will launch on March 30, 2024.
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Mattapan football team heading to national championships
A youth football team from Boston is about to embark on a journey to Florida in search of a national title.
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Abington high school football coach finishes 50-year career with a win
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.
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5 things to know about Heisman Trophy finalist Marvin Harrison Jr.
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.
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As a 57-year-old mom, I tried something new: I became a high school football coach
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.
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Week 5 football games on Sunday in the 2023 NFL season
Here’s a look at some games to keep an eye on in Week 5 of the 2023 NFL season.
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Previewing Bears at Commanders 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.
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Cowboys' Odighizuwa maximizing valuable potential of single-parent households
Dallas Cowboys’ Osa Odighizuwa honors his mother through his foundation, which provides education, resources and support to single-parent communities.
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James Smith-Williams setting the expectation off the field
Washington Commanders DE James Smith-Williams is ‘setting the expectation’ off the field, working with Set The Expectation on ending sexual and interpersonal violence.