College Football Playoff still planning to go forward as usual

The Big Ten made it official on Thursday that this college football season will get off to a very different start, canceling all non-conference games. But the College Football Playoff says the season will end the same way as usual. College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock told USA Today that the four-team playoff is [more]

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Will Josh McDaniels dust off his Tim Tebow offense for Cam Newton?

As new Patriots quarterback Cam Newton apparently takes a crash course in the New England playbook, the plays he’s studying may not be the plays the Patriots ran with Tom Brady was running the offense. A league source points out that offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels developed in 2010 an offense to be run by Tim [more]

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FedEx will take name off Washington stadium unless team name is changed

FedEx has seven more years left on a naming rights deal for Washington’s stadium. But the shipping company told owner Dan Snyder they’d take their name off the building after this season if the team’s name didn’t change. According to Liz Clarke of the Washington Post, the company sent that intent in a two-page letter [more]

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Julian Edelman, DeSean Jackson making plans to “educate one another”

It looks like Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson is taking Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman up on his offer. Jackson posted anti-Semitic content on social media earlier this week that drew negative reactions from his team and the NFL, which led to apologies and a vow to do more to “to be more informed and [more]

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Thierry Henry kneels during match to honor George Floyd

As one of only two Black managers in Major League Soccer (MLS), Montreal Impact's Thierry Henry used his platform to make a powerful statement by taking a knee for nearly nine minutes of last night's game with the New England Revolution.

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George Kittle thinks player workouts will give 49ers a step up

49ers players couldn’t work out at the team facility this offseason, which meant that the only group work they did came in player-organized workouts in San Jose and Nashville over the last few months. Tight end George Kittle told Matt Maiocco of NBCSportsBayArea.com that “everyone looked good” during those sessions and that it was “really [more]

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Champions League draw: European giants discover their fate

It has been four months since a ball was last kicked in the Champions League, but now finally all the fixtures are confirmed for the remainder of the competition.

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