Articles filed under Football
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It was a lost college football weekend in Florida. The state's FBS and FCS teams went 0-9Nov 10, 2024 9:20 pm - CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Worst day ever? Worst week ever? There was no joy, at least of the major-college football variety, in Florida this weekend. There were eight games in...
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NFL roundup: Chiefs block FG to stay unbeaten, Moody lifts 49ersNov 10, 2024 6:39 pm - NFL roundup: Kansas City blocked a last-second field goal to hold off Denver and stay unbeaten while San Francisco’s Jake Moody booted a field goal as time expired to beat Tampa Bay.
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Stingy Vikings hold the clawless Jaguars to 143 yards in a 12-7 victory and improve to 7-2Nov 10, 2024 4:47 pm - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Minnesota's stingy defense held Jacksonville to 143 yards — the fewest in coach Doug Pederson's three seasons — and the Vikings overcame Sam Darnold'...
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College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the billNov 10, 2024 12:00 pm - Winning at big-time college sports has never been free. But in a rapidly changing era in which players are allowed to earn money, it's never been more clear that fans will be picking up a bigger part of the tab.
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Riley Leonard runs for 2 TDs, throws a TD pass and No. 10 Notre Dame routs Florida State 52-3Nov 09, 2024 10:29 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Riley Leonard rushed for two touchdowns, passed for 215 yards and one touchdown and No. 10 Notre Dame heaped more misery onto Florida State by overpowe...
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Wheelchair Bears rolling into championship gameNov 09, 2024 8:08 pm - A couple of former area high school athletes have found a new passion in helping lead the Bears wheelchair football team into the championship game against Kansas City.
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No. 8 Indiana scores 2 early TDs to beat Michigan 20-15 and earn school-record 10th winNov 09, 2024 7:47 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Kurtis Rourke and No. 8 Indiana's offense looked in sync through the first half Saturday. Then the high-scoring Hoosiers needed their defense to bail ...
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Realignment has changed college sports. That’s left basketball to adjust in a football-driven worldNov 09, 2024 12:00 pm - Football has driven conference realignment and left basketball to adjust to a new landscape. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten each added schools out west to take a coast-to-coast footprint. Leagues and schools made those moves to chase lucrative TV deals that rely primarily on football. That's left basketball largely in a backseat role despite having its own lucrative TV contract for "March Madness.“
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Jim O’Donnell: Five games, some waiting — but is the preferred nooner Bears-NE or WAS-PIT?Nov 09, 2024 10:00 am - IN CHICAGO, SUNDAY BREAKS DOWN to a tale of two trails for NFL fans. The rich and the resolute will be at Soldier Field watching the Bears scrimmage the New England Patri...
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The Bears are knock, knock, knocking on panic’s door as they prepare for the PatriotsNov 09, 2024 10:00 am - The frontiers of panic are indistinct, but we can agree that the Bears are at the border. One more loss and the rescue of backsliding Caleb Williams, as well as the mirac...