Articles filed under Football
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A ban on tackle youth football? It’s possibleJan 12, 2024 6:00 am - When I was about 12 years old, I nearly knocked out two of my teeth playing tackle football with a bunch of friends in a field by my home. My mom immediately declared my ...
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Bears will play in London in 2024; date and opponent TBAJan 11, 2024 9:21 pm - The Bears are heading overseas for the first time since 2019. The Bears will play a game in London in 2024, the NFL has announced. The date of the game and the opponent w...
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Replacing Nick Saban: Alabama begins hunt for a successor who will face sky-high expectationsJan 11, 2024 9:13 pm - Nick Saban accomplished the unimaginable in actually raising the bar for Alabama football, where Paul “Bear” Bryant had long been the measuring stick. Whoever replaces th...
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Patriots' 'partnership' with Bill Belichick comes to an end after 24 seasons, 6 Super Bowl titlesJan 11, 2024 7:02 am - FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bill Belichick had a vision of building the kind of sustained championship football team that had rarely been seen before in the NFL when he was hired...
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Jim O'Donnell: Poles, Harbaugh, Getsy, Kimmel, Rodgers — NFL dominates the media weekJan 11, 2024 6:00 am - AT LEAST A SLUMBERING SPORTS AMERICA knows how to stay cocooned. Two significant foreign conflicts, disruptive winter weather and the final days until the 2024 Iowa p...
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Alabama's Nick Saban retiring after 7 national titles, most in major college football historyJan 10, 2024 9:04 pm - Nick Saban's coaching reign has come to an end. His dominance over college football, however, will forever linger in the lore of the sport. Saban, who won seven national ...
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Can Eberflus hire the right offensive staff to turn Bears around?Jan 10, 2024 8:59 pm - On Sunday evening in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Bears coach Matt Eberflus said what was brutally honest about his team’s passing attack. “When you’re looking at the numbers .....
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Bears fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy. What does it mean for Justin Fields?Jan 10, 2024 6:40 pm - The Bears fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and much of the offensive coaching staff on Wednesday, but they have elected to keep coach Matt Eberflus. What that means...
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Bears GM Poles never called Harbaugh about returning to ChicagoJan 10, 2024 6:26 pm - The Bears never reached out to Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh or any other external coaching candidates before deciding to move forward with Matt Eberflus in 2024. The team ...
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Bears fire offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, quarterback coachJan 10, 2024 10:05 am - The Bears are making some serious changes on the offensive side of the ball. The Bears fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, quarterback coach Andrew Janocko, wide rece...