(Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) With the 2024 NFL season nearing the halfway point, teams have begun to separate and establish themselves as true contenders for the Super Bowl. Entering the regular season, there was a lot of anticipation as the league rolled out a new set of rules that overhauled kickoffs and special teams….
No NFL team wants to lose their kicker in the middle of a game. How will the 49ers handle Week 5 after watching kicker Jake Moody go down with an injury?
Doug Blevins, who successfully coached college and N.F.L. kickers like Adam Vinatieri and Justin Tucker, despite never having played football because he had cerebral palsy, died on Sunday in Johnson City, in east Tennessee. He was 60. His son, Roman, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was complications of esophageal cancer. Doug was…
Another huge job is on the market. Michigan coach Juwan Howard was fired Friday, the timing of which, I have to admit, was surprising. People across the industry were tossed when Michigan dropped the news out of nowhere early Friday afternoon. Sources had indicated to me that his job stability was coming under increased scrutiny,…
TUCSON — Matt Villalta’s hockey beginnings in Godfrey, Ontario are an idyllic snapshot of what the game is supposed to represent. “We grew up on a small farm on a lake,” he said. “It freezes every winter so my dad would get out there and shovel off the lake and at age three or four,…
Midweek USMNT action is here. Let’s get into it! Monday Middlesbrough vs Coventry, 10a: Haji Wright is starting for Coventry as they visit Boro in the Championship. Norwich City vs Southampton, 10a: Josh Sargent is back for Norwich! He’s on the bench for them at home against Southampton in Championship action. QPR vs Cardiff City,…
