On his weekly radio show in Boston, Tom Brady’s spirits were low. The bearded quarterback, 37 and aging fast, tried to explain the New England Patriots’ problems. There is a lot of explaining to do.
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Mark Dantonio’s Michigan State football team is the class of the Big Ten and poised to prove it today against unbeaten Nebraska.
Football can continue to make its rules and add the threat of penalty or worse to those who break them. It can keep cracking down on aggressive hits to the head and neck while trying to create as strong a culture of safety as it can to a violent, merciless game.
Stephan Laushaul rushed for 249 yards and four touchdowns, and Agassi Prep exploded for 43 points in the second quarter on the way to a 63-20 victory over Mountain View on Friday at Rancho.
UNLV’s path to a bowl is a narrow one, but the possibility is out there if the Rebels beat San Jose State today. But the Rebels are 10-point underdogs against the Spartans.
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The toxicology report shows former Titans kicker Rob Bironas had a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit for driving in Tennessee when he died in a one-vehicle crash.
Geno Smith shouted a couple of mighty expensive expletives. The New York Jets quarterback was fined $12,000 by the NFL on Friday for cursing at a fan after the team’s game against Detroit last Sunday.
The Denver Broncos released veteran kicker Matt Prater on Friday after he came off a four-game suspension.
The 2015 NFL draft will be held in Chicago, the league announced Thursday. Hours after the Bears posted an announcement on their Twitter account, the NFL confirmed the draft will move to Chicago on April 30-May 2.
It was only the first league game of the season, but the tear that trickled down Hunkie Cooper’s cheek Thursday night showed just how important it was.
The lights at Basic went out at the start of the fourth quarter Thursday, and the Green Valley football team seemed to sleep through the final 12 minutes of the 22nd edition of the Henderson Bowl.
There wasn’t much to speak of when it came to defense or special teams Thursday night at Sierra Vista High School.
If the past two weeks seemed short on big games, everything is about to change. It’s time for conference rivalries, and that means the college football season is going to get seriously entertaining.
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