The name of the first professional football player seems too perfect to be true. Pudge Heffelfinger sounds like a mythical Midwestern gridiron god more than a living, breathing human being. Heffelfinger’s fable is actually nonfiction fare. He was as real as the broken ribs he brutally delivered to a poor college kid while scrimmaging for kicks and giggles with the …
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Legendary NFL coach Tony Dungy challenged a tweet from Vice President Kamala Harris about abortion rights. Harris has been unapologetic about her stance on abortion rights for women, and she continued with a post on X Thursday. “One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree: The government, and certainly Donald Trump, should not be …
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TheKansas City Chiefs might be without star running back Isiah Pacheco for the foreseeable future. Head coach Andy Reid offered a less-than-ideal update on the third-year player Wednesday, telling reporters Pacheco underwent surgery days after he broke a fibula in the closing minutes of the Chiefs’ 26-25 win over theCincinnati Bengals. Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco (10) runs …
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Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis is trying to silence the noise after a rough start to the season; however, that is a bit of a challenge when his biggest critics have his phone number. Levis told reporters Wednesday that he would be changing his cell phone number after it somehow got leaked to the public. Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis, …
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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is selling his suburban Detroit home for more privacy. Campbell and his wife Holly listed the 7,800-square-foot house in Bloomfield for $4.5 million this week. “There’s plenty of space. It’s on two acres. The home is beautiful,” Campbell told Crain’s Detroit Business. “It’s just that people figured out where we lived when we lost.” …
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U.S. Olympic legend Simone Biles showed off her commitment to her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, in a gesture of permanence this week. Biles got a tattoo of the letter “J.” It’s a nod to Owens. However, the tattoo is small and on her ring finger. It was seen in footage posted by Biles’ tattoo artist, Sydney Smith, on …
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Aaron Rodgers made it through the first two weeks of the 2024 NFL season, but all New York Jets fans were waiting for Thursday night for the team’s home opener because it’s the first time he’s back home since his Achilles tear. Rodgers infamously didn’t make it through his first series as a Jet last season, tearing his Achilles on …
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Aaron Rodgers‘ return home for the New York Jets went exactly how fans wanted it to: healthy and dominant. The Jets took down their AFC East-rival New England Patriots, 24-3, to move to 2-1 on the season, while the Pats are now 1-2. Rodgers might not have gotten any points with the offense on the Jets’ first drive of the …
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The NFL was not in the same celebratory mood as Derek Carr was during the New Orleans Saints’ blowout win over the Dallas Cowboys. In the second quarter of the game, Carr scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run. He mimicked late pop star Michael Jackson’s signature dance moves to celebrate the Saints taking a 34-13 lead. While Carr was …
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The Dallas Cowboys’ goal every season is the same as every other franchise in the NFL, but it carries more weight each time the Vince Lombardi Trophy isn’t back in Arlington at the end of the season. Owner Jerry Jones, at 81 years old, continues to put together the right teams on paper, but Dallas continues to fall short of …
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