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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Trailblazing female tennis star Billie Jean King beat former men’s champ, Bobby Riggs, in a highly publicized match, the so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” on this day in history, Sept. 20, 1973. The made-for-TV sports spectacle proved a watershed moment in the fight for women’s equality in athletics. King won the tennis match in straight sets (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) before …
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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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There’s nothing quite like a division rivalry game for a home opener, but New York Jets fans took “fired up” to a whole new level in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. East Rutherford, New Jersey was the site for “Thursday Night Football” this week between the Jets and New England Patriots, the team’s AFC East foe …
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Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud attempted to set the record straight on Wednesday after a clip of an awkward interaction with first overall pick Caleb Williams following their Week 2 matchup went viral. Stroud was mic’d up for the Texans’ 19-13 win over theChicago Bears on Sunday night. One of the more interesting moments circulating on social media was the …
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Shohei Ohtani‘s first season in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform is a memorable one as he made MLB history by becoming the first player to ever hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season. Ohtani entered Thursday against the Miami Marlins with 10 games to reach the never-before-touched milestone, but he decided to get it all …
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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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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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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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The first regular season of the Caitlin Clark era is officially over after the Indiana Fever lost to the Washington Mystics 92-91 in the finale Thursday. Indiana now turns its attention to the playoffs for the first time in eight years. Clark’s arrival supercharged the Fever in just one year. Now, the team is preparing for a playoff series as …
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