Auburn football has fired football coach Hugh Freeze following Saturday’s 10-3 loss to Kentucky, a game in which disgruntled Tigers fans booed the third-year Tigers coach and chanted ‘Fire Hugh’ as he walked off the field. Freeze ends his tenure with the Tigers with a 15-19 record in his two-plus seasons. The team has lost its last five of its last six games ...
The Washington Commanders finally pivoted from the franchise’s longtime racist nickname in 2020, landing on their new identity in 2022 after playing two seasons as the Washington Football Team. But on Sunday, they’re going to look an awful lot like the dominant squads from the Joe Gibbs glory years. Washington will debut its new ‘Super Bowl Era’ throwbacks on ‘Sunday ...
The Jacksonville Jaguars kicker booted a 68-yard field goal just before halftime against the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 2, breaking the record for the longest converted attempt in NFL history. Little broke former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker’s record of 66 yards, which was set in September 2021 against the Detroit Lions. Little had displayed his extended range this ...
Somewhere, Hingle McCringleberry is certainly outraged. Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle celebrated his second touchdown against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field with a few pumps − but only two, which, uh, by rule, should be copacetic. Not so. Dowdle was flagged 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct, which has been emphasized league-wide throughout this season, ...
The upper portion of the US LBM Coaches Poll didn’t change much after the weekend’s results. There are, however, some significant developments in the back half of the top 10. The teams ranked No. 1 through No. 7 stay put this week, with Big Ten leaders Ohio State and Indiana continuing to lead the field. The Buckeyes received 60 of ...
AI-assisted summary Former Cincinnati Bengals tight end and broadcaster Bob Trumpy has died at the age of 80. Trumpy was an original member of the Bengals, scoring the franchise’s first touchdown and earning four Pro Bowl selections. After his playing career, he became a successful broadcaster for NBC Sports and Westwood One, calling four Super Bowls. Former Cincinnati Bengals tight ...
The Atlantic Coast Conference has issued a public reprimand of Dabo Swinney for his postgame comments on the officiating in Clemson football’s loss to Duke on Saturday, Nov. 1. The Tigers were additionally given a $10,000 fine by the ACC for Swinney’s comments in ‘direct violation’ of the ACC Sportsmanship policy, according to the conference’s news release. The fine is ...
Tennessee women’s basketball player Ruby Whitehorn has been dismissed from the team by coach Kim Caldwell after her second brush with the law in three months. ‘It is my responsibility to protect the high standards of this historic program,’ Caldwell said in a statement released by Tennessee on Sunday, Nov. 2. ‘In light of recent events, Ruby has been unable to reflect ...