Football

7/13/2026 |  Washington Commanders are retiring Hall of Famer John Riggins’ No. 44 on Nov. 8 (Associated Press (AP)) ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Commanders are retiring John Riggins’ No. 44 during the upcoming NFL season, the team announced Thursday.
The Hall of Fame running back will be honored in a ceremony at halftime of the team’s game against the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 8.

7/13/2026 |  How the NFL could match the drama of World Cup penalty kicks: Two ideas to spice up overtime (CBS Sports) With the United States out of the World Cup, I have no one left to root for, but I will still be watching every single remaining game, and I'll be rooting for one thing during those games: that they all go to penalty kicks. 

7/13/2026 |  Seahawks to be sold for NFL-record $9.6 billion: Who bought the team, and why billions will go to charity (CBS Sports) For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Seattle Seahawks will have a new owner. The franchise announced on Saturday that it will be sold to a group led by Vinod Khosla, who presently holds a minority stake in the San Francisco 49ers. The total sale price is expected to be $9.6 billion, the highest price ever paid for an NFL franchise. 

7/13/2026 |  College football regression candidates: Ohio State, Texas A&M projected win totals fall in 2026 (CBS Sports) College football has a way of pulling teams back toward the middle. Even the best programs rarely escape the forces that make sustained success so difficult.
Most preseason projections land relatively close to last year's mark. Of the 68 Power Four teams (including Notre Dame), 48 have a win total within 1.5 games of their 2025 regular-season output, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Oddsmakers don't expect major swings for most teams, but a handful stand out, with win totals that have dropped or increased considerably from where they finished a season ago.

7/13/2026 |  Penn State Football Preview 2026: Can Matt Campbell Win the Big Games? (CNBC Sports) Penn State hired Matt Campbell to be the head coach to take the program to that one extra level that James Franklin couldn't.

But is the former Iowa State head man the one who's going to push the program past Ohio State, and Indiana, and Oregon, Michigan, and USC to be the star of the Big Ten?

And that leads to the big thing that ultimately became the reason why Franklin is now the head coach at Virginia Tech.