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Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett (13) gestures to the crowd during the trophy presentation the Southeastern Conference Championship football game Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Bennett, Duggan, Stroud, Williams named Heisman Trophy finalists

By Eric Olson - Associated Press

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock campaigns on Sept. 2, 2022, in Atlanta with other members of historically Black fraternities and sororities. Warnock faced Republican Herschel Walker, a former University of Georgia football star, in a Tuesday runoff. Sports and college loyalties have figure prominently in the contest and in other midterm campaigns in this closely divided Deep South battleground. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

In Georgia, how sports explain a political battleground

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Crestwood High School football player Adam Berry (19) leads a muslim prayer before a game in Melvindale, Mich., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. At Crestwood High School, where most of the football team is Muslim, the entire team gathers before practices and games to pray on one knee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Prayers go on, sometimes out of sight, in prep football

By Larry Lage - Associated Press

Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, leaves the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Matthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) **FILE**

Widow asks $55 million from NCAA for ex-USC football player’s death

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks at a press conference Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Despite scolding, politics finds its way into World Cup kickoff

By David R. Sands, Hunter Roberts and Kyle Lutz - The Washington Times

Memorial flowers and notes line walkway at Scott Stadium after three football players were killed in a shooting on the grounds of the University of Virginia Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022, in Charlottesville. Va. Authorities say three people have been killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at the University of Virginia and a student suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

UVA cancels football game; shooting suspect due in court

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Memorial flowers and notes line walkway at Scott Stadium after three football players were killed in a shooting on the grounds of the University of Virginia Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022, in Charlottesville. Va. Authorities say three people have been killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at the University of Virginia and a student suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia cancels game vs. Coastal Carolina after shooting

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Miami coach Jimmy Johnson, center, is hugged by his sons, Chad, left, and Brent, rightk, while walking off the field following the team's win over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl college football game in Miami, Jan. 2, 1989. Johnson won two Super Bowls as coach of the Dallas Cowboys and a national championship at Miami. In his view, Johnson’s biggest success has nothing to do with football. The 79-year-old Johnson describes in “Swagger,” his memoir that released on Tuesday, how his addiction to football and winning caused him to never have a family dinner. His two sons played football but Dad never saw them play a full game. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson reflects on his career

By Rob Maaddi - Associated Press

Former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden speaks about former quarterback Ken Stabler, pictured at rear, during a ceremony honoring Stabler at halftime of an NFL football game between the Raiders and the Cincinnati Bengals in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 13, 2015. The NFL is making that a lasting tribute by honoring the late broadcaster by launching “The Annual John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration” to begin on the first Thanksgiving following his death last December. The league plans for the Thanksgiving tribute to Madden to be an annual event starting Nov. 24 when there will be special segments on all three broadcasts by CBS, Fox and NBC dedicated to Madden.(AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

NFL to honor John Madden on Thanksgiving broadcasts

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) against the Los Angeles Rams during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Tom Brady reveals he almost retired from football at 27 years old

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Security and police break up a scuffle between players from Michigan and Michigan State football teams in the Michigan Stadium tunnel after an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan State President Samuel Stanley has apologized and says the actions of the football players who were involved in a postgame melee with Michigan players are “unacceptable.” He also says the players involved would be held responsible by coach Mel Tucker. (Kyle Austin/MLive Media Group via AP)

Michigan State president: Postgame melee ‘unacceptable’

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In this Sept. 29, 2018, file photo, Vince Dooley poses for a photo while signing autographs before a game between Georgia and Tennessee in Athens, Ga. (Jenn Finch/Athens Banner-Herald via AP, File) **FILE**

Longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley dies at 90

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

A general view of FedEx field during the first half of an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Green Bay Packers, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Al Drago)

LOVERRO: Win over the Packers won’t free a fan base imprisoned by ineptitude

By Thom Loverro

In a photo provided by USC Athletics, former Southern California player Matthew Gee plays in an NCAA college football game. A lawsuit alleging that the NCAA failed to protect a former Gee from repeated concussions is nearing trial in a Los Angeles court, with a jury seated Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in what could become a landmark case. The suit filed by Gee's widow says the former USC linebacker died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing for the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning team. (USC Athletics via AP)

NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football player

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Pro Football Hall of Fame member Charley Trippi poses with memorabilia at his home in Athens, Ga., on Jan, 27, 2009. Trippi, a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy at Georgia who went on to lead the Cardinals to their most recent NFL championship in 1947, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. He was 100. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi dies at 100

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Jeremy Ellis poses for a photo, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Marietta , Ga. Ellis is concerned, Republican Tommy Tuberville should know or learn more about the long history and struggles of the Black Alabama residents he represents in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Black leaders rebuke Tuberville stance on reparations, crime

By Corey Williams - Associated Press

Washington Commanders fans in the stands before an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and the Chicago Bears in Chicago, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Snyder controversy fuels Rivera rant after ugly Commanders win

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Teammates gather around Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) after an injury during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Emilee Chinn)

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa to return to practice Wednesday

By Alanis Thames - Associated Press

Maryland Terrapins LB Jaishawn Barham (1) holding up the football after forcing and recovering a fumble at the Maryland Terrapins vs Purdue game in College Park, MD at SECU Stadium on October 8th 2022

Maryland visits reeling Indiana with heads high after Purdue loss

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and coach Nick Saban celebrate a touchdown against Arkansas during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Fayetteville, Ark. Young left the game in the first half after an injury. (AP Photo/Michael Woods)

Alabama retakes No. 1 from Georgia while Kansas snaps poll drought

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press