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Stephanie Touissaint, foreground, uses a fan to keep cool in the sweltering heat at Eiffel Tower Stadium during a beach volleyball match between Cuba and Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

LOVERRO: Washington dodged disaster by losing the Olympic Games

By Thom Loverro

FILE - Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers (90) reacts after sacking New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning in the second quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, in East Rutherford, N.J. Peppers, who was a member two NFL All-Decade teams and had 159 1/2 sacks during his 17-year NFL career, will be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 3, 2024, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File0

Hall of Famer Julius Peppers drew motivation from working hot summers in North Carolina

By Steve Reed - Associated Press

Utah State head coach Blake Anderson looks up a the videoboard late in second half of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl NCAA college football game against Georgia State, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, in Boise, Idaho. The former Utah State coach's response to the school's termination letter says he was fired for “convenience,” not for cause, and that the investigation that led to his dismissal was a “sham.” (AP Photo/Steve Conner,Fiel)

Utah State says Blake Anderson fired for interviewing potential victim after Aggies player’s arrest

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

This combo of images provided by EA Sports, shows the video game covers for the new standard edition College Football 25, left, and Deluxe Edition College Football 25, featuring Texas' Quinn Ewers, Colorado's Travis Hunter, and Michigan's Donovan Edwards. EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise's next installment rush to play it. (EA Sports via AP, File)

EA Sports College Football 25, most anticipated sports video games in history, floods the market

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Denmark's goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel fails to save the ball as Germany's Kai Havertz scores his side's opening goal during a round of sixteen match between Germany and Denmark at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel reunites with Brendan Rodgers at Celtic

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Washington Commanders defensive tackle John Ridgeway III (91) powers through a blocking sled during minicamp at the OrthoVirginia Training Center at Commanders Park in Ashburn, Virginia, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Brian Murphy for the Washington Times)

Commanders to support military veterans, high school football players at clinic

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

JaMarcus Russell played college football at LSU, where he finished 21–4 as a starter and was named MVP of the 2007 Sugar Bowl. The Oakland Raiders selected Russell with the first overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft. Russell held out until the Raiders signed him to a contract worth $61 million with $32 million guaranteed. Russell played three seasons with the Raiders, compiling a 7–18 record as a starter. Due to his inconsistent play, the Raiders released him on May 6, 2010. He is often ranked as one of the biggest busts in NFL history.

Jamarcus Russell loses coaching job, accused of pocketing $74K donation

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Fans cheer at Arrowhead Stadium during the first half of an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Detroit Lions, Sept. 7, 202, in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas Legislature's top leaders endorsed helping the Chiefs and professional baseball's Kansas City Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas ahead of a special session set to convene Tuesday. The plan would authorize state bonds for stadium construction and pay them off with revenues from sports betting, the Kansas Lottery and new tax dollars generated in and around the new venues. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann. File)

A Father’s Day message to the NFL

By Lou Holtz

In a photo provided by the San Antonio Brahmas, San Antonio Brahmas coach Wade Phillips walks the sideline during the team's UFL football game against the Michigan Panthers at the Alamodome in San Antonio, April 20, 2023. Phillips is hoping to win his first championship as a head coach Sunday, June 16, 2024, when the Brahmas take on the Birmingham Stallions in the UFL Championship game in St. Louis. (Alonso Ramirez III/San Antonio Brahmas via AP)

At 76, Wade Phillips wants to get elusive first title as a head coach in Sunday’s UFL Championship

By Joe Reedy - Associated Press

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Washington. The measure now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

LOVERRO: Landover surprisingly back in running for Commanders stadium, thanks to politicking

By Thom Loverro

FILE - NFL Hall of Famer Jim Otto smiles prior to an NFL football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sept. 24, 2023, in Las Vegas. Otto, the Hall of Fame center known as “Mr. Raider” for his durability through a litany of injuries, has died, the team confirmed Sunday night, May 19, 2024. He was 86. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Jim Otto, ‘Mr. Raider’ and Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

Borussia Dortmund supporters celebrate at the end of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Soccer or football, the world’s most popular sport has its own day for fans to celebrate — May 25

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FILE - AIK's supporters hold a banner against VAR during the Allsvenskan soccer match between AIK and Västerås SF FK at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, April 1, 2024. Swedish soccer has adopted an isolationist stance in eschewing technology to retain a pure version of the beautiful game. Sweden is the only one of Europe’s top-30 ranked leagues yet to have rolled out VAR in its domestic competitions. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Video reviews have changed the face of European soccer. One country is holding out.

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata (68) after an NFL football game against the New York Giants, on Jan. 8, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. The NFL will expand its international search for talent by opening an academy in rugby-mad Australia to develop promising teenagers in the Asia-Pacific region into college and pro prospects. The NFL Academy will open in September for student athletes ages 12 to 18, following recruitment camps taking place this summer in Australia and New Zealand. Ahead with the NFL Draft, the announcement says the region is full of talent the likes of Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata, a 6-foot-8 Australian who was deemed too big for rugby. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

NFL to open academy in Australia to identify and develop young prospects

By Ken Maguire - Associated Press

Israel supporters cheer during the Euro 2024 qualifying play-off soccer match between Israel and Iceland, at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Palestinian soccer renews call for sanctions against Israel at FIFA congress amid Hamas conflict

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Washington Commanders managing partner Josh Harris speaks during an NFL football news conference at Commanders Park in Ashburn, Va., Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

LOVERRO: Race to land Commanders down to Maryland, District. And things are about to get real …

By Thom Loverro

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh, center, talks with reporters during an AFC coaches availability at the NFL football owners meetings, Monday, March 25, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Michigan was given three years of probation, fined and hit with recruiting limits by the NCAA on Tuesday, April 16, after football coaches and staff had impermissible contact with recruits and players under coach Jim Harbaugh while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Michigan gets 3 years of probation for football recruiting violations; case vs. Jim Harbaugh pending

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh, center, talks with reporters during an AFC coaches availability at the NFL football owners meetings, Monday, March 25, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. Michigan was given three years of probation, fined and hit with recruiting limits by the NCAA on Tuesday, April 16, after football coaches and staff had impermissible contact with recruits and players under coach Jim Harbaugh while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Michigan gets 3 years of probation for football recruiting violations; case vs. Jim Harbaugh pending

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

Buffalo Bulls running back O.J. Simpson (32) has his jersey pulled by Baltimore Colts linebacker Mike Curtis, during the second quarter of an NFL football game in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 12, 1975. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, died Wednesday, April 11, 2024, of prostate cancer. He was 76. (AP Photo/File)

Before murder charges tarnished his legacy, O.J. Simpson was one of the NFL’s greatest running backs

By Rob Maaddi - Associated Press

In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti listens to a question during a news conference in Piscataway, N.J. The American Athletic Conference has hired former Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti as its next commissioner to replace the retiring Mike Aresco. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

AAC Commissioner Tim Pernetti says CFP expansion is encouraging and there is room for more growth

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