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The Pittsburgh Steelers' Rashard Mendenhall celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLV football game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Self-declared football ‘great’ Rashard Mendenhall proposes ‘All-Black vs. All-White bowl’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Referee Halil Umut Meler holds his face as he lies on the ground after being punched by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca, center, at the end of the Turkish Super Lig soccer match between MKE Ankaragucu and Caykur Rizespor in Ankara, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The Turkish Football Federation has suspended all league games in the country after a club president punched the referee in the face at the end of a top-flight match. Koca was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, along with two other people on charges of injuring a public official following questioning by prosecutors. (Abdurrahman Antakyali/Depo Photos via AP)

Violence called a ‘cancer’ threatening soccer’s survival

By James Robson - Associated Press

The tournament trophy is displayed on the pitch before the Women's World Cup soccer final between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 20, 2023. A report says players at this year’s Women’s World Cup were 29% more likely to receive online abuse than those at the men’s tournament in 2022. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File) **FILE**

FIFA says 1 in 5 players at Women’s World Cup abused online

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In this Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Holy Cross head coach Bob Chesney reacts on the sideline during the first half of a college football game against Boston College in Boston. Holy Cross plays at Navy on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File) **FILE**

No. 24 James Madison hires Holy Cross’ Bob Chesney to replace football coach Curt Cignetti

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LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) throws during an NCAA college football game against Texas A&M in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

Jayden Daniels, the dazzling quarterback for LSU, is the AP college football player of the year

By Brett Martel - Associated Press

Green Bay Packers cornerback Carrington Valentine (37) breaks up a pass intended for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling (11) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

NFL’s Week 13 featured a phalanx of flags, curious non-calls and strange sideline squabble

By Arnie Stapleton - Associated Press

Alabama NCAA college football head coach Nick Saban examines one of the robotic ducks from Aflac that he handed out to kids at Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/John Zenor)

LOVERRO: Sanders, Saban and college football’s lust for ratings

By Thom Loverro

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks at a Town Hall event at Tempesta's in Keene, N.H., on Nov. 21, 2023. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) **FILE**

DeSantis sets aside $1 million for possible litigation over FSU snub

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera watches from the sidelines as his Commanders fall behind 38-7 to the Miami Dolphins at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., December 3, 2023. (Photo by Brian Murphy for the Washington Times) **FILE**

Who’s next for Commanders at coach, GM positions?

By Michael Phillips - Special to The Washington Times

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) throws a passduring the first half of an NCAA college football game, against Alabama Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Heisman finalists: LSU QB Daniels, Oregon QB Nix, Washington QB Penix Jr., Ohio St. WR Harrison Jr.

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco falls down after being tackled during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Joe Flacco appeared to be the least of Cleveland’s problems in the Browns’ loss to the LA Rams

By Greg Beacham - Associated Press

Florida State coach Mike Norvell throws an autographed football to fans in the stands after the team's NCAA college football game against North Alabama, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Colin Hackley)

Good riddance to four-team playoff after unprecedented snub of FSU

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera watches from the sidelines as his Commanders fall behind 38-7 to the Miami Dolphins at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., December 3, 2023. (Photo by Brian Murphy for the Washington Times) **FILE**

‘The time is now’ for Commanders to show progress ahead of offseason change

By Michael Phillips - Special to The Washington Times

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix looks to pass against Washington during the first half of the Pac-12 championship NCAA college football game Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix dejected after loss in Pac-12 championship, mum on status for bowl game

By W.G. Ramirez - Associated Press

Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino answers a question during media day at the Broyles Center in Fayetteville, Ark., Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Arkansas announced Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, it is bringing back Bobby Petrino to be offensive coordinator, 11 years after he was fired as head coach in a sordid scandal that involved a motorcycle accident, an affair with a woman who worked for him and being untruthful to his bosses.(AP Photo/April L. Brown, File)

Arkansas brings back Bobby Petrino as offensive coordinator 11 years after he was fired amid scandal

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Delaware head coach Ryan Carty high fives fans after an NCAA college football game against Navy, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Annapolis, Md. Delaware won 14-7. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Conference USA is finalizing a plan to add Delaware in 2025

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Trump plans to use a college football rivalry weekend to bask among his supporters in South Carolina, while potentially upstaging his Republican opponent Nikki Haley on her home turf. The front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination will be on hand Saturday as the University of South Carolina Gamecocks host the Tigers of Clemson University in the annual Palmetto Bowl. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr., File)

Donald Trump will look to upstage Clemson grad Nikki Haley at her alma mater’s football rivalry game

By Bill Barrow and Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

Amazon and NFL hoping to establish a tradition with the first Black Friday game

By Joe Reedy - Associated Press

NFL Chief Football Administrative Officer Dawn Aponte announces a selection during the third round of the NFL football draft, Friday April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. From front offices to personnel departments to coaching staffs, the league is finally mirroring society as women are getting jobs that once went only to men. Thanks to women like Dawn Aponte, barriers are gone. “The godmother,” Sam Rapoport, the league's Senior Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, said of Aponte. “We're all standing on Dawn's shoulders.”(AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)

NFL’s look changing as more women move into prominent roles at teams across league

By Tom Withers - Associated Press

Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher watches during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Miami, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

LOVERRO: Everyone’s got a Jimbo Fisher bad contract story

By Thom Loverro