Category: Professional Sports

Seven Cardinals earn all-state football recognition

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 25—The Newton football team won 10 games for the first time since 2006, secured its first playoff win since 2014 and advanced to the state semifinals for the first time since 1992. And for their efforts, seven players from the record-breaking Cardinal squad earned all-state recognition by the Iowa Football Coaches Association recently. Finn Martin Senior Caden Klein highlighted the group …

Huot leads No. 14 Saints to first round victory

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 23—HELENA — Kaden Huot threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns in 14th-seeded Carroll College’s 42-35 victory over No. 17 St. Thomas (Fla.) in the NAIA Football Championship Series on Saturday afternoon at Nelson Stadium. Saints (9-2) running back Peter Minnaert led all rushers with 115 rushes and one score. Four different receivers caught touchdown passes for the Saints. Bobcats’ (7-4) …

7 Lions earn 2025 All-MIAA football honors

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Seven members of the Missouri Southern State University football team were awarded 2025 all-MIAA honors this week. Wide receiver Draper Parker picked up all-MIAA second-team designation while running back Nathan Glades and linebacker Zach Bergmann were both selected to the all-MIAA third team. Quarterback Tillman Martin, wide receiver Isaiah Padello, linebacker Colton Bass and defensive back …

'We won't bat 1.000': Will WSU be able to retain key players this offseason? That's where the team's culture might come in

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 19—PULLMAN — Across the last few years, as NIL and the transfer portal have tightened their grip on the college football ecosystem, Washington State has operated in a liminal space in between. The Cougars are trying to succeed on two fronts at the same time. They’re trying to play catch-up on the NIL front, rallying donors and waking up alumni to the way those funds can directly impact …

Paul Sullivan: A Michigan takeover at Wrigley Field ends in a wild 24-22 comeback win over Northwestern

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… CHICAGO — Big-game atmosphere arrived at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon when Northwestern played host to Michigan in a Big Ten affair, complete with a big-game announcer in Fox Sports’ Gus Johnson. Everything was in place for a great day of football, and perhaps an advertisement for a future bowl game at Wrigley Field, a long-held dream of Chicago Cubs owners. The weather resembled a …

Column: A Michigan takeover at Wrigley Field ends in a wild 24-22 comeback win over Northwestern

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Big-game atmosphere arrived at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon when Northwestern played host to Michigan in a Big Ten affair, complete with a big-game announcer in Fox Sports’ Gus Johnson. Everything was in place for a great day of football, and perhaps an advertisement for a future bowl game at Wrigley Field, a long-held dream of Chicago Cubs owners. The weather resembled a Cubs-Cardinals …

Mike Bianchi: LSU’s Brian Kelly buyout buffoonery is gifting Florida a clear path to Lane Kiffin

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… ORLANDO, Fla. — Good news, Gator fans — the Lane Kiffin sweepstakes just got a lot easier. Why? Because LSU — seemingly Florida’s main competition for college football’s hottest coaching candidate (unless an NFL team suddenly enters the picture) — just launched itself into a swamp of its own making. While Florida is presumably lining up boosters and debating whether $150 million is too much to …

Eagles to face Northern Colorado Saturday after nail-biting loss to Montana

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 13—CHENEY — Eastern Washington University’s football squad made a good showing last weekend, narrowly losing to No. 2 Montana, according to a statement from EWU Athletics. The Grizzlies jumped out to a 22-0 lead early in the second quarter, led by Keali’i Ah Ya,t who completed 14 of his first 15 passes. EWU cut that lead by eight points, leaving the score 22-14 at halftime. The Eagles …

Bianchi: LSU’s Brian Kelly buyout buffoonery is gifting Gators a clear path to Lane Kiffin

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Running off at the typewriter … Good news, Gator fans – the Lane Kiffin sweepstakes just got a lot easier. Why? Because LSU – seemingly Florida’s main competition for college football’s hottest coaching candidate (unless an NFL team suddenly enters the picture) – just launched itself into a swamp of its own making. While Florida is presumably lining up boosters and debating whether $150 …

Newton football takes record-setting offense into matchup with No. 1 Saints

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 12—The Newton football team has a proud history. The Cardinals won state championships in 1952 and 1980 and finished second in 1977, 1988 and 1990. Chad Guthrie owns around 10 individual records as maybe the best running back in the history of the school. Dan Malone and Ryan Maki also set multiple records in the 1990s, Brian Rose has plenty of passing records from 2011 and Matt Easley set …