Football

9/11/2024 |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers Partner with Discover Airlines (SportsTravel) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Discover Airlines of the Lufthansa Group have announced a partnership to promote travel between Germany and Florida.
The partnership also aims to increase the excitement for American football in Germany as the National Football League looks to increase its fanbase ahead of the November 10 game between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers in Munich.

9/11/2024 |  NFL sets record with average 21 million viewers per game in Week 1 (United Press International (UPI)) Sept. 11 (UPI) -- An average of 21 million viewers per game tuned in to NFL matchups in Week 1, setting a viewership record for the opening-week slate, the league announced Wednesday.
A total of 123 million viewers watched NFL games, the highest total audience for a Week 1 slate since 2019. The 21 million average viewers per game -- from TV and digital platforms and the most on record -- is up 12% compared to 2023. 

9/11/2024 |  Car dealer reverses course and awards prize to Purdue student who made 40-yard field goal at halftime of home opener (Yahoo Sports) Purdue student Zach Spangler is being rightfully rewarded for his halftime efforts.
Spangler kicked a 40-yard field goal at halftime of Purdue’s home-opener against Indiana State on Aug. 31. He was a part of a contest sponsored by the Rohrman Automotive Group and was set to get $250 and a two-year lease on a car from the dealer for making the field goal.

9/11/2024 |  Tyreek Hill joins agent in calling for officer involved in incident to be fired (Yahoo Sports) Tyreek Hill and his agent both called for the officers involved in his detainment ahead of the Miami Dolphins’ season opener on Sunday to lose their jobs.
Hill released a statement through his attorneys on Tuesday night calling for the “immediate termination” of the officer who was placed on administrative leave. That officer, Hill’s attorney said, “placed his hands on or around” Hill’s neck multiple times and “continued his escalation in his use of force” even when Hill warned him about his knee injury.

9/11/2024 |  Michigan coach Sherrone Moore officially signs contract (Yahoo Sports) Sherrone Moore’s Michigan contract has been signed ahead of the third game of the 2024 season.
Jim Harbaugh’s successor had coached the first two weeks of the season without a signed contract to be the team’s head coach. That changed Wednesday when the school announced Moore’s contract had been finalized.