Football

12/4/2025 |  New York Jets Make $1M Investment in Collegiate Women's Flag Football League (Athletic Business) The New York Jets and the Eastern College Athletic Conference are teaming up to launch the largest collegiate women’s flag football league in the country. 

12/4/2025 |  Nebraska Reports $4.3M in First Season of Alcohol Sales at Memorial Stadium (Athletic Business) Nebraska Athletics this week reported more than $4.3 million in alcohol sales this season at Memorial Stadium. 
According to Nebraska Public Media, that number beats athletic director Troy Dannen's conservative estimate of $3-4 million in sales following approval of alcohol sales last fall. 

12/4/2025 |  From 124 to 22: James Franklin on Virginia Tech's hot Signing Day finish, which included 11 Penn State flips (CBS Sports) The last two weeks have been a full-speed sprint for James Franklin at Virginia Tech.
The former Penn State coach still hasn't assembled an on-field staff, and with only a skeleton group of support staffers in the building, he's been grinding: recruiting nonstop, hosting visitors, and constructing a class almost entirely from zero. The payoff has been one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent recruiting memory. Franklin has lifted a class that once sat at No. 124 in the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings all the way to No. 22 as night fell Wednesday, which was the first day of the three-day early signing period. 

12/4/2025 |  Penn State's botched coaching search turns signing day into unprecedented disaster (CBS Sports) When Penn State made the bold move to fire longtime coach James Franklin on Oct. 12, the assumption was clear: act early, land a marquee replacement and steady the 2026 recruiting class as the starting point for the future. Instead, six weeks later, the class has completely come apart.

12/4/2025 |  Mike Tomlin leaving Steelers? All the possible 2026 outcomes for Pittsburgh and its embattled coach (CBS Sports) In June of 2024, Art Rooney II gave Mike Tomlin a three-year extension while exuding confidence that Tomlin could get the Steelers "back to winning playoff games and championships, while continuing our tradition of success."