Football

8/4/2026 |  A new football title chase lies ahead as women’s flag football closes in on NCAA championship status (Associated Press (AP)) The next college football power is being built on campuses from coast to coast. Not tackle, but in women’s flag football.
New programs are game planning and rosters full of new players will be taking snaps this fall into spring to possibly become your NCAA national champion in 2028.
Women’s flag football is on the fast track to gaining championship-sport status from the NCAA. There could be a national title game as early as spring 2028, before the LA Games, where flag football will make its Olympic debut. 

8/4/2026 |  Larry Fitzgerald entering Hall of Fame as Cardinals icon after 17 years of pass-catching excellence (Associated Press (AP)) TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Larry Fitzgerald came to the Arizona Cardinals as a 20-year-old intent on becoming an NFL superstar.
First, he had to learn how to do some laundry.
As Fitzgerald — one of the greatest and most productive receivers in league history — prepares to go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio, his favorite memories of the only team he played for during a stellar 17-year career aren’t always about the team’s unlikely run to the Super Bowl during the 2008 season, the playoff wins or the individual highlights.

8/4/2026 |  What to know as women’s flag football surges toward NCAA championship status ahead of 2028 LA Games (Associated Press (AP)) Get ready to see plenty more of the flag-pulling, fast-paced game of football that was all over television screens last month.
Flag football is taking the stage in advance of its Olympic debut in 2028 at the LA Games. Big things are especially happening in the world of women’s flag football. The sport sits at the goal line of gaining NCAA championship status, needing just a successful vote in January from the different levels — Divisions I, II and III — to push it across. Should that happen, a women’s national title game could take place in the spring of 2028.

8/4/2026 |  Indiana Cancels Home-and-Home Football Series Against Notre Dame (Athletic Business) Indiana football has cancelled its non-conference home-and-home series against Notre Dame, which was slated for the 2030 and 2031 seasons. 
According to CBS Sports, Notre Dame and USC have announced that they have renewed their historic rivalry with a four-game series. On the flip side, the Fighting Irish and Hoosiers will no longer visit one another at the start of the next decade.

8/4/2026 |  Ted Cruz envisions Trump signing college sports bill during 2026 football season, but Senate hurdles remain (CBS Sports) Sen. Ted Cruz is confident the Protect College Sports Act will hit the Senate floor this week. Whether it actually does is another matter.
Cruz, speaking with CBS Sports on Monday, was resolute. The bill received a significant boost late Friday when the Big Ten and SEC endorsed the legislation, giving it new momentum after weeks of negotiations. Cruz, one of three authors of the bipartisan legislation, said he has spoken directly with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and President Donald Trump multiple times and believes the Senate will stay in session until the bill passes.