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Baker Mayfield-led Buccaneers feel they have all the pieces necessary to be a Super Bowl contender 08/28/2024 03:47pm • TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (10-9) EXPECTATIONS: The Bucs have won three straight division titles and are the only NFC team that’s made the playoffs each of the past four seasons. When players reported for the start of training camp, though, coach Todd Bowles urged them to not sell themselves short. The A Penn State alum took Jahiem White into her home. The West Virginia RB calls her godmother 08/28/2024 03:45pm • Jahiem White's ascension as one of the nation's top freshman running backs at West Virginia had its origins in the kindness of a new school teacher and her family. White grew up in Miami, raised by a single mom simply trying to make ends meet. He wasn't happy when La'Doria Glover moved the family to Once teammates, wrestler Bill Goldberg and Deion Sanders reunite at Colorado through Goldberg's son 08/28/2024 03:36pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hall of Fame pro wrestler Bill Goldberg isn't just another celebrity that coach Deion Sanders has walking along the Colorado sideline. He's not just another big name brought in to deliver motivational speeches. Goldberg’s got a vested interest in the program with his son, G The Bears have Caleb Williams at QB and whole new outlook with his arrival 08/28/2024 03:33pm • CHICAGO BEARS (7-10) EXPECTATIONS: The Bears have been drawing all sorts of attention after a high-profile offseason. Now, it's time to see the results. The Bears handed the QB job to Caleb Williams in the offseason, drafting the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner and USC star with the No. 1 overall pick. I Surprising 2023 playoff run has Packers believing they're capable of bigger things 08/28/2024 03:31pm • GREEN BAY PACKERS (10-9) EXPECTATIONS: After their surprising run to the NFC divisional playoffs with the NFL’s youngest roster, the Packers enter this season believing they have a legitimate shot at earning the Super Bowl berth that has eluded Green Bay since its 2010 championship season. The Pac Current Saints regime urgently seeking to end New Orleans' 3-year playoff absence 08/28/2024 03:10pm • NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (9-8) EXPECTATIONS: The Saints are in the midst of a three-season playoff absence and coach Dennis Allen is under pressure to get his club back to the postseason in what will be his third season in charge. The most recent time the Saints made the playoffs in 2020, Drew Brees was i It's a tough time for college presidents, but Tania Tetlow thrives as a trailblazer at Fordham 08/28/2024 03:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tania Tetlow has earned a reputation as a trailblazer. She became the first woman and first layperson to serve as president of two Jesuit schools — first at Loyola University New Orleans and now at Fordham University in New York City. Fordham had previously been led by Catholic p Railroad BNSF stresses safety but is still held back by longstanding industry issues, report finds 08/28/2024 02:48pm • Freight railroad BNSF is generally striving to improve safety on a consistent basis, but that message doesn't always reach front-line workers who often don't feel comfortable reporting safety concerns for fear of being disciplined, according to an assessment released Wednesday by regulators. The Fed Seahawks enter a new era under coach Mike Macdonald looking to rejoin elite of the NFC 08/28/2024 02:47pm • SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (9-8) EXPECTATIONS: Welcome to a new era in the Pacific Northwest. After 14 seasons, Pete Carroll was let go following another average season for the Seahawks and the resulting move led Seattle to go from having the oldest coach in the league to the youngest. Mike Macdonald, age 37, Prince William School Board, administrators face federal complaint after gay former student alleges bullying 08/28/2024 02:46pm • Claims that the Prince William County School Board and school system failed to stop the bullying of a former student who identified as gay are set to move forward in U.S. District Court in Alexandria after a judge denied the School Board’s motion to dismiss. The School Board and two individual Los Angeles Rams begin life without star defensive tackle Aaron Donald. It might not be fun. 08/28/2024 02:33pm • LOS ANGELES RAMS (10-8) EXPECTATIONS: Life after Aaron Donald could be difficult for the Rams, whose entire defense was built on the bedrock of No. 99’s phenomenal skills throughout coach Sean McVay’s first seven seasons. Los Angeles will be much more ordinary without the retired defensive tackl Town officials shut down a boy's ice cream stand. Fundraisers and death threats followed 08/28/2024 02:29pm • NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Bored and looking for something to do this summer, Danny Doherty hatched a plan to raise money for his brother's hockey team by selling homemade ice cream. But a few days after setting up a stand and serving up vanilla, shaved chocolate and fluffernutter to about 20 people, Pittsburgh Steelers are handing their offense to veteran QB Russell Wilson 08/28/2024 02:22pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to let Russell Wilson cook. Coach Mike Tomlin announced the nine-time Pro Bowler as the starter on Wednesday, putting an end to a largely perfunctory quarterback competition with Justin Fields in which the 35-year-old Wilson held the “pole posi Leverkusen starts German Cup defense with meager 1-0 win over 4th tier team Jena 08/28/2024 02:19pm • JENA, Germany (AP) — Jonas Hofmann’s second-half goal was enough for Bayer Leverkusen to start its German Cup title defense with a meager 1-0 win at Carl Zeiss Jena on Wednesday. The fourth-tier side largely nullified Leverkusen’s attacking threat. Leverkusen, the defending German Cup and Bund Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles 08/28/2024 02:11pm • Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado's ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock, marking an early stumble in the voter-driven initiative. The move comes only a week after state officials