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Watch a Young Cancer Patient Score an Amazing Touchdown

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:40:07 +0000

For one moment, Noah Roberts was the big man on campus at East Carolina University. Eight-year-old Noah, who is battling a brain tumor, got to play in the spring game for the ECU football team this past weekend, running for a 40-yard touchdown on the game’s last play in a scene that culminated with the [...]

Yakima Mavericks Need Your Help!

Jennifer Williams — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:20:47 +0000

Valley! The Mavericks need YOUR help! You heard it right, it’s time for you; the fans; to speak up – because they want to know what you want to hear when they turn the volume up! I know one of my favorite things about any sporting events I go to, is the music. It pumps [...]

Watch a 7-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Score an Amazing Touchdown

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:44:30 +0000

When you’ve been battling brain cancer, outrunning a fleet of angry linebackers is easy. Even if you’re only seven years old. Jack Hoffman, a seven-year-old from Atkinson, Nebraska who’s battling brain cancer, got the surprise of his life last weekend when he ran for a 69-yard touchdown during the University of Nebraska’s spring football game. [...]

11 Extreme Super Bowl Snacks

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:37:14 +0000

Only t-minus four days until the big game, so now is the perfect time to start thinking about the most important part of our Super Bowl party-- food. Nachos, sandwiches, pizza and anything greasy goes, as long as it's hardy and semi-manly. But how the heck are we supposed to choose with so many delicious options out there? Answer: go big.

Military Dad Surprises Family In Front of 85,000 at College Football Game

Jennifer Williams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:17:49 +0000

When Tammy Faile and her two children were chosen as the military family of the game for South Carolina's match up Saturday against the University of Georgia, they probably expected some sort of message from their husband and father Sgt. First Class Scott Faile, who is stationed in South Korea.

And that's what they got at halftime, a video message on the University of South Carolina’s Williams-Brice stadium's Jumbotron.

Kelly Clarkson 'Cowboys' Up With New Anthem (Video)

Rik Mikals — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:57:35 +0000

It’s football season tonight as the Cowboys gear up against the Giants and Kelly Clarkson being a Texan has decided to rally for “America’s Team”. Kelly has put together a new anthem for the team called Get Up (A Cowboy’s Anthem) …talk a listen…

Seahawks To Sport New Look In 2012

Brian Teegarden — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:53:19 +0000

seattle seahawks image Along with the Carolina Panthers, the Seahawks will be changing the look of their uniforms for the 2012 season according to the NFL. The Seahawks have only changed logos and unforms once appreciably since 1976. With uniform provider changing from Reebok to Nike next season, what can we expect? helmethut.com image [...]

Student With Down Syndrome Scores Crucial Touchdown In His First Football Game [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:15:50 +0000

When Patrick Myshrall scored a touchdown during a Massachusetts high school football game, a win for his team was already impossible. But the touchdown signaled a different sort of victory for Myshrall since he has Down Syndrome. Despite his disability and the fact that he’s only five-foot-four and weighs just 125 pounds, the 17-year-old junior [...]

State Boots Student With Down Syndrome From High School Football Team – Help Get Him Back on the Field!

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:58:09 +0000

While Down syndrome student Brett Bowden rarely got on the field, he was popular member of Hobbton High School’s football team due to his enthusiasm and positive attitude.

Everybody expected Bowden to be on the team again for the 2011 season, but, in a controversial decision, the state of North Carolina has ruled him ineligible.

Football Trick Shots [VIDEO]

John Riggs — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:25:15 +0000

Johnny McEntee is a football player out of the University of Connecticut. Quick Seahawks, sign him up!

Homeless Couple Wins Trip To Super Bowl

John Riggs — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:28:19 +0000

Ouida White and her boyfriend Aaron, who live in a homeless shelter in Green Bay, had no idea The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau was running a contest in which the first person in Green Bay who approached their “mystery man” and asked him “Have you been to Dallas?” would get a free Super Bowl package.

But the pair caught on when folks started walking up to them and asking them this questions. On their fourth try, Ouida and Aaron found the mystery man, and the homeless couple became the big winners.

Keep reading to see a heartwarming video of the couple discussing their wonder at winning a Super Bowl trip when they have just 90 cents to their name.

5 Most Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Performances Ever [VIDEOS]

John Riggs — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:10:17 +0000

For its first couple decades of existence, the Super Bowl halftime show featured marching bands or “Up With People”-type musical medleys. Unfortunately, but the only folks who really got excited about those performances were the families of the performers.

Over the last 20 years, the Super Bowl halftime stage has become home to top hits and the increased star powers of popular musical acts.

We’ve compiled a list of the five most memorable of these legendary Super Bowl halftime shows, which should be the ones the Black Eyed Peas try to match when they take the field this weekend at Cowboy Stadium.

Central's Lorig Named AFCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year

John Riggs — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:43:22 +0000

Good news from Central.
WACO, Texas (Nov. 23) -- Central Washington University football assistant head coach Joe Lorig has been selected as the Division II National Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, the AFCA announced Tuesday.