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Falcons Cut Ridgewood’s Younghoe Koo After 6 Years, Bring In Virginia Tech Kicker Falcons Cut Ridgewood’s Younghoe Koo After 6 Years, Bring In Virginia Tech Kicker Falcons Cut Ridgewood’s Younghoe Koo After 6 Years, Bring In Virginia Tech Kicker
Falcons Cut Ridgewood’s Younghoe Koo After 6 Years, Bring In Virginia Tech Kicker New Jersey native Younghoe Koo is looking for a new job after the Atlanta Falcons replaced the longtime kicker with a Virginia Tech alum. John Parker Romo is in, Koo is out, after the 28-year-old went 5-for-5 in the team's Sunday Night Football win over the Minnesota Vikings last week. Koo had been a fixture in Atlanta for years, becoming one of the league's most consistent kickers before suffering a hip injury that altered the Ridgewood man's career. During his first five seasons with the Falcons, Koo made nearly 90 percent of his field goals before a hip injury in 2024 landed him on inju…

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by Zak Failla
National Interest
Former Raven Justin Tucker Suspended 10 Games Amid NFL Misconduct Probe — What We Know So Far Former Raven Justin Tucker Suspended 10 Games Amid NFL Misconduct Probe — What We Know So Far Former Raven Justin Tucker Suspended 10 Games Amid NFL Misconduct Probe — What We Know So Far
Former Raven Justin Tucker Suspended 10 Games Amid NFL Misconduct Probe — What We Know So Far Justin Tucker has been suspended for the first 10 games of the 2025 NFL season as part of an ongoing sexual misconduct investigation, league officials announced. The former Ravens kicker, currently a free agent, was found in violation of the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy, according to the officials. His suspension will begin on roster cutdown day — Tuesday, Aug. 26 — and he’ll be eligible for reinstatement on Tuesday, Nov. 11. According to the NFL, Tucker is allowed to sign with a team, participate in training camp, and play in preseason games; however, he must serve the 10-week suspension …

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by Zak Failla
Lansdowne-Darby, PA
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Philly’s Flying High: Eagles Soar Into 2025 Season Philly’s Flying High: Eagles Soar Into 2025 Season Philly’s Flying High: Eagles Soar Into 2025 Season
Philly’s Flying High: Eagles Soar Into 2025 Season The confetti has barely settled from Super Bowl LIX, where the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs 40–22 to claim their second Lombardi Trophy. Now, as the 2025 season approaches, the Birds are ready to defend their title and make another championship run. Fans looking to be part of this electric journey can secure their seats now. Tickets for both preseason and regular-season games are available through StubHub, Ticketmaster, and Vivid Seats. Preseason tickets start at fan-friendly prices—$37 apiece at StubHub at press time—making it the perfect chance to catch the cha…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Catonsville, MD
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Two Points Short: Ravens Aim Higher In 2025 Two Points Short: Ravens Aim Higher In 2025 Two Points Short: Ravens Aim Higher In 2025
Two Points Short: Ravens Aim Higher In 2025 Two points. That’s what stood between the Baltimore Ravens and the AFC Championship game in 2024.  After a season that rewrote the record books, it ended in heartbreak—a 27–25 loss to the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round. Even becoming the first team in NFL history to notch both 4,000 passing yards and 3,000 rushing yards in a single season wasn’t enough. And for a team built on grit and expectations, that stings. But it also motivates. With preseason tickets already on sale—and regular season seats flying fast—now’s the time for fans to lock in their spots at M&T Bank Stadiu…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Landover, MD
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From 4–13 To NFC Contenders: Commanders Set Their Sights Higher In 2025 From 4–13 To NFC Contenders: Commanders Set Their Sights Higher In 2025 From 4–13 To NFC Contenders: Commanders Set Their Sights Higher In 2025
From 4–13 To NFC Contenders: Commanders Set Their Sights Higher In 2025 Twelve wins. A playoff run. A quarterback on the rise. Just a year after finishing 4–13, the Washington Commanders pulled off one of the NFL’s most impressive turnarounds in 2024—earning a trip to the NFC Championship and reigniting faith across the fanbase. Now, with tickets on sale and expectations sky-high, it’s time to find out if lightning can strike again. Fans eager to lock in their seats can buy preseason and regular season tickets now through StubHub,Ticketmaster, and Vivid Seats. Prices vary, but preseason tickets start at very accessible levels and, this year, they come with …

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
National Interest
'Tush Push' Ban Narrowly Rejected By NFL Owners, Eagles Waste No Time Taunting Opponents 'Tush Push' Ban Narrowly Rejected By NFL Owners, Eagles Waste No Time Taunting Opponents 'Tush Push' Ban Narrowly Rejected By NFL Owners, Eagles Waste No Time Taunting Opponents
'Tush Push' Ban Narrowly Rejected By NFL Owners, Eagles Waste No Time Taunting Opponents Push, Eagles push. NFL owners officially voted down a proposal to ban the controversial quarterback sneak play known as the "tush push," according to NFL.com. The vote was taken during the NFL's spring league meeting on Wednesday, May 21. The Philadelphia Eagles helped popularize the play over the past few seasons, culminating in the franchise's second Super Bowl victory in February. "Tush push" critics have said the scrum isn't a true football play and may be dangerous for players, especially linemen. The Green Bay Packers proposed the ban, which fell two votes shy of the 24 needed to pas…

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by Chris Spiker
National Interest
Baltimore Ravens Release Kicker Justin Tucker Amid Sexual Misconduct Probe By NFL Baltimore Ravens Release Kicker Justin Tucker Amid Sexual Misconduct Probe By NFL Baltimore Ravens Release Kicker Justin Tucker Amid Sexual Misconduct Probe By NFL
Baltimore Ravens Release Kicker Justin Tucker Amid Sexual Misconduct Probe By NFL The most accurate kicker in NFL history is without a job. On Monday afternoon, the Baltimore Ravens confirmed that Justin Tucker was being released as the kicker faces mounting claims of sexual assault. "Sometimes football decisions are incredibly difficult, and this is one of those instances," Ravens Executive Vice President and General Manager Eric DeCosta said in a statement. "Considering our current roster, we have made the tough decision to release Justin Tucker."  A total of 16 massage therapists from eight Baltimore-area spas have accused Tucker of improper conduct. All say Tu…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington, VA
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Former NFL, XFL Player Leander Antwione Williams Charged With Assault For Jan. 6 Offenses: Feds Former NFL, XFL Player Leander Antwione Williams Charged With Assault For Jan. 6 Offenses: Feds Former NFL, XFL Player Leander Antwione Williams Charged With Assault For Jan. 6 Offenses: Feds
Former NFL, XFL Player Leander Antwione Williams Charged With Assault For Jan. 6 Offenses: Feds A former NFL linebacker who played for the XFL's DC Defenders for a brief stretch has been charged in connection to his violent role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, federal authorities announced on Thursday. Leander Antwione Williams, 31, who now lives in Georgia, has been charged with assaulting law enforcement and other offenses related to his conduct during the breach at the Capitol nearly three years ago.  Court documents state that Williams was among the initial group of rioters to breach the restricted perimeter of the Capitol, pushing through a crowd that had gathered near a …

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by Zak Failla
Woodbridge, VA
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Grammy-Nominated DMV Artist Shaboozey To Play Halftime Show At Bears-Lions Thanksgiving Game Grammy-Nominated DMV Artist Shaboozey To Play Halftime Show At Bears-Lions Thanksgiving Game Grammy-Nominated DMV Artist Shaboozey To Play Halftime Show At Bears-Lions Thanksgiving Game
Grammy-Nominated DMV Artist Shaboozey To Play Halftime Show At Bears-Lions Thanksgiving Game Grammy-nominated DMV native Collins Obinna Chibueze - better known as Shaboozey - had a banner week. Fresh off of multiple Grammy nominations, the NFL confirmed that the Woodbridge native would be the featured artist at during the halftime show of the Detroit Lions-Chicago Bears game on Thanksgiving. The game begins at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28, and can be viewed on CBS. According to the NFL, "the holiday games continue to be a force in viewership," and millions are expected to see the six-time Grammy-nominated star on the big stage. "US viewership for each Thanksgiving halftime sho…

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by Zak Failla
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl LVIII In First Season With NFL Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl LVIII In First Season With NFL Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl LVIII In First Season With NFL
Watch For Trenton Native, Penn State Alum At Super Bowl Lviii In First Season With NFL A Trenton native is gearing up for the biggest game of his life when he takes the field for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Ji'Ayir Brown is a starting safety for the Niners and will be ending his rookie season with a trip to the Super Bowl. He had ten tackles in San Francisco's comeback 34-31 win over the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Brown became a starter on the elite 49ers defense after fellow safety Talanoa Hufanga tore his right ACL in the third quarter of a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023.  Brown stepped right …

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by Chris Spiker
Edison, NJ
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NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl LVIII NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl LVIII NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl LVIII
NJ Natives, Former Rutgers Players Will Face Each Other At Super Bowl Lviii Three former Rutgers University football players will face off in Super Bowl LVIII, including one New Jersey native trying to win his third Lombardi Trophy and two Scarlet Knights looking to earn their second championship. Kansas City Chiefs starting running back Isiah Pacheco, of Vineland, helped lead the defending champions in the AFC title game at Baltimore on Sunday, Jan. 28. He rushed for 68 yards, caught four balls for 14 yards, and scored a second-quarter touchdown to put the Chiefs ahead of the Ravens for good in their 17-10 win. In a postgame interview with FOX Sports, Pacheco said…

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by Chris Spiker
Newark, NJ
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Former NFL Great From NJ Al 'Bubba' Baker Battles It Out With 'Shark Tank' Star Daymond John Former NFL Great From NJ Al 'Bubba' Baker Battles It Out With 'Shark Tank' Star Daymond John Former NFL Great From NJ Al 'Bubba' Baker Battles It Out With 'Shark Tank' Star Daymond John
Former NFL Great From NJ Al 'Bubba' Baker Battles It Out With 'Shark Tank' Star Daymond John The dismissal by a federal judge in Newark of a complaint by a former Garden State-grown NFL star against “Shark Tank” regular Daymond John hasn’t slowed an ongoing battle between them. John is seeking both a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against Al “Bubba” Baker and his daughter, Brittani, to stop them from trashing him over what they say has been a “nightmare” experience since their appearance on the ABC reality show. The Bakers -- including Bubba's wife, Sabrina -- contend that John and some of his cronies fleeced them after they cut a deal on “Shark Tank” to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fredericksburg, VA
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Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police
Purple Heart Marine Was DWI In Crash That Seriously Injured 14-Year-Olds In VA: Police A US Marine sergeant awarded the Purple Heart was being held in the Rappahanock County Jail on drug and DWI charges for a Stafford crash that sent two 14-year-olds to the hospital via medevac, authorities confirmed. Beth Ellen Abbott is being held on a $6,000 bond for two counts of DWI with serious injury and drug possession, according to jail records. Abbott's photo had been removed from the Marine Corps website as of Friday, June 2. Deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, and officers from the Aquia Harbour Police Department responded to the 2100 block of Aquia Drive for a re…

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by Cecilia Levine
Edison, NJ
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Two NJ Natives Head To Super Bowl LVII Two NJ Natives Head To Super Bowl LVII Two NJ Natives Head To Super Bowl LVII
Two NJ Natives Head To Super Bowl Lvii Hard work is paying off for Michael Burton and Isiah Pacheco. Both New Jersey natives are Kansas City Chiefs players, and will make their Super Bowl debuts Sunday, Feb. 12 when against the Philadelphia Eagles. Burton, 31, grew up in Long Valley, playing football for West Morris Central High School before scoring a spot on the team at Rutgers, from 2011 to 2014. He went on to play for the Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints, and Washington Redskins, before signing with the Chiefs in April 2021. Pacheco, 23, is a Bridgeton native and was a standout…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bristol, PA
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Philadelphia Eagles' Derek Barnett Out For Season With ACL Injury Philadelphia Eagles' Derek Barnett Out For Season With ACL Injury Philadelphia Eagles' Derek Barnett Out For Season With ACL Injury
Philadelphia Eagles' Derek Barnett Out For Season With ACL Injury Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett is reportedly out of the season after suffering an ACL tear in Sunday's win over the Detroit Lions. The 26-year-old athlete was injured in the third quarter when he collapsed to the ground during a pass rush, 6abc reports. He was able to walk off the field on his own, but won't be finishing the season. Barnett's departure was announced Monday, Sept. 12 by Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, who called the news a "big blow." "I love the way that Derek Barnett comes to work every single day and plays with grittiness and toughness and nasty," he told t…

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by Nicole Acosta
Rutherford, NJ
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Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text
Ex-Dolphins Coach Brian Flores Sues Giants, NFL For Racial Discrimination, Cites Belichick Text BOMBSHELL: Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, the New York Giants, his former team and the Denver Broncos for what he contends is a "painful history of racism that continues through the present day." Flores was three days away from a final interview for the Giants' head coaching job when New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick mistakenly sent a text congratulating him, according to a class-action lawsuit he filed in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Belichick apparently thought he was texting Brian Daboll, the man whom th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Gettysburg, PA
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Former NFL Rookie Of The Year Arrested On DUI After Crashing Into Trailer In Pennsylvania Former NFL Rookie Of The Year Arrested On DUI After Crashing Into Trailer In Pennsylvania Former NFL Rookie Of The Year Arrested On DUI After Crashing Into Trailer In Pennsylvania
Former NFL Rookie Of The Year Arrested On DUI After Crashing Into Trailer In Pennsylvania A former National Football League star was arrested for driving under the influence on Sunday, according to police and court documents. The former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, Associated Press' NFL Rookie of the Year for 1984 and New Orleans Saints player, Louis Lipps Jr., 59, of Pittsburgh, was arrested on for suspicion of a DUI after a crash Saturday night on Mount Washington, according to police, court documents and his biography. Police were called to a crash on Ruth Street on Saturday just prior to 11 p.m., according to a criminal complaint obtained by KDKA. Police arrived to fi…

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by Jillian Pikora