The Eagles and Falcons open the NFL regular season tonight, Nike airs a 30th anniversary ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, and the Twins are swept by the Astros. Production Editor Emily Sweeney has today’s Sports in :60.
Sports in :60 – Sept. 6, 2018
Sports in :60 – March 16, 2018
The baseball team has a weekend trip to Iowa postponed, Kirk Cousins becomes the first player in NFL history to sign a fully guaranteed, multi-year contract, and baseball and men’s hockey stop by the Locker Room. Production Editor Noah Brown has today’s Sports in :60.
3 Tommies work out for Bears, Vikings scouts
Tommie quarterback Jacques Perra, tight end Matt Christenson and linebacker Blake Weber spent the morning and early afternoon of March 9 working out for scouts from both the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears in an effort to garner NFL interest.
Sports in :60 – March 13, 2018
Three Tommie football players workout in front of NFL scouts, Case Keenum plans to sign with the Denver Broncos, and the Minnesota Twins sign a former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher. Production Editor Noah Brown has today’s Sports in :60.
Sports in :60 – March 8, 2018
An assaulted South African triathlete and Peyton Manning’s closure of 31 Papa Johns stores as Pizza Hut becomes NFL sponsor are covered in today’s Sports in :60 with designer Keely Gregory.
Foles, Eagles fly into Super Bowl, rout Vikings 38-7
The Philadelphia Eagles made big play after big play on both sides of the ball in a stunning 38-7 rout of the Minnesota Vikings for the NFC championship.
Differing opinions on CTE loom over tackle football
The future of tackle football is in question due to the growing concern over a degenerative brain disorder that could be linked to concussions.
OPINION: NFL protests are too ambiguous
Opinions editor Sam Miner argues, “While the NFL is supposedly calling for unity and love, it seems more like the NFL’s way of turning actual change into mere obscure symbolism.”
Former Tommie Charlie Dowdle invited to Jaguars minicamp
Former St. Thomas tight end Charlie Dowdle will be headed to Jacksonville, Florida for the Jaguars minicamp next week. Dowdle, a 2015 All-American, got a similar opportunity last year from his hometown NFL team, the Chicago Bears.
Sports in :60 – April 28, 2017
This is Sports in :60 for Friday, April 28, 2017.
Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez hangs himself in his prison cell
His death came less than a week after the 27-year-old athlete was acquitted in a second murder case.
Sports in :60 – March 28, 2017
This is Sports in :60 for Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
Tommie tight end signs with Chicago Bears
Four years of college football was not enough for senior tight end Charlie Dowdle, who signed as a free agent for the Chicago Bears Sunday.
Of course, but maybe: NFL edition
Opinions editor Jacob Sevening was finished with the NFL…then the season started.
Sports in :60 – Sept. 11, 2015
This is Sports in :60 for Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.