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The 2024 NCAA college football season opens Saturday with a four-game schedule in Week 0 that will include the FCS Montana State Bobcats visiting the FBS New Mexico Lobos. Montana State went 8-4 overall and 6-2 in Big Sky Conference play last year, with its final game being a 35-34 overtime loss to North Dakota State in the second round of the FCS playoffs. New Mexico finished 4-8 overall in 2023 and 2-6 against Mountain West Conference rivals. This will mark just the third time the Bobcats and Lobos have met in history, and the first time since the 1947…

Saturday’s headlines and transfer rumours…Independent Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams is Arsenal’s favoured target as a wide player in the final week of the transfer window but the Gunners admit they may have to wait for a big move.solarMason Greenwood is set to play for Jamaica under new manager Steve McClaren. Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke has claimed that Erik ten Hag could be sacked with three games remaining. Kepa has been in talks with Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola and wants to join the club on loan but, in a bizarre twist, the exiled Chelsea goalkeeper is set to sign a…

The 2024 college football season kicks off with a bang on Saturday, with No. 10 Florida State facing Georgia Tech in the Aer Lingus Classic in Dublin, Ireland. The conference showdown kicks off an unprecedented year for ACC football after the league expanded to 17 full-time member teams over the summer with the addition of UC, Stanford and SMU. In a year of change, it is fitting that the reigning ACC champions will once again seek to win the conference crown in a most unique setting: The Irish have hosted matches at Aviva Stadium, home of the Irish national team…

The Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles will open the season with a rare Friday night game in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It will be South America’s first opportunity to host an NFL game in front of enthusiastic fans as the league looks to expand globally. Both teams were NFC playoff representatives last season and have their sights set on even higher in 2024. Quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Jordan Love are the centerpieces of their teams and are among the highest-paid players in the entire league, each making more than $50 million this season. Both teams will debut new star running…

The Cleveland Browns take on the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night. Here’s how to watch (Nick Cammett/Getty Images)After three weeks of summer games, the 2024 NFL preseason will conclude this weekend with the Cleveland Browns heading to Seattle to face the Seahawks in the preseason finale. This will be the first time the two teams have met in the preseason. The Browns last beat the Seahawks in 2011, but Cleveland will be sending their best players to the field this weekend, including QB Deshaun Watson and their entire starting lineup. The Seahawks will also be sending out their starting lineup,…

Novak Djokovic already made history at the Paris Olympics this summer, and he can make even more history at the U.S. Open.Fresh from completing his career Golden Slam with his first Olympic title, Djokovic will be looking to win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam singles title at the US Open.The 37-year-old Serb is the defending champion and third seed behind Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain. Djokovic will not face either Sinner or Alcaraz until the final.If Djokovic wins his fifth U.S. Open title, he will tie Margaret Court for the most Grand Slam singles titles and…

Just a month ago, the college football world received a gift from EA Sports: for the first time in 11 years, a new college football video game was released: EA College Football 25, updated to fit the current state of the college football world. The game also takes into account conference realignment, the recruiting world (including the transfer portal) and even the updated College Football Playoff format. In anticipation of Arizona’s football season, we simulated the 2024 season to see what might happen. To make the simulation as realistic as possible, the gameplay level has been increased to the “Heisman”…

From the start, EA Sports has prided itself on making soccer games that are as close to reality as possible.The first video game bearing John Madden’s name (John Madden Football), released in 1988, allowed players to change the weather and sounds at the line of scrimmage, a tradition that EA Sports held strong into the ’90s and 2000s. As the wildly popular Madden and NCAA Football franchises expanded, gamers began to see advancements and changes to their products designed to give them a more realistic feel.The latest and highly anticipated installment, College Football 25, is no exception — just ask…

Above: Pictured are Angel Sanchez, Brody Duell, Caleb Meyer, Charles Neusch, Christian Cervrade, Damon Castillo, Dani Castillo, Dominic Earhart, Ethan Pokulsus, Juan Hernandez Picornio, Leonardo Fortin, Luis Martin, Marco Morales, Marco Reyes, Rafael Becerra, Vaughn Thompson and coach Brady Meyer. Photo by Seyfred Portrait Design. FAIRMONT – The Fairmont boys soccer team is coming into this season with a winning attitude. After a record of six wins, nine losses and three ties last year, the team is taking a positive and aggressive approach to achieving the goals they have set for themselves in 2024. With only…

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