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Women in NFL workplace getting better

By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press From the owner’s suite to the front office to the sideline, the number of women in the NFL is steadily rising. And, they’re here to stay. Kalen Jackson was born into football, one of three daughters for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. She got her introduction to the sport attending community events. Now, she has a seat at the table for owners’ meetings. Sam Rapoport fell in love with football the first time she held a ball and threw a spiral as a 12-year-old growing up in Canada. Rapoport ended up becoming a professional quarterback in ...

Philadelphia showed all its brotherly love

By Ira Kaufman For the Mirror Anyone who thinks the NBA Finals, the World Series, or the Stanley Cup Finals should be played at a neutral site was not in Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for Game 3 of the World Series last Tuesday night. Philadelphia fans were in a state of euphoria. The Phillies made an improbable run to the World Series and had split the first two games in Houston — and the Philadelphia Eagles were undefeated and had just destroyed the Steelers. Philadelphia has a reputation for having very mean fans (they once booed and threw snowballs at Santa ...

Philadelphia showed all its brotherly love

By Ira Kaufman For the Mirror Anyone who thinks the NBA Finals, the World Series, or the Stanley Cup Finals should be played at a neutral site was not in Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for Game 3 of the World Series last Tuesday night. Philadelphia fans were in a state of euphoria. The Phillies made an improbable run to the World Series and had split the first two games in Houston — and the Philadelphia Eagles were undefeated and had just destroyed the Steelers. Philadelphia has a reputation for having very mean fans (they once booed and threw snowballs at Santa ...

Penn State program needs more discipline

The next time James Franklin reviews video with his team, he may want to point out that you only get six points for a touchdown. There are no extra points added for somersaulting into the end zone or for flexing, posing or waving a finger to the crowd. There are no style points given. What it ought to get a player is a seat on the bench. If you succeed on the field, go to the bench and be grateful you helped the team. But then I guess times have changed. Big games are either won or lost by being disciplined and respectful. Nowadays, it is all about me or NIL. Denny ...

College football system ‘out of whack’

By Jim Caltagirone For the Mirror Joe Paterno was fond of using the phrase “out of whack” to describe situations or performances that did not conform to normal standards or match expectations for achievement. You need not be a coaching legend to conclude that there is plenty out of whack on the business side of college football these days. It remains possible to love the sport while detesting developments which have transformed supposedly amateur athletes into entrepreneurs and college programs into small economies. Just as heads stopped shaking over a flurry of ...

Good to have Vols back in the spotlight

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press Welcome back, Rocky Top. How long have you been away? Fifteen years! Has it really be that long? In some ways, it seems like only yesterday Tennessee was a Southeastern Conference powerhouse — the program of Johnny Majors and Phillip Fulmer, of Peyton Manning and Reggie White, of major bowls and national titles. Then again, the glory days must feel like a lifetime ago to the orange-clad faithful. Embarrassing losses, inept coaches and a decade-and-a-half-long banishment to the island of irrelevance in the the country’s mightiest ...