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6 hours ago
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Report: Former Browns star RB expected to sign with Houston
A former Cleveland Browns star running back will reportedly play for a new team next season. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Nick Chubb is expected to sign with the Houston Texans pending a physical, according to Ian Rapoport from the NFL Network. Advertisement He was drafted in the second round of the 2018 draft. TRENDING STORIES: Chubb rushed for 996 yards in his rookie year and followed with over 1,000 yards on the ground for four straight years from 2019-2022. He suffered a devastating knee injury during a Week 2 Monday Night Football game against Pittsburgh in 2023. It forced him to miss the rest of the season. Chubb returned in 2024, but his season was cut short due to a broken foot. He had 6,843 career rushing yards and 51 rushing touchdowns, both rank third in Browns history. That is behind NFL Hall of Famers Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly. Rapoport reports that Chubb will undergo a physical with Houston on Monday. Advertisement If Chubb passes, he will join a backfield that includes former Cincinnati Bengal Joe Mixon. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
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14-05-2025
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Cincinnati Bearcats football will kick off season Aug. 28 on ESPN at 9 p.m. with Nebraska
The Cincinnati Bearcats football team finally has a kickoff time for the season opener against Nebraska Aug. 28 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. It was announced Tuesday, May 13 that the Bearcats and Cornhuskers will kick off at 9 p.m. (Eastern) with the Thursday night primetime showdown televised on ESPN. GEHA Field at Arrowhead is the home of the four-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs and Bearcat great Travis Kelce. Current UC tight end Joe Royer surpassed Kelce's single-season reception record for tight ends last season with 50 catches. Helicopters fly over during the National Anthem before the first quarter of the NFL Week 2 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. The Cincinnati Bearcats will host Nebraska on the field Aug. 28 to start their 2025 season. Cincinnati Bearcats will be home team in Kansas City The Bearcats will serve as the designated home team for the game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, and UC will still play seven home games inside Nippert Stadium in 2025, including welcoming five conference opponents: Arizona, BYU, Baylor, Iowa State and UCF. Advertisement As The Enquirer reported last fall, UC was approached by the Arrowhead group and was essentially able to double its money by moving the game to Kansas City, while getting 75% of each ticket sold. The home of the Chiefs since 1972, Arrowhead's football capacity is 76,416. The game evolved from Nippert Stadium to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to Arrowhead. "We weren't looking to move it, didn't want to move it from Indy but got a cold call from Arrowhead and a group that was looking to put a game together," UC AD John Cunningham said last November. "We didn't know if they could get us to where we needed to go financially, but they did. We feel like we can get close to doubling our revenues. In this day and age, business decisions have to be made and this was one we needed to make." The Cincinnati Bearcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers kick off Thursday, Aug. 28 at 9 p.m. (Eastern) at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. UC will serve as the home team and will still have seven home dates in Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium. UC, Nebraska last met nearly 119 years ago This will mark the second meeting between UC and Nebraska. The Cornhuskers defeated the Bearcats, 41-0, on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 29, 1906. Advertisement Nebraska was 7-6 last season, winning the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium 20-15 over Boston College. They shared one common opponent with UC as both teams played Colorado. Nebraska beat the Buffaloes 28-10 in Lincoln last Sept. 7. UC lost in Boulder, 34-23 later in the season on Oct. 26. Nebraska coach Matt Rhule reacts during the second half of his team's game against Boston College during the 2024 Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. Rhule was 7-6 last year as the Cornhuskers won the bowl game. He is 12-13 overall in two seasons at Nebraska. The Cornhuskers play Cincinnati Aug. 28 in Kansas City at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Nebraska's Matt Rhule stirs pot Rhule is 12-13 at Nebraska in two seasons after going 11-27 with the Carolina Panthers between 2020-2022. Before that he was 19-20 at Baylor and Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2019. Prior to Baylor, he was 28-23 at Temple from 2013-2016. At a recent Nebraska press conference, he ruffled some Big 12 feathers when comparing play in the Big Ten and SEC: Advertisement 'There are lots of kids I would love to recruit that have committed to a Big 12 school or somewhere else like that, come to camp,' Rhule said. 'If you want to play in the Big 12 over the Big Ten, I got it, but make no mistake, there's a big difference. "The Big 12 is gonna go nuts now, I know that. I'm gonna be on X and all that stuff, but it's the reality. The Big Ten and the SEC, especially moving forward, are going to be here [higher] than everyone else.' UC's Bearcats will have a chance to change Rhule's mind in about three months. Tickets for the UC/Nebraska game are available at This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Bearcats kick off on ESPN vs. Nebraska at 9 p.m. Aug. 28
New York Post
09-05-2025
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- New York Post
Browns ready to move on from star Nick Chubb: ‘Return is less likely'
Nick Chubb's run in Cleveland is likely over. Browns GM Andrew Berry said Friday that it is 'increasingly unlikely' that the four-time Pro Bowl running back will return to the team for the 2025 season. The oft-injured 2022 All-Pro is a free agent following a seven-year tenure with the Browns, and after the team selected two running backs (Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson) in the 2025 NFL Draft, it doesn't look like a reunion is in the cards. On top of that, the team is keeping Jerome Ford, who had been Chubb's backup but has started 18 games across the past two seasons due to injuries. 'I wouldn't rule anything out, but I would say that it's probably increasingly unlikely,' Berry told 92.3 The Fan about Chubb's future in Cleveland. 'We do have two young guys that we liked. We think Jerome [Ford] plays a role. It's basically kind of maybe seeing how the roles shake out in the running back room.' Nick Chubb was a Pro Bowl running back every season from 2019-2022. Getty Images 'You're never going to rule out someone as near and dear to our heart as Nick, and I would expect him to take another step being a year removed from the knee injury,' Berry added. 'But I'd say a return is less likely, at least in the short term, with us right now.' Chubb, 29, has missed significant playing time in the past two seasons due to injuries. Nick Chubb, 29, is currently a free agent. Getty Images He suffered a torn MCL and ACL in his left knee during a Week 2 game against the Steelers in 2023, which required two reconstructive surgeries. In 2024, he sustained a broken foot in December, and he was limited to eight starts and 332 rushing yards on just 3.3 yards per carry. Despite these setbacks, Chubb had one of the most productive running back stints in Browns history, ranking third with 6,843 career rushing yards and 51 touchdowns on the ground. Chubb — who turns 30 in December — could continue elsewhere if he's able to find a home before training camps open in July.
New York Times
07-05-2025
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- New York Times
Utah QB Cam Rising medically retiring from football after 7-year NCAA career due to hand injury
Under the bright lights of Allegiant Stadium last July, Cam Rising flashed his patented smile and laughed as the Utah quarterback was asked if he would consider ever triggering an eighth year of NCAA eligibility in 2025. 'Seven is good enough for me,' he said. 'But you never know. The cards are always on the table.' At Big 12 Conference Media Day in Las Vegas last summer, the Utes were hyped as the favorite of the newly restructured 16-team conference. They had Rising returning after missing nearly two years of football following a gruesome knee injury in the 2023 Rose Bowl, they had their seasoned head coach in Kyle Whittingham and a roster believed at the time to be among the best in the league. But Rising, known as one of the most fearless quarterbacks in college who took on linebackers and safeties alike in the open field, would see yet another series of unfortunate events derail a promising season. After suffering hand and lower leg injuries last fall, the 25-year-old quarterback who led Utah to back-to-back Pac-12 titles in 2021 and 2022 announced Wednesday he was medically retiring from football. Bad Moon Out. — Cameron Rising (@crising7) May 7, 2025 'Due to a hand injury I suffered during the Baylor game, I've been advised by two orthopedic physicians that I will never be able to return to playing football,' Rising wrote in his posts on social media. Rising said he will obtain a third opinion before undergoing surgery on his right hand that was injured in Utah's Week 2 win over Baylor last year when he was shoved out of bounds and into a Gatorade station on the Baylor sideline. The injury forced him to miss the next three games. Rising returned to start Utah's game at Arizona State, but he suffered a season-ending lower leg injury in the game. He played injured throughout the 27-19 loss to the Sun Devils. The long and brutal road back from the injury suffered against Penn State in the Rose Bowl looked to be worth it in Utah's season-opening 49-0 win over Southern Utah last fall. Rising started for the first time in 606 days and threw a career-high five touchdowns in one half. That elation was short-lived. Rising suffered a major knee injury in the 2023 Rose Bowl, tearing his ACL, MCL, meniscus and MPFL, the ligament that stabilizes the kneecap. While Rising was rehabbing his injury in the fall of 2023, he faced mounting pressure from the Utah fan base, which wondered exactly where he was in his process of returning from the serious injury. That October, he gave The Athletic permission to speak to his surgeon, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache, about the severity of his injury. As he noted in his farewell note on social media, Rising now has to step away from the game he loves for good. Rising's best statistical season came in 2022 when he earned All-Pac-12 honors for a second year in a row, throwing for 3,034 yards, 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He added another six rushing touchdowns. Rising transferred to Utah from Texas in 2019 and won the starting quarterback job in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season, but suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in the first quarter of Utah's season-opener that fall against USC. When healthy, Rising was respected by NFL scouts for his competitive nature and leadership qualities. The Athletic's scouting expert Dane Brugler said prior to the 2024 season, Rising was projected by scouts to be a priority free agent in the draft process. Brugler added that had Rising recorded a highly productive senior season, he could be a late-round pick. (Photo: Chris Gardner / Getty Images)
New York Times
25-04-2025
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- New York Times
With Bryce Young's urging, Panthers boost passing attack in selecting Tetairoa McMillan
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If the choice was throwing another fix at the NFL's worst defense or giving Bryce Young another playmaker, Young won. Maybe the conversation's different had the Cleveland Browns not taken Mason Graham with the fifth pick in Thursday's first round of the NFL draft. But with Graham off the board when the Panthers picked at 8, general manager Dan Morgan could go with Georgia linebacker/edge rusher Jalon Walker — a mock draft favorite for Carolina — or Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan. Advertisement For the second year in a row and with some prodding from Young, Morgan took a wideout in the first round. He better hope the early returns on McMillan are better than those on Xavier Legette, whom Morgan traded up to draft 32nd last year. To be clear: McMillan will arrive in Charlotte on Friday as a more accomplished and polished receiver than Legette, who struggled with dropped passes as a rookie after starting just one season at South Carolina. But he doesn't possess top-end speed, which is something the Panthers' receiving corps lacks collectively. McMillan's has a 6-foot-4 frame — along with his knack for high-pointing the ball — means he's never really covered. Morgan and Panthers coach Dave Canales gushed about McMillan's skill set and ability to bring a different element to the passing game. 'I think he has really good play speed. The thing that pops off the tape about Tet is just how smooth he is, his body control, his ability to adjust to all types of throws,' Morgan said. 'His catch radius and his hands are elite. He catches everything outside his frame, and he can win the jump ball down the field and in the red zone. He's a guy that has 18 touchdowns the past two years, so he puts the ball in the end zone.' Canales described McMillan's game in simpler terms. 'The guy's a baller,' he said. 'There's a simple way to look at it when you watch film. The ballers show up, they make plays in big moments and they're always looking to do something special.' They weren't the only ones who were impressed. It turns out Young had a hand in the Panthers' decision to draft McMillan, who played against Young in a nationally televised high school game in Southern California and worked with him this offseason when they were training at a facility called 3DQB in Huntington Beach, Calif. Advertisement McMillan said Young went to bat with him with the Panthers' brass. 'Going into Mr. Morgan's office, going into Coach Canales' office and really just sitting on the table for me and telling them, 'Hey, man, we need to pick this guy,'' McMillan said. 'Although I feel like I did what I needed to do to be in this position, I give credit to Bryce for vouching for me and ultimately for them taking a chance on me.' Adding McMillan alongside Legette and Jalen Coker, an undrafted free agent in 2024, gives the Panthers three young, cost-controlled receivers who can grow with Young, who returned from a Week 2 benching last year to play the best football of his career. Morgan and executive VP of football operations Brandt Tilis also might have revealed their strategy at the position the past two years. While the Panthers kicked the tires on DK Metcalf before he was traded and gave Adam Thielen a pay bump without adding years to his expiring contract, they haven't shown much willingness to get involved in the deep, more expensive end of the wide receiver pool. That approach with receivers has worked well in Kansas City, where Tilis spent 14 years in the Chiefs' front office. Most draft analysts thought Morgan, a former Panthers linebacker, would lean defense in the draft, even after the Panthers devoted most of their free agent dollars to the defensive side. But a source told The Athletic on Thursday afternoon that McMillan was strongly in the mix for the Panthers, and by Thursday evening oddsmakers had made him the favorite to be drafted at 8. Morgan said he fielded calls from some teams 'sniffing around' about a possible trade-up, but said any offer needed to go 'above and beyond for us to pull off this pick.' The Panthers still will see plenty of Walker. The Salisbury, N.C., native went with the No. 15 pick to the Atlanta Falcons, who have suffered with an anemic pass rush for year.s Advertisement The Panthers' defense was historically bad in 2024, allowing more points than any team in NFL history and becoming just the fourth team to allow 3,000 rushing yards in a season. But Morgan said he hasn't forgotten about that side of the ball. 'We did attack our defensive needs in free agency,' he said. 'Again, we have eight picks left and our board has a lot of defensive guys on there, as well. So it's definitely not something that we're gonna neglect.' The only other time the Panthers took a quarterback with the No. 1 pick before Young, fans and critics questioned whether the team neglected to add quality receivers around Cam Newton. It's hard to make that argument with Young after back-to-back, first-round wideouts. Now, it's up to Canales and his staff to develop them. McMillan is confident that there are big things ahead for what he called the 'Cali-to-Cali connection.' '(Young) has been the best player at every level. Obviously, these past couple years he struggled a little bit and I was surprised. He's one of the best players I've ever seen in my life,' McMillan said. 'Toward the end of the season, you saw a glimpse of his greatness. It looked like he finally got his swagger back, finally got his confidence back. And that's a huge testament to Andy Dalton kinda bringing him along. I feel like this is the year that Bryce will explode and I'm happy to be a part of it.' (Photo of Tetairoa McMillan: Stacy Revere / Getty Images)
