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The Washington Times stories: Football

21 December 2024

• Senate passes RFK Stadium land bill, giving the Washington Commanders a major off-the-field win
  The path for the NFL's Washington Commanders to return to the nation's capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended early Saturday with a postmidnight reprieve.
• Notre Dame protects home field in new postseason era with 1st playoff win, 27-17 over Indiana
  Jeremiyah Love tied the Notre Dame record with a 98-yard touchdown run, Riley Leonard added two more scores and the Fighting Irish shut down the highest-scoring team in the College Football Playoff, overwhelming Indiana 27-17 on Friday night.
• Diontae Johnson, who Ravens said refused to enter a game earlier this month, has been waived
  Baltimore waived wide receiver Diontae Johnson on Friday following a brief and troubled stint with the team in which the Ravens said he refused to enter a game against Philadelphia.
• Former NFL star Michael Vick officially hired by Norfolk State
  Norfolk State officially named Michael Vick its head football coach Friday, the latest hire of a talented NFL player with no college coaching experience to lead an HBCU program.
• NBC Sports enters Madden video game universe with alternate broadcast on Peacock
  NBC Sports makes its first foray into doing an NFL alternate broadcast on Saturday when it puts the matchup between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs into the realm of the Madden video game universe.
• Don't write off Kirk Cousins just yet despite his benching
  Kirk Cousins didn't forget how to play quarterback. He just didn't do it well enough often enough to keep his job in Atlanta.
• Alvin Kamara's injury 'more significant' than initially thought, Saints coach says
  Alvin Kamara's groin injury is "a little bit more significant" than the Saints initially thought, but it remains unclear how many of New Orleans' final three games he'll miss, coach Darren Rizzi said Thursday.
• RFK Stadium opposition by Trump, Musk frustrates D.C. lawmakers and Commanders fans
  Jubilation melted into frustration this week for D.C. officials and many local football fans as a proposal that might have brought the Washington Cammanders back to a new RFK Stadium went from a sure-thing chipshot extra point to a near-impossible Hail Mary from the shadow of their own goalposts.
• Micah Parsons isn't thinking holdout before big payday for Cowboys' star pass rusher
  Micah Parsons says he doesn't need to be the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL, and the star edge rusher of the Dallas Cowboys isn't expecting a contract that averages $40 million per season.
• Chiefs QB Mahomes, WR Marquis Brown expected to play in Saturday matinee against Texans
  Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is expected to play against Houston on Saturday, less than a week after sustaining a high-ankle sprain in a win over Cleveland, and he will likely have wide receiver Marquis Brown available for the first time in a regular-season game.