James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame will face off in the Orange Bowl. The winner will be the first Black coach to guide a team to a College Football Playoff final.

Franklin noted the 2007 Super Bowl between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts as a noteworthy moment ... “It gives people like me the motivation that I can be the next Marcus Freeman or James Franklin. You want to be part of this movement, to ...

In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in the national championship game.

Either Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to compete for a college football national championship.

The winning coach of Thursday’s national semifinal in the Orange Bowl — either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman — will have a chance to become the first Black ...

The Chicago Bears have been the busiest team in the NFL through the first week or so of the 2025 head coaching cycle. General manager Ryan Poles has a wish list of candidates that's so big it's ...

James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41. It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears, a game the Colts won 29-17 on Feb. 4, 2007. “The first Super Bowl ...

Local observers tout the impact of the first Black/Asian American coach to reach the national champs. Coach Freeman points attention back to his team.

“I am seeing so many posts on social media about boycotting the inauguration. Don't you dare,” Williams posted on Bluesky. “Don't you dare turn your eyes away from history, even the awful, scary parts. If you don't watch it with your own eyes, you rely on others to tell you what you saw. We must all bear witness to what's coming.”

Former Steelers Jerome Bettis gives his opinion on the George Pickens situation and the Chicago Bears wanted Mike Tomlin.

David Purdum: The Kansas City Chiefs kicked off as 9.5-point favorites over the Houston Texans, a line that produced a back-and-forth, last-minute sweat for bettors, who waited to Sunday to place ...