football

It was still just the first quarter of his first college football game at USC when Luke Wafle offered a first glimpse of his staggering potential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Randy Mastro fought to keep an NFL football stadium out of Manhattan, booted the mob from a fish market and put Brooklyn Catholics back in pews during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In August, he said he was considering his future in football after the death of his father, Jorge, who died aged 68 following a long illness.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

But even though it is more than four years since Dean stepped out onto a football pitch he remains as well-known as most current referees.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

In front of them about a football field away, he saw a tall metal fence with looping razors at its top.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Long before the World Cup kicked off, U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t shy about setting extraordinarily high expectations for a country that believes footballs are oblong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Though the impact of wet leather balls increased compared to when they were dry, modern footballs - wet or dry - produced similar or even greater levels of energy transfer.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The people waiting outside our ports of entry are not footballs stopped at the 1-yard line, letters suspended in a mail carrier’s hand, or dinner guests lingering on a porch.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

When we arrived, Mary Lou's brothers were running around like crazed animals, jumping over the furniture and tossing footballs.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech