Football

Football is undoubtedly the most popular sport in the world. It just depends which country you're in to determine exactly what football is, though. Most countries beyond North America consider football to be the sport played on a large grassy field with two goals, a round ball, and one person on each team being able to use their hands. But for the United States and Canada, "football" is the one where the athletes use an oblong ball, two tall posts, and only one person each team doesn't use their hands. In North America, the sport everyone else calls football is instead called "soccer." There. Got all that? Hope it wasn't too confusing.

Most every league gains popularity by scheduling games once a week, leaving plenty of time in between for fans and writers to opine about their favorite team's past game and upcoming match. So whether you're talking about the United States' NFL, Canada's CFL, England's Premier League, Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A, or any country's top football league, like the Australian rules football's AFL, football just rules wherever you are.

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• Once a Flint legend, Cleveland Browns defensive end Robaire Smith returns to Michigan

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 833
  Robaire Smith, whose 1-8 Cleveland Browns will play at the 1-8 Detroit Lions in a game blacked out on local television Sunday, is still excited.“All lights and all cameras are on you,” Smith said. “All eyes are on you at...
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• Manchester United fans top Smokefree United league

  
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• Anderson scores again for Biship Amat

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Jay Anderson , known for playing center field for the baseball team, is showing hes also a talented running back. He ran 47 yards for his second touchdown of the game, and Bishop Amat has taken a 14-0 lead over Mater Dei with 5:34 left in the second quarter. -- Eric Sondheimer
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• Football: CIF-Southern Section playoff scoreboard

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Updated football playoff scores from around the Southland. We post them as we get them. Check live blogs and live videos for more scores: PAC-5 DIVISION Lakewood 21, Newport Harbor 17 (half) Servite 10, San Clemente 0 (2) Long Beach Wilson 7, Mission Viejo 7 (1) Edison 21, Millikan 0 (1) Dana Hills 6, Orange Lutheran ...
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• Football: Middlebrooks scores again for Fountain Valley

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Any time Kyle Middlebrooks gets into the open field, hes a threat to score. Thats exactly what happened when the Fountain Valley tailback bounced outside and found some running room, scoring on a 57-yard touchdown to pull the Barons into a 14-14 tie against Sherman Oaks Notre Dame midway through the second quarter ...
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• Football: Valencia leads Thousand Oaks, 21-7

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Alex Bishop threw for 186 yards and two touchdows - the second one an 80 hookup to Max Rodriguez - to give top-ranked Valencia a 21-7 halftime lead over Thousand Oaks in a first-round Northern Division playoff game at Valencia Rodriguez also scored on a 2-yard run for Valencia (10-0). -- Kevin Baxter
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• Football: Sherman Oaks Notre Dame takes 14-7 lead

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Sherman Oaks Notre Dame has applied a nice counterpunch to Fountain Valleys opening blow, scoring back-to-back touchdowns to take a 14-7 lead over the visiting Barons early in the second quarter of their Pac-5 Division first-round playoff game. Quarterback Ryan Kasdorf connected with tight end Tyler DiVincenzo ...
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• Anderson gives Bishop Amat the lead

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Jay Anderson carried two Mater Dei tacklers into the end zone en route to an 11-yard touchdown run to give Bishop Amat a 7-0 lead over Mater Dei with 11:38 left in the second quarter. The Lancers marched 73 yards in 10 plays. They were helped by a pass interference penalty and the pinpoint passing of quarterback ...
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• Football: Long Beach Poly with 9-7 lead at halftime

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Its fair to say there are a number of plays both Los Alamitos and Long Beach Poly would like to have back in the waning minutes of the first half. On fourth-and-14 on its 21-yard line, the punt from Los Alamitos kicker Dan Boyer was blocked by Long Beach Poly defensive back Ryan Goforth . The ball rolled deep into ...
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• Football: Watch Los Alamitos vs. Long Beach Poly

  
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• Football: Watch Ventura vs. Westlake Live

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Watch Ventura vs. Westlake live. The video is grainy, but the audio is good:
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• Football: Watch Oxnard vs. St. Bonaventure live

  
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• Bishop Amat gets interception that counts

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Defensive tackle Daniel Kane came up with an interception of a screen pass on the Bishop Amat 27-yard line to halt a Mater Dei drive with three minutes left in the first quarter of a scoreless game. A 60-yard interception return for a touchdown by Rio Ruiz was nullified because of a defensive holding penalty on ...
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• Football: Notre Dame ties Fountain Valley, 7-7

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Kenneth Boggs , who was held to four yards last week during Sherman Oaks Notre Dames 31-14 loss to Bishop Amat, has already run for 63 yards tonight against Fountain Valley, including a one-yard touchdown run that pulled the Knights into a 7-7 tie with 3:51 left in the first quarter. Looks like an evenly matched ...
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• Toledo routs Eastern Michigan 47-21

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 840
  DaJuane Collins ran for two touchdowns and Morgan Williams rushed for another to lead Toledo to a 47-21 win over Eastern Michigan on Friday night.
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• Football: Los Alamitos lost opportunity

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Los Alamitos was in prime position to score. But the Long Beach Poly defense buckled down. On second-and-three at the Jackrabbits nine-yard line, Griffins tailback Nick Richardson fumbled at the seven-yard line and Long Beach Poly lineman Ryan Edwards recovered the football with 4:42 remaining in the second ...
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• O.C. scoreboard: Weve got all the scores

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 455
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• Coke Zero – Wayne Rooney’s Street Striker: Behind the scenes

  
  Soccerlens.com — Authority: 583
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• Football: Mater Dei defense holds

  
  Varsity Times Insider — Authority: 523
  Thanks to a 10-yard sack by Zavier Parker , Santa Ana Mater Deis defense stopped Bishop Amat on the opening drive of this Pac-5 Division playoff game. Bishop Amat got to the Mater Dei 46. -- Eric Sondheimer
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• Liberty breaks the tie, 21-14 (9:17, 4th)

  
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  One play after Ajayis run, Malcolm Hill scored on a 15-yard sweep around the left side. That was a two-play, 31-second drive on the shoulders of Libertys two 1,000-yard rushers. Looks like the winner will face Sulphur Springs in the next round, up 36-14 late in the third against Waco University.
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