The Rams fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn after they gave up a punt return touchdown that changed the momentum in Thursday's loss to the Seahawks. But punt coverage wasn't the only ...

There are some new rules on special teams this year in college football. On an onside kick, the return team can fair catch a one-bounce, high-hopper. Punt returners will be protected by a modified ...

The NFL's recent changes to its kickoff rules appear to have achieved their primary objectives, particularly in increasing the number of returns. There was a stretch throughout the 2010s, and even ...

The NFL spent years managing the injury risk presented by kickoffs by minimizing the play. In 2025, the NFL went the other way, moving the touchback point from the 30 to the 35 in an effort to ...

The opening kickoff of Monday night's Texans-Steelers game resulted in a touchback to the 20-yard line under unusual circumstances, leading to confusion from some fans who wrongly thought it should ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots special-teams captain Matthew Slater, who has represented the AFC in the Pro Bowl each of the past five seasons, gave a passionate defense Thursday for ...

The City of Mayflower is dealing with another change in leadership within its police department after the police chief has resigned again, continuing a pattern Three lives lost: Breu’hna Hall and sons ...

He had touchbacks on 35 of 59 kickoffs. Franke spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Nebraska, with touchback percentages of 61.3 and 66.7. In 2023, he was at Georgia Southern, becoming the kickoff ...