Devin Jackson

Jordan Brand’s World of Flight store in Philly set to open next week Nike's Jordan World of Flight Store on Walnut St. in Center City Philadelphia will be the first in the U.S. as Eagles QB Jalen Hurts emerges as one of the faces of the brand.

Nike’s first “Jordan World of Flight” store in the United States is opening in Philadelphia on Friday, Oct. 10, the Jordan Brand has announced.

Eagles-Bucs film preview: Todd Bowles will blitz Jalen Hurts heavily, Bucky Irving’s versatility, and more Why A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith could be in for big days and other takeaways from scouting the Bucs going into Week 4.

The #Eagles are making another trip to Tampa on Sunday. Jalen Hurts and the offense can expect the #Bucs to send extra pressure.

How can they beat it? Preparing for Bucky Irving, why Emeka Egbuka and Saquon Barkley are X-factors, and other film takeaways:

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God Did Not Want Me to Go to Brazil Neither did the NFL. Wide Left sent me anyway.

The NFL denied my credential.
American Airlines put me in purgatory.
God Did Not Want Me to Go to Brazil.

Wide Left sent me anyway.

I got one hell of a story out of it:

Before the Eagles-Cowboys game tonight, Jalen Hurts and the Jordan Brand gifted the South Philly Sigma Sharks youth football team with “Love, Hurts” hoodies and Air Jordan 4 white cement cleats.

They'll also get access to his "Love Hurts" collection:

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What is the best-case scenario for K.C. Keeler’s first season at Temple? Bowl eligibility could be in the cards. In Keeler's history as a first-year head coach, he has found quick success in Division III and FCS. Can he carry that over to the FBS?

In Year 1 at Rowan, Delaware, and Sam Houston State, new #Temple coach K.C. Keeler finished 11-2, 6-6, and 11-5.

Can be take the Owls to bowl eligibility in his first season? I examine key storylines entering 2025, including two Power 4 matchups in September:

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It’s a pivotal year for Penn State. Can James Franklin’s Nittany Lions be dominant in 2025? Penn State has drawn comparisons to the Georgia and Alabama programs that won titles earlier this decade. After last year's CFP semifinal loss, the Nittany Lions are hungry for another postseason run.

Gary Danielson, who enters his final season calling CFB games, will call for Penn State-Nevada this weekend.

I get perspective from Danielson on Penn State and James Franklin's expectations and 4 storylines to watch in 2025 in my season preview:

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Some more personal news: Today is my first day as an NFL Analyst at @cbssports.bsky.social! You’ll be able to find me primarily co-hosting the Pushing the Pile podcast with Mike Renner and Kyle Long, find me on TV at CBS Sports HQ and some writing too on CBS Sports! Super pumped to get started!

Penn State football has four players named to the preseason AP All-American team Running back Nick Singleton, offensive linemen Olaivavega Ioane and defensive tackle Zane Durant, all part of Penn State's historic 2022 recruiting class, were each named first-team AP All-Americans.

Penn State's RB Nick Singleton, LG Vega Ioane, and DT Zane Durant are named preseason first-team AP All-Americans. Kaytron Allen is named second-team AP All-American at the all purpose designation.

More here:

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Drew Allar is a polarizing draft prospect. Can he take the next step amid Penn State’s big expectations? The Nittany Lions quarterback failed to come up big against top competition in 2024. If Allar can do that this season, the sky is the limit.

One search of Drew Allar’s name shows he’s a polarizing prospect. He could the first Penn State QB drafted in the first round in over 30 years.

Both NBC Sports' Connor Rogers and ESPN's Jordan Reid gave me insight on Allar and how the NFL views him entering 2025:

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Penn State has its highest preseason ranking in the James Franklin Era. Here’s how. The Nittany Lions have their 2022 recruiting class to thank for the program's highest AP preseason poll ranking in 12 seasons with Franklin as head coach

“I think we had the best recruiting class ever man."

Penn State's 2022 recruiting class, led Drew Allar, Nick Singleton, and Dani Dennis-Sutton, are a big reason for PSU's No. 2 AP Poll ranking. I dive into their development and expectations for the 2025 season:

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James Franklin embraces Penn State’s high expectations in 2025, but preseason hype ‘means nothing’ without results Entering his 12th season as head coach, Franklin says his team is embracing the conversations that rank the Nittany Lions as the class of college football heading into this season.

Penn State coach James Franklin acknowledged his program's expectations at Big Ten media days, but says preseason rankings "means nothing."

More on how Franklin, QB Drew Allar, and others are reloading for 2025 season:

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Eagles tackle Lane Johnson has improved with age: ‘He’s probably the best tackle to have ever played’ Johnson enters year 13 with the Eagles and in the NFL, and has showed no signs of slowing down. "He’s building his Hall of Fame resumé, and it’s been incredible [to watch]," Terron Armstead said.

As Eagles training camp opens today, RT Lane Johnson, 35, has fine tuned his game, even in the latter stages of his career.

Inside Johnson’s offseason process and why Duke Manyweather believes “he’s probably the best right tackle to have ever played:”

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Inside Lane Johnson’s OL Masterminds, which brings top NFL linemen and the next generation together OL Masterminds, the brainchild of Johnson and O-line guru Duke Manyweather, is an annual summit for linemen who want to share tricks of the trade and learn for themselves how to up their game.

Last week, I got the opportunity to attend the 8th OL Masterminds summit in Texas, that has grown tremendously from 27 players at the first one.

A look inside the summit and how #Eagles RT Lane Johnson is building his legacy off the field with this event:

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Bills tackle Dion Dawkins on pushing for O-lineman award, fond memories of Temple Dawkins went from Temple to becoming a perennial Pro Bowl player. Now he's championing the NFL's new O-line award and passing along lessons for the next generation.

Dion Dawkins is entering Year 9 with the #Bills and is a perennial Pro Bowler. I caught up with him one on one to reminisce on his time at #Temple and championing the “Protector of the Year” award.

Dawkins made his first trip to OL Masterminds this week:

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Lori Locust, recently promoted by the Tennessee Titans, is back in Pa. to grow girls’ flag football Locust is entering Year 7 in the NFL and will travel to Millersville University next weekend to help coach at former Eagle Ron Johnson's four-day girls' flag football camp.

I caught up with Philly native Lori Locust, who is Year 7 in the NFL with a new title this season w/the Titans. She will travel to Millersville University next weekend to help coach at former Eagle Ron Johnson's four-day girls' flag football residential camp.

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Temple law student Stephen Mallozzi interns at a law firm during the week and drives NASCAR trucks on the weekend Mallozzi is a part-time driver in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and also has raced in the Xfinity Cup Series. In addition, he finds time to work at Outback Steakhouse.

NASCAR part-time Craftsman Truck Series driver Stephen Mallozzi balances law school at Temple and an associates job at Archer & Greiner.

I caught up with Mallozzi about how he balances his passions and is setting up his future:

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Ten years after winning a state title at Imhotep, Yasir Durant and Andre Mintze are UFL champions Mintze, an outside linebacker, and Durant, an All-UFL offensive tackle, played a key role in the DC Defenders' 58-34 title game win over the Michigan Panthers on Saturday.

10 years after they helped Imhotep win a state title, Andre Mintze and Yasir Durant won a UFL title with the DC Defenders on Saturday.

From battles at practice to facing each other in the SEC, they’ve had a long history together:

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Malvern Prep’s Tague Davis set a Louisville record and fueled its College World Series run Davis went from starring as a two-way player at Malvern Prep to setting the freshman home run record at Louisville. His next stop: a trip to Omaha to play in the College World Series.

Great article from @devinjackson.bsky.social Worth the time to read about the trip Tague Davis is on right now.

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Philly’s Andre Mintze once thought his football career was over. Nearly a decade later, he’s thriving in the UFL. Mintze was part of the Imhotep Charter team that became the first Public League school to win a state title in 2015. A decade later, he's continuing his football journey on the UFL's DC Defenders.

Andre Mintze thought his football journey was over as a freshman at Vanderbilt in 2016, when he tore his ACL for a third time.

The Philly native and Imhotep Charter grad is one of the UFL sack leaders for the DC Defenders, who play in the UFL championship Sunday:

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Football rivalries renewed: Temple schedules new series vs. Rutgers and Delaware The Owls will open a four-game home-and-home series with the Scarlet Knights in 2030. Delaware and Temple will rekindle an old rivalry starting in 2032.

Story on #Temple adding futures series against Rutgers and Delaware and a big recruiting weekend for the Owls, who had six verbal commits since yesterday:

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In 2032, Temple will play at Delaware on Sept. 2, a Thursday night game, and in 2033, will be in Philly on Sept. 1. Delaware head coach Ryan Carty was previously Temple HC KC Keeler’s OC at Sam Houston State from 2018-21.

Temple football announced a four-game series with Rutgers starting in 2030 and a two game series with Delaware starting in 2032.

2030: Rutgers at Temple (Sept. 7)
2031: Temple at Rutgers (Sept. 6)
2032: Rutgers at Temple (Sept. 11)
2033: Temple at Rutgers (Sept. 10)

Eagles’ ‘brotherhood’ shines through at Cooper DeJean’s celebrity softball game in Iowa Current Eagles A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, and Reed Blankenship, as well as former teammates Darius Slay and Isaiah Rodgers, were among those who showed up to support DeJean.

It was unofficially Cooper DeJean day in Des Moines yesterday and he had alot of his #Eagles teammates, past and present, with him for his celebrity softball game.

Darius Slay and Isaiah Rodgers may have moved on, but the Eagles' “brotherhood” remains strong:

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Penn State will have its ‘White Out’ game against Oregon; Temple’s kickoff time vs. Oklahoma set Times and broadcasts are beginning to trickle in for both the Owls and Nittany Lions, the latter of whom open with a nationally televised game against Nevada on Aug. 30.

Penn State’s Whiteout game is set for Oregon on Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m on NBC. Temple will host Oklahoma on Sept. 13 at noon. More on each team’s early schedule kickoff times:

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Camden’s Fran Brown has locked in his own NIL deal. Now he aims to make Syracuse a top destination in the Northeast. Earlier this month, Brown joined the National Football Foundation’s "Good in the Game" Podcast to talk NIL, being a thought leader, and modeling the Orange into a college football powerhouse.

Camden’s Fran Brown has locked in his own NIL deal. Now he aims to make Syracuse a top destination in the Northeast.

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Nike is releasing a Lower Merion-themed Kobe Bryant sneaker again, this time in Protro form Jalen Brunson and Caitlin Clark are among the current pros who wear Nike Kobe Bryant sneakers.

Fifteen years after Nike debuted the Kobe 5 “Lower Merion” shoe, an homage to Kobe Bryant’s high school alma mater, the brand will reportedly release the shoe again, but this time in the Protro form.

Breaking down DT Ty Robinson’s skill set and potential usage in Eagles defense Robinson is a throwback player who has the tools and potential to be a multi-down player at some point in his Eagles career.

The #Eagles waited until Round 4 to draft a defensive tackle, and ended up taking #Nebraska's Ty Robinson, the 6-foot-5, 288-pound explosive and versatile D-linemen. What does he bring to the defense and how might he be used?

I break that down and more:

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Does transfer Gevani McCoy have the skills to beat out Evan Simon for Temple’s starting QB job? Here’s what the film says McCoy threw just three touchdown passes to six interceptions last season at Oregon State, but his body of work at Idaho and his rushing ability could upgrade the Owls offense.

A few weeks ago, #Temple added Oregon State transfer Gevani McCoy to its QB room, and it's clear to see why they coveted his skill set after watching him.

Can he challenge Evan Simon for the starting role? I explore that and more in this film breakdown:

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Exuberant Eagles fan Jihaad Campbell lands with hometown team in NFL draft: ‘The rich got richer’ Could you tell? Campbell, a South Jersey native, was overjoyed to become an Eagles first-round draft pick.

TV cameras caught Jihaad Campbell skipping down the draft theater hall, slapping the Eagles emblem, and delivering a PPV promo after getting drafted by the #Eagles.

“The rich got richer,” he said afterward.

Scenes from Campbell’s memorable draft night:

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