Rutgers Safety Will Play Saturday, Thanks to Trial Judge Ruling

Rutgers safety Jett Elad will always have Thanksgiving week of 2025 to remember, no matter where his career takes him. That’s because 24-year-old Elad and his attorney, Kevin H. Marino, have engineered a remarkable feat. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Third Circuit ruled on Tuesday that Elad is ineligible to play in Saturday’s regular …

Before Turducken, College Football Used to Eat Up Thanksgiving

Before John Madden and a certain gastronomic Matryoshka doll helped establish the NFL as the main course of America’s Thanksgiving celebrations, the holiday was dominated by simpler eats … and college football. As much as the Detroit Lions have clocked in for 85 of these feast-day games since suiting up for their very first in 1934, …