Washington Commanders president Jason Wright, who in 2020 became the first Black man to hold that title in the NFL, will step down from his post at the end of the 2024 season. Wright, 42, will assume the title of senior advisor while focusing on the franchise's search for a new stadium site and stadium naming rights partner. "This feels like the right moment for me to explore my next leadership opportunity," Wright said in a written statement to The Washington Post. "I'm extremely grateful to my Commanders colleagues, our fans and this community for all that we have accomplished these past four years, and am looking forward to the start of a very successful season for the Burgundy and Gold." Per the newspaper, Wright informed members of the team's bus…

The English are the Chicago Bears of international soccer. Even though they basically created the sport, and have one of the biggest fan bases as well, they have sat by and watched others pass them as the game changed and evolved, still clinging to what they believed, all the while bleating about their divine right to attention and success. And much like the Bears, they only have a singular championship worth crowing about, which gets more and more faint and irrelevant in the rearview mirror. And as a fan of both, I guess I’m seeing how I got this way and will reference this to all the people close to me going forward to explain whatever fuck-up is soon to arrive. It really is something that England only has the 1966 World Cup to claim. Even worse, there hasn’t even been another fina…

A dominating defensive effort and a turnover-free evening helped Vanderbilt to an easy 55-0 victory over Alcorn State at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday evening. Vanderbilt held the visiting Braves to just 1.6 yards per play and six first downs (three by penalties) on 44 snaps. It was the Commodores' first shutout since 2019. Alcorn State didn't cross midfield all evening and had fewer yards of total offense (71) than Vanderbilt's Martel Hight (127) had on punt returns. Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia completed 10-of-13 throws for 83 yards and rushed 13 times for 51 yards and a score. He was replaced at the start of the fourth quarter by Nate Johnson, who raced for a 56-yard touchdown on his first snap. After the Braves' sixth drive of three play…