Fall sports practices are set to begin next week, featuring several new coaches – and a new sport – for Great Falls High and C.M. Russell High athletes.
Practices begin for golf on Thursday, Aug. 13, followed by football, cross-country, soccer and volleyball on Friday, Aug. 14.
CMR and Great Falls High will also field girls’ flag football teams for the first time ever this fall along with all other Class AA schools in Montana, with practice starting on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Here’s a look at who will be leading Great Falls’ prep programs for the fall season, including new hires.
Author: Michael
The NFL is (almost) back.
The Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers got the party started at the 2026 Hall of Fame game, with quarterback Carson Beck taking center stage and back pages for his performance in the matchup. While one single performance doesn’t make a career, it was a promising start nonetheless for the third-round pick.
While Beck won the headlines, the Panthers won the tilt, 33-30, an unseasonably exciting win for the first preseason game. What’s next?
This week, the rest of the NFL gets ready to pop pads with teams other than their own.
Monday brings us within 34 days of the New Orleans Saints regular season opener. New Orleans travels north to open up 2026 with a showdown at the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Sept. 13. Rookie defensive back TJ Hall is wearing No. 34 for the Saints through training camp.
A seventh-round pick, Hall is in the mix at cornerback. It figures to be a heated battle among young players at the position. Here’s a look at Hall’s background as our latest Saints Player of the Day.
Name (age): Terrence Javaughn Hall (22)
Hometown: Fresno, Cal.
Abu Kamara spent the 2023-24 season on loan at Portsmouth [Portsmouth FC]
Portsmouth have completed the signing of Hull City winger Abu Kamara for an undisclosed fee.
The 23-year-old renews links with John Mousinho and Pompey, having spent the 2023-24 season on loan at Fratton Park and helping the club win the League One title.
Kamara has signed a three-year-deal and is the seventh signing of the summer.
Blues boss John Mousinho said: “We’re thrilled to have Abu back at Pompey – it’s no secret that we’ve wanted him to return for some time.
Report: Liverpool unlikely to take up £47m option on new signing
Araújo move offers immediate solution
Ronald Araújo was beginning his Liverpool medical on Sunday as the club moved closer to completing a loan deal for the Barcelona centre-back, according to The Times.
The agreement includes an option to sign Araújo permanently for £47m rather than an obligation, giving Liverpool flexibility beyond the coming season while addressing a much more immediate problem for Andoni Iraola.
Araújo, 27, has not been identified as a definitive long-term solution at centre-back.
Anthony Gordon delivers Barcelona unveiling in Spanish after six lessons
Anthony Gordon has begun a new chapter at Barcelona following his £70million move from Newcastle United. The England winger spoke Spanish at his Barcelona unveiling after taking six lessons before the event, according to The Sun.
Spanish lessons before the unveiling
Gordon said learning the language had been difficult but that practice made it easier. He explained that he had completed six Spanish lessons before the unveiling and had since taken further sessions, bringing his total to nine.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino remains under fire over his aborted plan to allow private investment in the World Cup (Jaime SALDARRIAGA)
FIFA president Gianni Infantino came under renewed fire on Monday as a joint letter from three confederations — UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC — declared football “belongs to no individual”.
Infantino has been the butt of scathing criticism ever since launching, and then withdrawing within days, a plan to bring in private investment into FIFA competitions, including the World Cups.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino was first elected in 2016 [Getty Images]
Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino have been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation.
The letter, signed by the presidents and general secretaries, said recent controversy over the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal was fundamentally about “the integrity of the game, and the integrity of those elected to lead it”.
What makes someone one of the top ten college football coaches going into a season?
We give a hat tip to all-time greatness – all ten guys on this list will someday be in the College Football Hall of Fame – but this is more about who the best coaches are going into the season, combined with what they’re doing with the talent they have in place.
Basically, if you have to make a case, you probably don’t belong in the top ten.
2026 All-Area Softball: Coach of the Year / All-Area Teams / Team of the Year
North Penn softball has become synonymous with standout pitching over the past decade.
While there are few certainties in sports, or life, a North Penn pitcher putting up excellent numbers is as close to a guarantee that you can find.
Even so, looking at Felicia Connolly’s senior season might cause a double take.
Her regular season ERA? A miniscule 0.40. She pitched a no-hitter against a district finalist, and she threw a perfect game against a playoff team.