A new season with new rules is one of the changes fans can expect as the NFL makes a few tweaks to its officiating system.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Random NFL Broadcasting Thoughts to Kick Off the 2025 Season. 1. Last night was nice, but that was an appetizer. The main course comes this Sunday when we get a full slate of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. games. Nothing beats NFL Sundays.

Westfield State football kicks off the 2025 season and year two under head coach Lou Conte, Jr. when the Owls host Vermont State University Castleton on Saturday at Alumni Field at 1 p.m.

Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs caught a pass from Patrick Mahomes to make a 37-yard touchdown against the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil on Sept. 5, 2025.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is preparing to transition three ferry routes to their off-season schedules starting next Tuesday.The Southport-

Kristin Juszczyk and the WNBA are both having a big year. And this week, the buzzy fashion designer’s Off Season brand branched into women’s sports for the first time ever with a line of ready-to-wear basketball merch.

In American football, the “vertical passing game” — a strategy of making long, risky throws down the field — has been passé for decades. But vertical integration, as owning one’s suppliers or customers is known, is only now falling out of fashion.

Fabrizio Romano has strongly suggested a mega-money Manchester United star will leave at the end of the 2025/26 season, while multiple reports state the end is nigh for Bruno Fernandes too.