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BIRMINGHAM, AL (WKZO AM/FM) – Former University of Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson is done as the quarterback of the USFL’s Michigan Panthers. They cut the league’s number-one overall draft pick yesterday, and he then signed with the New Orleans Breakers. Patterson is third in the league with...

USFL Head of Officiating Mike Pereira talks with referee James Carter about the bizarre blocked field goal/fumble recovery. He also discusses the brawl in the New Orleans Breakers v Pittsburgh Maulers game, and what should have been called.

Ukrainian air-defense troops firing a Stinger man-portable missile shot down a Russian Su-25 attack jet over the battlefield near Popasna on Sunday, killing the pilot. The shoot-down itself isn’t unusual. The low-flying, subsonic Su-25 attack jet is one of the busiest aircraft types on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war—and one of the most vulnerable. In 90 days of fighting, Russia has lost at least eight of the twin-engine, single-seat jets that outside analysts can confirm. Ukraine has lost at least five.

MARQUETTE, Mich. – NMU Football’s Payton Muljo has signed with the New Orleans Breakers, a new USFL team. The Marquette native claimed a GLIAC Honorable Mention in the 2021 season for his contribution to the team’s offense and helped set a single-season rushing record in 2018. Coach...