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Fans pass through security check points as they enter the Caesars Superdome fan zone ahead of the Sugar Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff game, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans.  (AP Photo/Butch Dill) Welcome to the Fox News Sports Huddle Newsletter.THE SHOW GOES ON – The Sugar Bowl will be played in New Orleans at the Caesars Superdome on Thursday evening. More than a dozen people were killed, and several others were injured in a terror attack in New Orleans. The game was postponed to 4 p.m. ET. Continue reading …CLOSE WATCH – New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said earlier in the day that security around the Superdome will be as heightened as the Super Bowl. Continue reading …‘PLAN ON COMING’ – With Super Bowl LIX set to take place in about a month, Kirkpatric...

It did not take long for colleges to start recruiting Caitlin Clark. Travis Kelce said he heard that Clark's first recruitment letter came in seventh grade, and Clark confirmed that during a recent appearance on "New Heights."The Indiana Fever star said she feels very fortunate with how her parents handled the early recruitment letters from schools.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever talks to the media during an introductory press conference on April 17, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)"It’s honestly sad, like where college recruitment has kind of gone, it’s just insane. I feel very fortunate. My parents were just like, they told my older brother, ‘Go get the mail, like we don’t want yo...

Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman revealed what his message to his team was, ahead of the Sugar Bowl after the game was postponed over a terror attack.The terror attack in New Orleans, which left more than a dozen dead, forced the postponement of the College Football Playoff game from Wednesday night to Thursday evening at 4 p.m. ET.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman speaks to reporters in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. Georgia will face Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football CFP quarterfinal game on Jan. 1, 2025.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Freeman appeared on ESPN and told Scott Van Pelt what he had told his team."The first part of that meeting was to mourn and pray for our country," he said. "But...

New details emerge about New Orleans terror attack suspect WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Fox News' Garrett Tenney reports the latest on the investigation from New Orleans. Correspondent Jeff Paul also provides details on possible links between the deadly attack and a Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas. The brother of former Princeton Tigers football player Tiger Bech reacted to his death on Wednesday after he was identified as one of the victims in the New Orleans terror attack.Jack Bech, a wide receiver who plays for TCU and was on the LSU Tigers’ roster, posted a heartfelt message to his brother on X.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM LSU Tigers player Jack Bech is interviewed during SEC Media Days at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta on July 18, 2022. (Dale Z...

Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes has the team poised and ready for a shot at a third consecutive Super Bowl title, but one of his streaks came to an end on Thursday.Mahomes was left off of the initial AFC Pro Bowl roster when it was announced. The three quarterbacks on the roster have each been named as potential MVP candidates – Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen, Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson and Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, #15, passes against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of an NFL football game on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)Creed Humphrey, Chris Jones, Travis Kelce, Trey Smith and Joe Thuney were among those from the Chiefs named t...

Former NFL star Antonio Brown launched a fund for the victims and their families of the terror attack that took place in New Orleans in the wee hours of New Year’s Day.More than a dozen people were killed and several more were injured when the suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street. He was killed in a firefight with officers after the ramming and is believed to have been inspired by ISIS.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Antonio Brown, #81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, looks on prior to the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 20, 2020 in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)Brown launched the GoFundMe on Thursday with more than $3,500 raised in the first few hours."This has nothing ...

The Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will play in the Sugar Bowl as part of the College Football Playoff quarterfinals on Thursday evening in the wake of a terror attack on Bourbon Street that left more than a dozen dead.Sugar Bowl officials and lawmakers decided to postpone the game to 4 p.m. ET after it was set to be the final game of a three-game playoff slate on Wednesday. Both schools arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and were reportedly just blocks away from the carnage that struck the city.Fans who came to the Big Easy scrambled to make their final plans with the game on hold.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM A mounted police officer arrives on Canal Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd earlier in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Ph...

The New Orleans Pelicans played their regular-season matchup against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night in South Florida with a heavy heart as their city reels from a terror attack that left more than a dozen dead.Pelicans head coach Willie Green was among those from the team who spoke out about the attack that took place in the early hours of New Year’s Day.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Signage for Bourbon Street is displayed on the scoreboard at the Kaseya Center as a tribute for people killed after a vehicle drove into a crowd in New Orleans before an NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Green said he was "devastated" over it. He said he found out about what occurred i...

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said Thursday security for the Sugar Bowl will be beefed up to Super Bowl levels in the wake of a terror attack on Bourbon Street.The Sugar Bowl between the Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame was postponed to 4 p.m. ET on Thursday evening after it was originally scheduled for Wednesday night.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM New Orleans police and federal agents investigate a suspected terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Chris Granger/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) New Orleans police and federal agents investigate a suspected terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Chris Granger/The New Orle...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Thursday he will attend the Sugar Bowl between the Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish after a terror attack left over a dozen dead in New Orleans.The game was moved from Wednesday night to Thursday evening after the terror attack. The game is now set to kick off at around 4 p.m. ET.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaking at a press conference on New Year's Day following the terrorist attack on Bourbon St. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)Landry appeared on "Fox & Friends" and vowed security would be tough."Security is going to be tight," he said. "We have all confidence that we’re gonna put this game on. The Superdome is complet...