The Tennessee Titans will induct former All-Pro running back Chris Johnson into the team’s Ring of Honor.

The ceremony is planned for halftime of the Titans’ 2026 season opener on Sept. 13. The Titans will host the New York Jets, for whom Johnson played one season.

The Titans selected Johnson with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. During his six-season, 95-game tenure in Nashville, Johnson gained 7,965 rushing yards and scored 58 touchdowns.

He was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-Pro in 2009, when he ran for 2,006 yards and set an NFL single-season record with his 2,509 yards from scrimmage. That record continues to stand despite the NFL expanding its schedule to 17 games.

“Chris Johnson holds a special place in the hearts of our organization and our fans,” Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement. “His stats speak for themselves, and he will forever remain a leader in our record books, but the man behind the yardage deserves just as much celebration. We look forward to welcoming him home on Sept. 13 and officially inducting him into the Titans Ring of Honor.”

He rushed for 9,651 yards and 55 touchdowns in 130 career games with the Titans (2008-13), Jets (2014) and Arizona Cardinals (2015-17). He rushed for at least 1,000 yards in each of his six seasons in a Titans uniform.

In an interview aired June 29 on “Good Morning America,” Johnson told co-anchor Michael Strahan that he was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2025. There is currently no cure.

“There’s no history of ALS in my family,” said Johnson, who was using a speech-generating device based on recordings of his voice to speak. “My doctors believe my case is what’s called sporadic ALS, which is actually how the vast majority of ALS cases happen.

“… That’s one of the reasons this disease can be so shocking. It can happen to someone who never expected it.”

Johnson, 40, will become the 20th inductee into Tennessee’s Ring of Honor, with the late Dave McGinnis, a former assistant coach and radio analyst, to be added later in the season.

The group includes players from the Titans’ history as the Houston Oilers. Among those already in the Ring of Honor are quarterbacks George Blanda, Warren Moon and Steve McNair, as well as running backs Earl Campbell and Eddie George.

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While the 2026 World Cup officially comes to a close on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., the attorney general of New Jersey won’t stop her investigation into FIFA and its ticketing methods when the final whistle sounds.

In a report published Friday, New Jersey AG Jennifer Davenport told The Athletic that her office will continue to look at concerns that she and her New York counterpart, Letitia James, raised in May about the ways FIFA conducted the ticket-buying process for the eight matches hosted at MetLife Stadium during the 39-day tournament.

Those eight matches include the Sunday final, which pits Argentina against Spain.

In a joint news release issued in May, the attorneys general said they were looking into reports that FIFA allegedly hiked prices, changed ticketing maps after selling tickets to the public and created artificial scarcity.

Davenport addressed her continuing mission to protect consumers with The Athletic.

“For the initial ticket sales, FIFA seat maps divided the stadium into four zones, categories one through four,” Davenport said. “The category one seats were the most desirable. But after fans had already bought tickets, FIFA created new zones, which included a front row in a category, made up of the most desirable seats within the categories.

“We saw the reports indicating that there were fans who bought the tickets before these new zones were introduced but were then excluded from the seats and instead assigned less desirable seats. We also saw reports that some fans didn’t receive the tickets in the category they paid for.”

New Jersey and New York aren’t the only places where FIFA’s ticketing practices have come under fire. Officials in California and Texas also have been investigating claims regarding the 2026 World Cup.

In Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, a court called FIFA’s practices on ticket resale outlet Ticombo “manipulative” and issued an injunction designed to force FIFA to stop selling tickets there. Per Newsweek, the court threatened to fine and/or imprison FIFA president Gianni Infantino and secretary general Mattias Grafstrom if they do not comply.

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Switzerland’s Mauro Schmid conquered the longest stage of this year’s Tour de France to collect his first stage win on Friday.

Schmid, 26, outdueled Colombia’s Harold Tejada at the finish of hilly Stage 13 to complete the 205.8-kilometer race from Dole to Belfort in four hours, six minutes and 58 seconds.

Aside from Schmid, the big winner Friday was Grreat Britain’s Tom Pidcock, who climbed from 10th to fourth in the overall standings. He slashed his deficit from 11:49 to 4:15 as he finished third in the stage.

Four-time champion Tadej Pogacar remained in control of the yellow jersey. The Slovenian maintained his 3:36 lead over Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard. Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel, Pidcock and Spain’s Juan Ayuso complete the top five.

In the wake of Thursday’s crash at the finish, two riders did not compete in Stage 13. Colombia’s Francisco Gaviria and Belgium’s Jenno Berckmoes dropped out due to broken collarbones.

For Saturday’s Stage 14, the riders will stay in the mountains during a 155.3-kilometer trek from Mulhouse to Le Markstein Fettering.

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