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Brian Branch fines timeline: How much money has Lions star lost during NFL career? originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Detroit Lions are among the NFL’s elite teams because they are committed to a style of playing with attitude, grit, and moxie. Among the players who embody that spirit is safety Brian Branch, though it sometimes gets him in trouble.

Branch is in his third NFL season, and he has developed a reputation for being a hard-nosed player who sometimes gets carried away with the physicality. As a result, he has been subject to many fines during his time in the league.

These fines were a topic of discussion during Week 6 of the 2025 season, as Branch was at the center of a fight between his Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs at the end of “Sunday Night Football.”

“Branch … has a history of multiple fines,” NBC announcer Mike Tirico said during the skirmish. “Fined three times this year already. Seven times last year.”

Here is more on the fines levied upon the Lions’ safety.

MORE: How helmet-to-helmet hits are penalized in the NFL

Brian Branch fines timeline

Branch has been fined over a dozen times through his first three seasons in the NFL.

His first fines came after Week 4 of his rookie season, and, as outlined by Tirico, he picked up seven fines during Year 2 in the NFL. It is worth noting that Branch has received multiple fines for infractions committed in the same game. So, while the incidents are isolated, they aren’t always so spread out.

He has been fined over $100,000 in his career. Here is a complete list from Pro Sports Transactions.

Sept. 26, 2025: Branch was fined $11,598 for a low block committed against the Baltimore Ravens during Week 3 of the season.

Branch called for a personal foul for a low block pic.twitter.com/uc3u7UD0VK

— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) September 23, 2025

Sept. 12, 2025: The NFL issues two fines to Branch for his actions during a Week 1 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

He was dealt two $11,593 fines — one for a facemask and another for taunting. The $23,186 penalty stemmed from an altercation in which he got into a fight with Packers TE Tucker Kraft.

As the two tussled with one another, Branch removed Kraft’s helmet and then tossed it away.

The NFL fined Lions safety Brian Branch $11,593 for unsportsmanlike conduct and another $11,593 for unnecessary roughness for removing Packers tight end Tucker Kraft’s helmet.

pic.twitter.com/0JjkGj4VZB

— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) September 13, 2025

Jan. 3, 2025: Branch was fined $10,128 for impermissible use of the helmet (unnecessary roughness) as he committed a hit during a “Monday Night Football” game against the San Francisco 49ers.

It was Branch’s seventh and final fine of the 2024 season.

Dec. 20, 2024: The NFL fined Branch $10,128 for taunting after a pass break-up during a late-season showdown with the Buffalo Bills.

MORE: Explaining the NFL’s taunting penalty

Nov. 15, 2024: Branch is fined $10,128 for committing a hip-drop tackle during the Lions’ Week 10 win over the Houston Texans. While he was fined, Branch was not penalized during the game.

#Lions S Brian Branch was fined $10,128 for this hip-drop tackle on Robert Woods pic.twitter.com/CRo2QRkZ1a

— Nolan Bianchi (@nolanbianchi) November 16, 2024

Nov. 8, 2024: It was a double-fine for Branch, who was ejected for helmet-to-helmet hit against Green Bay in Week 9 of the season.

As he walked toward the Lambeau Field locker rooms, Branch gave the middle finger to Packers fans. He was fined $10,128 for the hit and $10,128 for the obscene gesture.

Lions DB Brian Branch has been ejected from the game after a helmet-to-helmet hit. pic.twitter.com/wgX5m9AOGr

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 3, 2024

Sept. 27, 2024: Branch committed two finable offenses in Week 3 of the 2024 season, as he was fined $10,128 for impermissible use of the helmet for a hit on Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride.

The NFL fined #Lions S Brian Branch $10,128 for unnecessary roughness/use of helmet last week on the play that put Branch and #Cardinals TE Trey McBride in concussion protocol.

Branch was fined another $10,128 for a separate incident in the game. pic.twitter.com/YZhcB0HkJM

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) September 28, 2024

Branch was also fined $10,128 for “fighting” as he struck Cardinals TE Tip Reiman during a field goal attempt at the end of the first half.

MORE: Explaining NFL’s unsportsmanlike conduct penalty

Dec. 23, 2023: The NFL fined Branch $8,103 for a helmet-to-helmet hit committed in a Week 15 win over the Denver Broncos.

Oct. 6, 2023: The first fines of Branch’s NFL career stemmed from two separate incidents in a Week 4 win over the Packers.

Branch was dealt two fines worth $8,103 each for a helmet-to-helmet hit and a horse collar tackle against Detroit’s divisional foe. Less than 5 weeks into his NFL career, Branch had been docked $16,206.

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Bronson Reed at WWE SummerSlam 2025 – Elsa/Getty Images

It’s been a very eventful weekend for “Big” Bronson Reed following his victory over Roman Reigns at Crown Jewel, and the Australian continued his excellent run of form by making light work of a heavily injured Jimmy Uso on the October 13 episode of “WWE Raw.”

Uso came out of the gates hot with a number of strikes, but Reed took control of the match by targeting the heavily taped up midsection of his opponent as the match entered its first commercial break. The Australian star spent the majority of the break grinding his opponent down, and while Uso did try and find some openings, Reed was just too powerful to overcome, who even got time in between moments of aggression to taunt the fans. Coming out of the commercial break, Uso was worn down badly as he was whipped hard from turnbuckle to turnbuckle.

With that said, Reed went to the well one time too many as Uso rolled out of the way of a senton and a shoulder block. He would use a series of right hands and a thrust kick to make a slight comeback, but couldn’t get the big man up for a Samoan Drop. “Big Jim” hit the Uso in the Wind for a near fall, but the high risk move took it Uso thanks to the injured ribs as he collapsed trying once again to hit a Samoan Drop. This ended up being Uso’s downfall as Reed hit a standing senton, before taking to the top for a big Tsunami for the victory.

After the match, Uso was trying to get himself up, but Bron Breakker hit the ring and landed two huge spears on “Big Jim.” However, as Breakker went to hit a third spear through the barricade, Jey Uso’s music hit and Jimmy’s brother ran down to try and make the save. The Vision did get their licks in, but the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion was left standing tall, despite Jimmy not being too happy about needing help from his brother.

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Flyers’ starting goalie decision has reached a confusing moment originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The Philadelphia Flyers don’t have everything figured out yet.

They can’t decide who their starting goalie is.

Samuel Ersson is the returning incumbent. But the Flyers signed Daniel Vladar in free agency.

They aren’t picking just one yet.

Head coach Rick Tocchet told the Philadelphia Inquirer “that the plan is to rotate the two for a while and see who takes the lead.”

Ersson is a 25-yaer old lefty from Sweden. He was a fifth-round pick by the Flyers in 2018.

Last season, Ersson started 45 games and had 22 wins. He put up an .883 save percentage and a 3.14 goals against average.

MORE: Ben Kindel matches Sidney Crosby’s oddly specific Penguins NHL history

This season, Ersson has played once, a game that went to overtime in which he saved 35-of-39 shots.

Vladar is a 28-year old lefty from the Czech Republic. He originally entered the NHL as a third-round pick of the Bruins in 2015.

Vladar spent the past four seasons with the Calgary Flames. Last season, he started 29 games, recording 12 regulation wins while putting up an .898 save percentage and 2.80 goals against average.

This season, Vladar lost his first start in tough-luck fashion, saving 32-of-34 shots on his goal.

The Flyers will have to make sense of this eventually to allow the goalie they feel is best to find a rhythm. But for now, Ersson and Vladar will have to be good at sharing.

MORE: Alex Ovechkin would have more goals if not for this unlucky reason

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✅ Calm restored: Kylian Mbappé set to face Getafe!

Kylian Mbappé brings good news and will be available against Getafe.

🚨 CONFIRMED: Kylian Mbappé will be READY for the game against Getafe. @MarioCortegana@TheAthleticFCpic.twitter.com/95Iiieegk0

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) October 13, 2025

The French striker left the field with some ankle problems against Villarreal and also with France.

That’s why he left the training camp and will miss the match against Iceland.

According to ‘The Athletic’, after undergoing tests, the striker will be available against Getafe.

With this news, the alarms are turned off at the Bernabéu.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

📸 Denis Doyle – 2025 Getty Images

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🎥 When English football’s newest manager scored a Premier League classic

Jack Wilshere became the newest manager in the Football League on Monday when he took over at Luton Town.

And in honour of his first foray into senior management at the age of just 33, we are looking back on his playing days.

Specifically when he scored one of the all-time great Premier League goals by capping off a stunning team move against Norwich City.

Poetry in motion 🖋️

Jack Wilshere with one of the all-time Premier League goals 😍 pic.twitter.com/eblirRR9Mx

— Premier League (@premierleague) October 13, 2025

If he can get his teams playing a similar style, Hatters fans will be in for quite a treat!

How do you think Wilshere will fare in management?

Let us know in the comments.

📸 Paul Gilham – 2013 Getty Images

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Penn State has reached the midway point of the regular season, and big changes are going down this week. Penn State was already about to prepare for one of its trickier road trips of the season with a primetime game in Kinnick Stadium to face the Iowa Hawkeyes awaiting them at the end of this week. But the Nittany Lions will start this week with a major coaching change in place after announcing the firing of James Franklin. Penn State also breaks in a new starting quarterback this week. It is sure to be a busy week for Penn State football this week.

Here are the five storylines we will be following this week as Penn State prepares for its road trip to Iowa on Saturday night.

Penn State hops on the coaching carousel

Penn State made what feels like a necessary change, and it is up for debate if now was the right time to make the move or not. But the decision has been made and now the program is getting a ticket to the coaching carousel. With the current state of the coaching carousel for this season, Penn State is currently the most attractive job on the market, and odds are it could be the highest-profile coaching vacancy to fill this year when all is said and done.

Athletics director Pat Kraft has said the school has a lot to offer any worthwhile coaching candidate, and there will be no shortage of notable names being thrown around as potential successors to Franklin in Happy Valley. Some will be more realistic than others, but the search is now underway. However, do not expect any closure on this search any time soon as coaching hires will likely be made toward the end of the season. Given the jump Penn State has on the job search, a new coach should probably by known by the end of the regular season or shortly afterward. So hang in there. It could be a little while before we know for sure.

Terry Smith takes the helm as interim head coach

With Franklin removed as head coach, longtime assistant and former Penn State player Terry Smith will take on the role of interim head coach. He gets thrown into the role at a tough spot on the schedule with a road trip to Iowa coming up this week and back-to-back games against Ohio State and Indiana coming up after that (with a bye week after the Iowa game to prepare). Smith going 0-3 in his head coaching debut for Penn State may not be an unlikely scenario, but would you have expected any better out of Franklin at this point?

Either way, this will also serve as a bit of an open audition for Smith as a candidate to retain the job in 2026 and beyond. If Smith manages to lead Penn State to a strong finish this season with some surprising wins along the way, maybe this season will not be a total lost cause.

Eathan Grunkemeyer jumping in the offensive spotlight

The head coaching change is just one of the major storylines ongoing at Penn State. The biggest story before Franklin was fired would have centered squarely on the starting quarterback. With Drew Allar suffering a season-ending injury in this past weekend’s loss to Northwestern, Penn State’s offense will be handed over to Ethan Grunkemeyer. Grunkemeyer played just one snap for Penn State after losing Allar to his injury on Saturday, a fourth-down that saw Grunkemeyer stuffed while trying to pick up a first down on the ground.

Penn State has not given Grunkemeyer too many opportunities on the field in his young college career, but he will be thrown right into the starting role this week. And getting your first start on the road at Iowa is hardly the ideal spot.

What is Penn State’s player morale?

Say what you may about having an interim coach and an inexperienced starting quarterback making his debut on the road, but this may be the biggest wild card factor in everything. After all of the talk about national title hopes, and even Big Ten title hopes, going down the drain over the past three weeks and seeing their head coach shown the door and key players taking significant injuries, what exactly is the psyche of this Penn State football team? Everything that has transpired could easily lead to a team losing interest in the second half of the season while focusing solely on individual futures, or this team could come together and play their best overall football game of the season.

Much of how this team comes out on Saturday night will rely on the coaching staff shoving aside the headlines and finding a way to commit to a strong finish to this season no matter what has already happened. If the player buy-in is there, then we could still see some good football the rest of the way. This week’s performance against Iowa will be very telling of the overall team mood.

Penn State recruiting takes an immediate hit

Any time there is a coaching change, especially in the middle of a season, the recruiting is going to take some immediate hits. That was the case for Penn State in the wake of the James Franklin firing as Penn State’s entire Class of 2027 backed out of their individual commitments. That included one of its key in-state recruits, running back Kemon Spell. This is not to say those recruits will not commit back to Penn State in their recruiting process, but it makes sense for any player to step back from a commitment while waiting to see what happens with their potential future school.

The Class of 2026 held firm as of Sunday, but sudden changes could happen at any moment, given the nature of the recruiting game. Calls to Penn State commits were likely happening as soon as yesterday afternoon, so we will keep an eye on things for the current and future recruiting cycles. The sooner Penn State lands on a coaching hire, the better things will eventually be for the recruiting efforts.

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Robbie Savage is in his second full campaign as a manager, having guided Macclesfield to promotion from the Northern Premier League in 2024-25 [Getty Images]

Robbie Savage says he wishes he had turned down Strictly Come Dancing until after his coaching career – to avoid being labelled “another celebrity manager”.

The Forest Green Rovers boss is eyeing a first appearance in the FA Cup first round as a head coach when his side visit sixth-tier Worthing on Monday (19:30 BST).

Former Wales midfielder Savage, who featured on the hit BBC show in 2011, shortly after ending his playing career, has guided Rovers to second in the National League.

Appointed in July after success in his first managerial role at Macclesfield, Savage remains best known for his media profile and punditry – and will be back in the spotlight for the final match of the fourth qualifying round.

“Looking back now, would I have done Strictly before I was a manager? Probably not – that would probably have come after,” Savage, 50, told BBC Points West.

“But I’m a personality and I believe I’m an infectious character who tries to get the best out of people.

“I’m just a normal manager – an inexperienced manager giving it his best with a great staff. I’m just a passionate man who cares about whichever club he’s at.

“[Some might ask] ‘Oh, is it another celebrity manager?’ No – I’m a hard-working individual who loves football, who’s earned the opportunity.”

Rovers boss Savage ‘miles away’ from managing WalesForest Green can be ‘unstoppable’ – Savage

‘I’ve embraced everything’ at eco-friendly club

Based in Nailsworth, which has a population of less than 6,000, Gloucestershire club Forest Green were taken over by green energy pioneer Dale Vince in 2010.

After a rapid rise, they spent seven seasons in the English Football League before relegation in 2024-25 and defeat in last season’s play-off semi-final.

Vince has raised Forest Green’s profile by implementing eco-friendly initiatives such as making Rovers all-vegan and winning recognition from the United Nations as the world’s first carbon-neutral football club in 2018.

Savage’s 22-year-old son Charlie – who has since joined Reading and been capped by Wales – spent the second half of the 2022-23 season on loan at Forest Green from Manchester United.

“Dale’s brilliant,” said Savage, who played 346 Premier League games for Leicester City, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers and Derby County.

“We get on so well. I knew him from when Charlie was here. He cares.

“The food’s high in protein, it’s high in fibre. It’s a brilliant football club run by passionate, caring people who want you to do well, so I’ve embraced everything.

“Dale’s not employing me because of my profile. He said he didn’t know I was a celebrity – I was Charlie’s dad.

“That’s nice, because he’s appointed me because of what I did as a player and what I did as a manager.”

Robbie Savage reached the FA Cup semi-finals with Blackburn Rovers in 2005, losing to Arsenal [Getty Images]

From taking calls to making calls

Savage has eight wins and one defeat from his first 14 league matches with Forest Green, likening the spirit there to the connection he enjoys with ex-England striker Chris Sutton as part of co-hosting duties on BBC Radio 5 Live football phone-in 606.

“Myself and Chris have a great camaraderie and togetherness, and that’s what I’ve got with my players and staff,” he said, praising the “warmth” and “friendliness” of people in the Cotswolds.

“The training ground’s amazing. It’s a beautiful part of the world to live in. It can be a bit lonely at times without your family, but that’s one of the sacrifices you make as a manager.

“I’m a football person who’s been addicted to, and obsessed with, football all his life. I don’t fear failure – never have.

“My two boys, Charlie and Freddie, said to me when I was going to take the job, ‘what’s the worst that can happen? You can get the sack, but give it your best shot’.

“I said: ‘Do you know what? Yeah, that’s right.'”

FA Cup ‘a brilliant competition’

Monday’s hosts Worthing are 16th in the National League South and will be playing their first match since the reappointment of manager Adam Hinshelwood.

The former Brighton & Hove Albion defender led The Rebels to the FA Cup first round and the play-off final during the final season of his first spell in charge between 2017-24.

Savage has not scrutinised Hinshelwood’s team too closely because he believes Rovers have concentrated too much on their opponents amid a run of two draws and a 1-0 defeat at home by Rochdale on October 4.

“The [TNT Sports] cameras are there because everybody thinks it’s going to be an upset,” said Savage, adding he “understands” that because he played in the early stages of the competition with Crewe Alexandra, who he joined in 1994 after starting his career at Manchester United.

“It’s a brilliant competition. [But] I’ve not even thought about Worthing. It’s all about us.

“We know where they are in the table and how they play, but I’m not showing my players videos of Worthing. We’re going to give the utmost respect to a good side.”

The draw for the first round proper will take place shortly before kick-off at the 4,000-capacity Sussex Transport Community Stadium, where Savage does not expect the artificial pitch to prove a levelling factor.

“It’s the same for both sides and you can play fantastic football on it,” he explained.

“No excuses. If we get beaten by Worthing, I’m not going to blame the surface.”

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