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The Most Damning Allegations in Brian Flores’s Lawsuit Against the NFL The former head coach alleges the Dolphins tried to get him to tank and that other teams had him sit for “sham” interviews for top jobs.
Tom Brady Won’t Be the Last 40-Something Superstar It’s not just science that has enabled so many old athletes to remain dominant.
Peyton Manning Is Emily in Paris ’ Biggest Stan He stopped by SNL ’s “Weekend Update” to prove it.
How Not to Lose Your Shirt Gambling on Sports New Yorkers can now wager their 401ks on a Russian table-tennis match. Hooray?
super bowl lvi
Jan. 20, 2022
The Las Vegas Raiders Are an Inspiration to Screwups Everywhere If this team of misfits can make the playoffs, you can do anything.
Antonio Brown and the Specter of CTE The wide receiver’s erratic behavior has rekindled a conversation the NFL doesn’t want to have.
NFL Legend John Madden Has Died at the Age of 85 “Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football.”
Professional Sports Are Learning to Live With COVID. We’re Next. The Omicron variant demands a more nimble approach to the virus.
coronavirus
Dec. 15, 2021
COVID Is Catching Up to American Pro Sports Again After limited pandemic interruptions in their 2021-2022 seasons, the NHL, NBA, and NFL are all facing an uptick in COVID cases.
Behold, Aaron Rodgers’s Foot Aaron Rodgers wants you to look at his toe.
Aaron Rodgers Fooled Us His anti-vaccine ravings offer another hard lesson about our distorted perception of athletes.
vulture sports
Nov. 5, 2021
Turns Out Aaron Rodgers Isn’t Vaccinated After All After saying he was “immunized” in August, the Packers QB got COVID following a homeopathic treatment that didn’t raise his antibodies.
Jon Gruden’s Emails Are the Tip of the Iceberg His disturbing messages are a small part of a larger investigation — one that could reveal the true rot at the center of the NFL.
Jon Gruden Is Out of a Job Following Email Scandal In addition to a racist comment about a Black NFL union leader, Gruden frequently made homophobic and misogynistic remarks, per a new report.
We’ll Never Hate Anyone Like This Again Sunday night’s Brady-Belichick showdown was a reminder that their era of NFL archvillainy is unlikely to be replicated.
Dave Zirin Thinks the Kaepernick Era Is Just Beginning Talking with the veteran sports journalist about his new book, which examines how the activist quarterback transformed the sports landscape.
Unfortunately, Roger Goodell Deserves Some Credit Everyone’s favorite punching bag has steered the NFL back to sheer dominance with a single-minded focus on making money.
streamliner
July 29, 2021
Hulu Says ‘Sports Fans, We See You’ With a New Add-on Football, motorsports, competitive fishing, and more will soon be at your streaming fingertips — if you’re a Hulu + Live TV user.
The NFL Is Getting Tough on Unvaccinated Players Roger Goodell says teams with a COVID outbreak could face penalties and unprotected players must be tested daily.
Richard Sherman Arrested After Wild Clash With Family and Police The NFL cornerback was pepper-sprayed in the face by his father-in-law and was subdued by a police dog after driving his vehicle into a barrier.
pride month
June 21, 2021
Carl Nassib Is the NFL’s First Active Out Gay Player “I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest.”
NFL Will Stop ‘Race-Norming’ Policy That Diminished Black Brain Injuries Policy was used to determine smaller payouts for Black ex-players suffering dementia from years of head trauma.
the streaming wars
Mar. 18, 2021
Sports Have Been a Shadow of Themselves Without Fans The wisdom of bringing spectators back right now is debatable. But there’s no arguing how much they’ve been missed.
super bowl lv
Feb. 7, 2021
vulture sports
Feb. 3, 2021
domestic violence
Jan. 28, 2021
An NFL Player Allegedly Strangled His Girlfriend Until She Lost Consciousness Seahawks lineman Chad Wheeler has been charged with first-degree domestic violence assault, which is a felony.
vulture sports
Jan. 27, 2021
Amanda Gorman Will Grace Us With a Poem at Super Bowl LV The inaugural poet has been tapped to write and recite a poem honoring pandemic heroes.
Bill Belichick Can’t Escape Trump That Easily The Patriots coach declined a Medal of Freedom, but his and other Trump-friendly sports figures’ legacies remain linked to the president.
vulture sports
Jan. 11, 2021
Nickelodeon’s NFL Game Ends With Saints Coach Drenched in Slime One hundred percent more SpongeBob and Young Sheldon than your average football game.
How Sports Leagues Are Gearing Up for Another Weird Season Everyone is hoping for vaccine-enabled normalcy in 2021, but some sports are better positioned than others to wait things out.
holiday programming
Dec. 1, 2020
Rockefeller Center’s Tragic Tree Finally Gets a Win, Beats NFL for Prime Time The game will kick off at 3:40 p.m. ET to not conflict with the lighting ceremony.
The NFL Is Too Big to Let COVID Stop It The increasingly pandemic-afflicted league has learned an important lesson from other sports: Just keep playing.
The Fans Can Go to Games Again. Will They? The stadiums are open, but fans aren’t exactly rushing through the doors.
Why Are Pandemic Sports Ratings So Terrible? Some theories on why viewers have unexpectedly turned away in droves.
halftime anytime
Sept. 22, 2020
If Athletes Want to Force Real Change, They Need to Stop Playing Social-justice momentum in the NBA and NFL is already stalling. Radical action is needed.
Chloe x Halle Perform Stunning Rendition of the National Anthem to Empty Stadium The sisters wore T-shirts with images of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd during the performance.
The NFL Is Returning To a Different World. Can It Adapt? Every NFL season brings with it madness and unpredictability, but none has ever had more potential for implosion than this one.
podcast review
July 31, 2020
It’s Illuminating to Hear a Podcaster Talk About Cam Newton The Cam Chronicles explores the impossible expectations the NFL star faced — and helped create.
coronavirus
July 10, 2020
When (and How) Sports Are Returning Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic In the next few weeks, the MLB, NBA, and NHL will start playing again — but they’ll look wildly different.
vulture sports
July 2, 2020
NFL Plans To Play The Black National Anthem Before Games, But Only For One Week The (gorgeous and powerful) ‘Lift Every Voice’ will be performed before the (boring and old) ‘Star Spangled Banner.’
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