The injuries were sometimes horrendous. In a 1971 preseason game, he snapped the ball for a field-goal attempt and, as he recalled, “the right side of our line collapsed on my right knee.” He said an arthrogram disclosed five ligament tears, and he was told his season and maybe his career were over. The team...
O.J. Simpson, who died on Wednesday at 76, lived a life that made him one of the most famous people in America, as well as, at various times, the most celebrated and most reviled. A Heisman Trophy winner when he played football at the University of Southern California, he reached superstar status as a running...
Roman Gabriel, one of the leading pro football passers of his time, who complemented his rocket arm with an imposing physique over 16 seasons beginning in 1962, died on Saturday at his home in Little River, S.C. He was 83. His death was confirmed by his son, Roman Gabriel III, who did not specify a...
On Thursday night, the Chicago Bears will make the first of many picks in the N.F.L. draft that have something in common: They originally belonged to someone else. The Bears’ pick — expected to be U.S.C. quarterback Caleb Williams — was acquired last year as part of a blockbuster deal in which Chicago also got...
When the N.F.L. took its college draft on the road a decade ago, its first stops were Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas, three of the league’s biggest markets. The concept was an instant hit, turning a show cloistered for a half century in hotels and theaters in Manhattan into a free, three-day football festival that drew...
“People want to sit around with the family and watch football,” Roger Goodell, the National Football League commissioner, said Thursday night before the 2024 N.F.L. draft. It is also increasingly the case that people want to sit around, alone or in groups, watching phenomenal athletes and physical specimens doing nothing more physically taxing than sauntering...
Netflix is no longer simply in the “sports-adjacent” business. On Wednesday, the streaming giant announced a three-season deal with the National Football League that will include showing two Christmas Day games on its service this year. It’s the first time Netflix has become partners with a major sports league, and it likely won’t be the...
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs is one of the best place-kickers in the N.F.L. That is enough to make him somewhat famous in the football world, but players of his position aren’t typically known by more casual observers — unless they do something especially great or terrible on the field. Last weekend, with...
What is Bijan Robinson’s Dynasty Outlook in 2024 and Beyond? Bijan Robinson was one of the can’t miss players from the 2023 NFL Draft. The former Texas Longhorn was one of the most dynamic offensive threats coming out of college. It was no surprise when he went in the top-10 to the Atlanta Falcons who...
In our previous 2024 NFL Mock Draft, we predicted the Washington Commanders would move up to #1 and select Caleb Williams. That Mock Draft was released right before Justin Fields was traded to the Steelers. Now that Fields is no longer in Chicago we’ve made more changes to our predictions. Check out our latest NFL...
This year’s free agency was jam-packed full of signings and trades bringing huge changes to the league. Along with being one of the more active free agencies, it was a more top heavy class with maybe not as much depth as past years. So let’s take a look at some of the big gets from...
Last March, the Carolina Panthers made the blockbuster trade of the draft. Carolina moved up from the #9 overall pick all the way to the 1st pick in the draft. The package included 2 1st rounders, WR DJ Moore and a second round pick for QB Bryce Young. Unfortunately for Carolina, their rookie QB struggled...