When discussing a goal for a team there is many different definitions. For a struggling franchise, finding young talent to improve their future is the goal. For a playoff team, the next step would be the Super Bowl. So let’s take a look at a couple of teams ready to leap into Super Bowl contention....
As sports fans enjoy the legacy-defining moments of this month’s N.B.A. finals and Stanley Cup finals, Jason Arasheben is studying like a college student before exams. Arasheben, a celebrity jeweler whose clients include the rappers Drake and ASAP Rocky, is investigating the history of the contending teams, the connections to their cities and any other...
O.J. Simpson, even in his final years, was somewhat of a spectacle. In his presence, heads turned and whispers swirled. There was no story about him without that white Ford Bronco, the bloody gloves, the two chilling murders. When he settled in Las Vegas seven years ago, it seemed fitting that he would choose a...
Larry Allen, a road grader of a guard and tackle for the Dallas Cowboys who, leveraging seemingly superhuman strength, cleared a path to a Super Bowl victory in 1995 and tallied 11 Pro Bowl selections, earning consideration as one of the greatest offensive linemen in National Football League history, died on Sunday in Mexico. He...
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. When Emmanuel Morgan was hired as a sports reporter covering the N.F.L. and combat sports for The New York Times in 2021, the job felt familiar. After all, Mr. Morgan, who grew up playing football,...
In the modern era of the NFL, defensive performance has gone down while offensive performance has gone up. Rules could play a factor in this by making it hard to defend a pass catcher, or making it harder to hit a Quarterback without a 15 yard penalty. Nevertheless, having an elite level defense is a...
On Friday, President Biden urgently called for an end to the war in Gaza. He solemnly discussed the rule of law after former President Donald J. Trump’s criminal conviction. And he donned a shiny red helmet to the whoops and cheers of a pack of football players and fans. The visit to the White House...
This year’s Super Bowl was many things to Kristin Juszczyk. It was a crushing loss for her husband’s team, the San Francisco 49ers. But it was also the culmination of weeks of frenzied interest in the clothes she made by hand and wore to N.F.L. games. (The Super Bowl happened to take place on her...
OTA’s (Organized Team Activities) are about to begin and with that the new NFL year will as well. A lot of teams have made a lot of changes but one thing that has not changed is the competitive nature of the NFL. With that being said, let’s take a look at the team who has...
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...