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Blown Calls Return to Dog NFL's Week 8

Early and bad whistles, and 'one of the most egregious blown calls of the season'

(Newser) - An erroneous whistle took a defensive touchdown away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. An early whistle cost the New York Giants a fumble recovery on a tush push. It was a rough Sunday for NFL officials. And the AP reports that Giants coach Brian Daboll was apoplectic after Darius Slayton...

NFL Shoves Pro Bowl to Super Bowl Week
NFL Moves Pro Bowl
to Super Bowl Week
Oct 22, 2025 12:05 PM CDT

NFL Moves Pro Bowl to Super Bowl Week

League is looking to take advantage of fans in town for the big game

(Newser) - The NFL is moving its Pro Bowl festivities to Super Bowl week beginning this February. Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the change on Wednesday at the league's annual fall owners meeting, reports the AP . The plan is to hold the Pro Bowl Games on Tuesday night, Feb. 3, in the...

Bad Bunny Is Set to Make Super Bowl History

It'll be the first time the halftime performance isn't in English

(Newser) - Super Bowl halftime shows usually last 15 minutes, but this year's set promises to stretch far beyond NFL history. With Latin superstar Bad Bunny slated to headline the show during Super Bowl LX, Rolling Stone reports it'll be the first time the high-profile mini-concert will be performed entirely...

ICE Plans Super Bowl Presence for Bad Bunny Halftime Show

DHS' Corey Lewandowski warns that agents will target undocumented immigrants at event

(Newser) - Federal immigration officers plan to be present at the 2026 Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California, where Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny is slated to headline the halftime show, according to Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking Wednesday on The Benny Show , Lewandowski warned,...

Jets Are Losing, but Coach Is Keeping Fans Entertained

Aaron Glenn is going viral for his celebratory moves on the sidelines

(Newser) - Aaron Glenn's dance moves on the sideline have made the New York Jets coach a viral sensation on social media, and he won't be pulling his celebratory reaction from the playbook any time soon. "Here's what I do know: I'm going to always be me,...

Tom Brady: From Deflategate to Boothgate?

Tom Brady's Raiders stake collides with his TV analyst gig

(Newser) - For fans still reeling from Deflategate , Tom Brady's reputation as far as cheating never ballooned back to full size. Now the seven-time Super Bowl champ finds himself in another ethically gray area—this time as both a Raiders minority owner and Fox's top NFL analyst. The Athletic reports...

Wearing a Michael Vick Jersey, NFL QB Posed With a Dog

Cardinals' Kyler Murray faces backlash for posing with dog while wearing shirt tied to disgraced QB

(Newser) - Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray apologized on Wednesday after drawing criticism for sharing photos online of himself in a Michael Vick jersey while posing with his dog. "I saw how it affected people and ... decided to take it down," Murray said at a press conference , adding, "...

Dan Marino Says He's Got Liver Disease
Dan Marino:
I've Got
Liver Disease
Sep 16, 2025 10:40 AM CDT

Dan Marino: I've Got Liver Disease

NFL legend says the diagnosis came 7 years after retirement, after he let his diet and exercise go

(Newser) - Dan Marino retired from the NFL in 2000, and after 17 seasons of being a peak athlete in the NFL, he tells People in an exclusive that he "let my diet go." By 2007, the legendary Miami Dolphins quarterback said he was feeling "a little fatigued,"...

Tom Brady Will Take the Field Once Again—in Saudi Arabia

Rob Gronkowski, other NFL stars will join the legend for flag football in Riyadh in March

(Newser) - Tom Brady plans to play alongside current and former NFL stars in a three-team flag football tournament in Saudi Arabia next year, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback and Fox Sports analyst said Monday. The Fanatics Flag Football Classic on March 21 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh also will include Saquon...

Ex-NFL QB Tried to Kill Himself. Then His Wife Ripped Him Off

Former football player Erik Kramer opens up about trauma, fraud, recovery on new podcast

(Newser) - Former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer faced a cascade of personal tragedies, a near-fatal suicide attempt , and devastating financial betrayal. Now, he's airing it all. In a new podcast from Johnathan Walton, The Quarterback and the Con Artist , Kramer details how, between 2015 and 2020, he tried to take...

Why Zach Bryan 'Will Never Play in Kansas City'

Country singer gets into an odd football tiff with Chiefs fans

(Newser) - Zach Bryan spent a fair amount of time Friday beefing with Kansas City Chiefs fans, and amid the feud came a promise that the country star will never perform in the Missouri city that is home to the NFL team. It all started when Bryan taunted Chiefs fans by posting...

Tom Brady Is Now 'Frozen in Time' Forever

Statue in tribute of ex-New England Patriots QB is unveiled in Foxborough, Massachusetts

(Newser) - Tom Brady's statue weighs 6 tons and rises 17 feet off the ground , from the bottom of the six-sided base—one for each of the New England Patriots' Super Bowl victories—to the tip of the bronze fist raised in celebration. For a player who was too slow and...

NFL Puts Kibosh on Smelling Salts to Revive Players
NFL Players Can Keep
Their Smelling Salts
UPDATED
Aug 7, 2025 12:05 AM CDT

NFL Players Can Keep Their Smelling Salts

NFL 'ban' only applies to employees providing the smelling salts to players, union says

(Newser) - NFL players will be allowed to use "smelling salts" during games after all, the AP reports. The NFLPA sent a memo to players on Wednesday saying that the ban that the league informed teams about on Tuesday only prohibits team employees from distributing smelling salts and any other ammonia...

Report: ESPN Is Close to Massive NFL Deal

Talks about acquiring NFL Media have been going on for years

(Newser) - After years of talks, a deal for ESPN to acquire the NFL's media wing could be close. Sources recently told Sports Business Journal that team owners have been given an "informal heads-up" about a possible team owners' meeting next month on the sale of NFL Media to the...

San Jose State Legend Dead in LA Car Crash at 33
San Jose State Legend
Dead in LA Car Crash at 33
OBITUARY
Jun 25, 2025 10:50 AM CDT

San Jose State Legend Dead in LA Car Crash at 33

Chandler Jones held multiple Spartans records, played in NFL practice squads, coached

(Newser) - A star player for San Jose State who also spent some time in the NFL died in a car accident in Los Angeles over the weekend. According to the California Highway Patrol, Chandler Jones, 33, was driving east on the Marina Freeway around 2am Sunday when the crash involving a...

The Streaming Wars Ruined Live Sports
How the Streaming Wars
Ruined Live Sports
OPINION
Jun 16, 2025 10:32 AM CDT

How the Streaming Wars Ruined Live Sports

Journalist Joon Lee says leagues are mining fans by selling broadcast rights to highest bidder

(Newser) - Sen. Ted Cruz asked an audience last month, "Why does it seem to be getting harder and more expensive to just watch the game?" Sports journalist Joon Lee has pondered the same question, but unlike Cruz, he's offering up solutions. In a New York Times op-ed, Lee argues...

Indianapolis Colts' Owner Dead at 65
Indianapolis Colts'
Owner Dead at 65
obituary
May 22, 2025 12:00 AM CDT

Indianapolis Colts' Owner Dead at 65

Jim Irsay had been battling health issues since a 2023 fall

(Newser) - Jim Irsay started his football career as a ball boy. He finished it as a team owner. Along the way, the NFL's music man created his own, unique brand. Irsay worked his way up through the organization, learning how to run a football team, restoring the Colts' once-proud tradition...

'Tush Push' Is Here to Stay
'Tush Push' Is Here to Stay
May 21, 2025 2:15 PM CDT

'Tush Push' Is Here to Stay

Team owners narrowly reject attempt to ban play

(Newser) - "Push On," the Philadelphia Eagles said in a post on X Wednesday after a proposal to ban the controversial "tush push" play narrowly failed to pass at the NFL's spring league meetings. The ban proposed by the Green Bay Packers needed the votes of 24 team...

Falcons Coach's Son Pranked Shedeur Sanders During Draft

Jax Ulbrich pretended to be GM of the New Orleans Saints telling Sanders he'd been drafted

(Newser) - As Shedeur Sanders waited to get drafted , he instead got pranked: The son of an Atlanta Falcons coach, pretending to be the general manager of the New Orleans Saints, called Sanders and told him the Saints would be drafting him. Sanders, a Colorado University quarterback, was a top prospect for...

New NFL Pick's Mom Dies Hours After Draft

Derrick Harmon, picked 21st in first round of NFL draft by Steelers, is mourning Tiffany Saine

(Newser) - "After I get off the phone with you guys, I'm going to head straight to the hospital and tell her that her son got drafted." Those were the words of Oregon Ducks defensive tackle Derrick Harmon about his sick mother right after he got scooped up by...

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