Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said it would be a “great symbolic gesture” for an NFL team to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick who knelt at games during the national anthem to protest police brutality.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday, on behalf of all 32 teams, that Black Lives Matter and insisted that “we the National Football League admit we were wrong for not listening to players.”
The NFL has expanded its Rooney Rule to require teams to interview two minority candidates for coaching positions.
The National Football League is mulling the implementation of a new policy to encourage teams to hire a black head coach or general manager, by offering to boost the draft position of a team that makes such a hire.
The NFL is determined to play its 2020 regular-season schedule, and as proof of that, the league released its schedule Thursday night.
May 6 (UPI) — The NFL outlined protocols Wednesday for the gradual reopening of team facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The NFL is determined to play the entirety of their 2020 season on-time. Though, the league is making preparations if the coronavirus forces them to change those plans.
Few things have mattered more to the NFL than growing their brand internationally. However, growing the NFL “across the pond” and “South of the Border” will have to be put on hold, at least for a while.
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell has pledged to forego his 2020 salary in the face of the continuing coronavirus crisis.
As it turns out, having over 90% of the country’s population on quarantine is very conducive towards producing record ratings for the NFL Draft.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is inviting everyone to boo him during the NFL Draft as a campaign to raise money for coronavirus relief.
The NFL is considering several options in preparation for the 2020 season, when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus. Two of those options, according to the Washington Post, include a shortened season and excluding fans.
Most major sports commissioners have been cautious, or even pessimistic, about their leagues resuming or playing their regularly scheduled seasons. The NFL’s Roger Goodell taken an entirely different approach.
When the announcement came two years ago that the XFL would be up and running in 2020, many were excited about the prospect of having an alternative to NFL football. After years of ridiculous rule changes, Vick, Kaepernick, and the very unlikable Roger Goodell, countless Americans had had enough with the league they loved for so long.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a league-wide memo on Tuesday night, closing all team facilities.
The NFL has canceled its ambitious 2020 Draft production set for April in Las Vegas and will replace it with a more controlled studio event.
The NFL has joined a growing list of other sports reacting to the coronavirus by canceling its spring meeting.
Browns defensive end Myles Garrett missed the last six games of the 2019 season and continues to serve an indefinite suspension after attacking Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph with his own helmet. However, that suspension may soon be coming to an end.
Antonio Brown reportedly impressed at his recent workout with the New Orleans Saints. However, after a week has gone by and no word from the league about whether he can resume his playing career, the former Patriot feels as though his workout in New Orleans was a “publicity stunt.”
Antonio Brown reportedly did not disappoint in his workout for the New Orleans Saints. And, it appears, just as the Saints have interest in Brown, the out-of-work NFL star has interest in New Orleans as well.
Arizona Central columnist Greg Moore is wondering what the NFL would look like if blacks decided to boycott the NFL over the continued unemployment of national anthem protester Colin Kaepernick
Fox NFL reporter Jay Glazer, aired footage from the Patriots’ filming of the Cincinnati Bengals sideline on Sunday’s pre-game show.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says that the league has “moved on” from Colin Kaepernick, and claimed that the anthem protester “chose” not to take an “incredible opportunity.”
An online petition demanding the NFL remove Michael Vick as an honorary captain at next year’s Super Bowl, has gained hundreds of thousands of signatures.
Suspended Cardinals player Josh Shaw reportedly bet against his own team, and lost.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett is done playing for the Cleveland Browns this season. The NFL isn’t saying when the star defensive end will play again.
Rap mogul Jay-Z, the NFL’s social justice partner, had “influence” in getting the NFL to offer Colin Kaepernick his upcoming workout on Saturday.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter says that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wanted to schedule a workout for Colin Kaepernick because he “feels bad,” about the way the situation involving the former anthem protester has been handled.
It’s no secret that some NFL owners would like to expand the regular season from 16 to 18 games, but they might have have to settle for 17.
Part of the deal rapper Jay-Z struck to take over the NFL’s entertainment decisions is that he will eventually become a part owner of a team.
Colin Kaepernick’s girlfriend, Nessa Diab, took several direct shots at rap mogul Jay-Z on Thursday, accusing him of being “used” by the NFL.
Former ESPN host Jemele Hill has accused rapper and social justice warrior Jay-Z of throwing Colin Kaepernick under the bus, during negotiations to take control of the NFL’s entertainment and social justice platforms.
A day after Jay-Z announced that his Roc Nation company was partnering with the NFL, the drug dealer-turned mogul told reporters he still supports protesting, kneeling and ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
According to estimates, the marijuana industry could out-earn the National Football League as early as next year.
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — Four preseason games remain too much for Roger Goodell. The NFL Commissioner on Monday reiterated his stance of wanting to reduce the preseason schedule at a time the league and players’ association have begun preliminary talks on a new collective bargaining agreement.
May 28 (UPI) — The NFL Players Association is advising players to plan for a work stoppage of “at least” a year in 2021.
Viewership for the 2019 NFL Draft was down over numbers from 2018, according to reports.
New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft will be treated just like a player if he violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy, according to Commissioner Roger Goodell.
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL says it will handle the sex solicitation case involving New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft as it would any other issue under the league’s conduct policy.
Bartstool Sports chief Dave Portnoy uncorked quite a theory on Fox News’s Tucker Carlson show last week, after New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting for sex.
