Tag: Atlanta Falcons

The NFL season opener between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons did not impress either on the field, or in the television ratings.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank believes players should have the right to speak out on important issues even though he isn’t expecting his players to protest during the national anthem this season.

ATLANTA (AP) — Julio Jones will report to training camp with the Atlanta Falcons, the team said late Wednesday after reaching an agreement to renegotiate the star receiver’s contract next year.

In August of 2015, wide receiver Julio Jones signed a five-year contract extension with the Atlanta Falcons worth $71.3 million.

The Atlanta Falcons will decide as a team, whether they stay in the locker room or stand on the sideline for the national anthem.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the NFL draft (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl champion Philadelphia will host Atlanta to kick off the 2018 NFL season on Thursday night, Sept. 6.

Monday, after standing for 25 years, the Georgia Dome was imploded. The Georgia Dome was home for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, hosted the Super Bowl, the 1996 Summer Olympics, college basketball’s NCAA Final Four and was yearly the stop for

The seventh Sunday of the NFL season features a rematch of the last Super Bowl, with the Atlanta Falcons traveling to Foxboro to face the defending champion New England Patriots. The Falcons seek revenge after blowing a 28-point lead in the Super Bowl leading to an overtime loss.

A lot of teams trying to avoid the dreaded 0-2 hole in Week Two of the NFL season, including the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots who travel to New Orleans to take on the Saints, who are in the same boat.

Robert Kraft had two unforgettable comebacks this year. The first came in Super Bowl LI, when his New England Patriots overcame a 28-3 deficit in the second half to beat the Atlanta Falcons in overtime.

As national anthem protester and perhaps now ex-NFL player, Colin Kaepernick, continues to sit on the sidelines without a team for 2017, some liberal activists are trying to organize efforts to boycott the league over his unemployment.

Atlanta Falcons fans looking to sample some of the tasty goodness that comes from the best chicken the fast-food industry can offer, will have to make sure to order double on Saturday. That’s because, like all Chick-fil-A restaurants, the one at Mercedes Benz Stadium will be closed on Sunday.

Some of us may be lucky enough to have enough money to own a jet ski. But few of us will be in the same income bracket as Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones who just lost a $100,000 earring when he fell off a jet ski in a Georgia lake.

Players normally find themselves in all kinds of different jobs after leaving the NFL, but very few find themselves in the position of helping to defend the leader of the free world. Yet that’s exactly what happened to former Atlanta Falcon and current Secret Service member Kevin Youngblood.

Mike Vick announced this week that he’d like to coach football now that his playing days are over.

[LANGUAGE WARNING] Thursday, the Atlanta Falcons drafted defensive end Takkarist McKinley out of UCLA with the 26th pick of the first round. Upon selection, an emotional McKinley recounted how he promised his grandmother on her deathbed that he would go

The Atlanta Falcons were on the edge of glory at Super Bowl LI, only to blow their 28-3 lead and fall to the New England Patriots in overtime. While there are a million reasons the Falcons failed to hold onto such

You won’t find a more time-honored and permanent fixture in sports than beer and betting. However, as with all wagers the time to pay up eventually comes, and that time has come for SweetWater Brewery in Atlanta.

Well, the Falcons can’t say the Saints never gave them anything.

The Republican senator who introduced new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee told reporters shortly after the Senate’s Tuesday vote to confirm DeVos that her taking over federal education programs is long overdue.

Dan Gainor, vice president of Business and Culture at the Media Research Center, talked to Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow about all things Super Bowl on Monday, from the Audi ad on an alleged gender pay gap to Lady Gaga’s halftime performance.

HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady led one of the greatest comebacks in sports history lifting New England from a 25-point hole to the Patriots’ fifth NFL championship in the first Super Bowl overtime.

Pundits and predictors were forced to re-live Election Night on Sunday evening, as Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots completed an improbable comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons.

Breitbart Sports will be providing live updates and reaction from fans and media all throughout Super Bowl LI, from NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Feb. 5 (UPI) — Two months after his DUI arrest, Michael Floyd is a member of the Super Bowl bound New England Patriots.

Feb. 5 (UPI) — All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones is in no danger of missing Sunday’s Super Bowl, but he’ll need to address his toe this offseason.

HOUSTON (AP) — Michael Phelps approaches his Super Bowl pick with equal parts athletic achievement and brand loyalty.

Houston (AFP) – Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was named the National Football League’s Most Valuable Player, 24 hours before he attempts to crown a superb season with Super Bowl glory.

Newly crowned NFL MVP Matt Ryan faces Tom Brady in a duel of gunslingers in Houston.

During Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO, host Bill Maher went on a long-winded rant about how he is cheering for the Atlanta Falcons Sunday in Super Bowl LI all because President Donald Trump is close with New England Patriots quarterback

Feb. 3 (UPI) — Before the big game Sunday, Super Bowl opponents Tom Brady and Dwight Freeney battled each other in For Honor Thursday as part of Conan O’Brien’s popular late night segment, Clueless Gamer.

No pesky little trip to the intensive care unit will keep this guy down. Less than two weeks after a trip to the hospital, former President George HW Bush is not just alert and active, he’s also on Twitter, getting “fired up” for the Super Bowl.

An old saying in warfare states, “there are no atheists on the battlefield.” Everyone prays to something or someone when the choice between life and death looms large. The same could also be said of sports fans in the fourth quarter. Most fans, even if only subconsciously, will find themselves pleading to some higher power when the issue of victory or defeat is at hand.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Tom Brady led the New England Patriots into the seventh Super Bowl of his career with a clinical 36-17 defeat of the Pittsburgh Steelers after the Atlanta Falcons routed the Green Bay Packers to reach the NFL showpiece.