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Complicating the issue of the NFL’s cratering TV ratings, a new report by The Wall Street Journal claims that ratings for the league are worse in blue states than they are in red states leading some to wonder if the national anthem protests are having less of an impact than conventional wisdom maintains.

Papa John’s became the first major NFL sponsor to publicly call the NFL out over their reaction to the anthem protest, and the the fact that hose protests have hurt their sales.

Some NFL players might need a primer on capitalism, and how the money is generated for their large paychecks.

No other brand name has become more synonymous with the NFL over the years, than Papa John’s Pizza. However, that bond might soon break, as the pizza giant let the NFL know that the league’s anthem protests are killing their business.

In what appears to be a shot at Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, TMZ Sports released video of Texans outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney dressed as a prison inmate at a Halloween party. McNair faced criticism for referring to players’ National

A new survey of some of the nation’s most polarizing brand names, finds the NFL ranking in higher on the polarization scale than several news networks: ABC CBS, Fox Business, the Huffington Post, and even Breitbart News.

A lot of people try to bring things to Washington, D.C. George W. Bush sought to bring a “new tone,” Barack Obama tried for “hope and change.” The Golden State Warriors, however, will try to bring their values.

Los Angeles (AFP) – The San Francisco 49ers acquired quarterback Jimmy Garoppolofrom the New England Patriots for a second-round pick in the 2018 NFL entry draft, the US media reported on Monday.

As ratings for the NFL continue to fall across nearly every network currently broadcasting games, one analyst is noting that it would make good business sense for cable sports network ESPN to simply give up its $15.2 billion commitment to broadcast NFL games.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears say tight end Zach Miller had “urgent” surgery to repair an artery in his left leg after suffering a gruesome injury in Sunday’s loss at New Orleans.

Monday on ESPN’s “First Take,” contributor Will Cain said that Houston Texans players overreacted “by a country mile” by protesting the National Anthem to show their displeasure with team owner Bob McNair referring to NFL players as prison inmates when he misquoted the “inmates

With the exception of the Houston Texans, NFL protests on Sunday were quite scaled down from where they were a few weeks ago. However, if the Reverend Jesse Jackson had his way, the protests would be on the increase.

Sunday on ESPN, former NFL star Charles Woodson weighed in on the Houston Texans players’ plan to kneel for the National Anthem to protest team owner Bob McNair misusing the expression “inmates running the asylum” when referencing players at a recent

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, one of the few team owners to openly criticize the NFL’s ever-present national anthem protests, has a new target in his sights. According to reports, Jones is working to get rid of Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner who is plainly facilitating the players’ protests.

A liberal east coast sports reporter recently left his comfortable liberal bubble in New York City, traveled to the interior of the country, and was shocked when he discovered that NFL fans in fly over country really do hate the NFL’s constant anti-American national anthem protests.

The Houston Texans wanted to protest on Friday by walking out of practice. Instead, they waited until Sunday and staged one of the largest team anthem protests ever seen.

Prepare yourself before watching this video. Because what happened to the Bears’ Zach Miller on this play is at Joe Theismann levels of bad.

While there’s no doubt that NFL protests have tapered off in recent weeks. There remain several players and several teams, that are apparently determined to continue.

In what has become one of the more predictable stories in all of sports, the NFL’s early games for featured plenty of empty seats.

The Houston Texans, the same team which had to be persuaded to stay at practice on Friday after hearing that Owner Bob McNair had used the expression “inmates running the prison,” at a recent NFL meeting in New York. Will reportedly conduct a large team demonstration against the owner on Sunday in Seattle.

A new Fox poll finds that 52 percent of respondents still disapprove of the NFL’s protests against the country during the national anthem. The league has also seen a massive fall from grace.

In a new interview, Seattle Seahawks defensive end and anthem protester Michael Bennett, blows off accusations that he lied about being racially profiled by the Las Vegas police.

Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins skipped practice Friday in response to team owner Bob McNair misquoting the idiom “inmates running the asylum” by instead saying “inmates running the prison” at an October NFL owners meeting. Fox Sports Radio host Doug Gottlieb reacted

Even as the White House is still slamming the National Football League for its stance on players protesting during the playing of the national anthem, there has been a meeting of minds between the league and the administration on at least one issue.

ESPN “SportsNation” co-host Michelle Beadle called for Houston Texans players to have “walkout” Friday after team owner Bob McNair reportedly botched the idiom “inmates running the asylum” by saying “inmates running the prison” when talking about the National Anthem kneelers.

Houston Texans star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins left practice on Friday, due to team owner Bob McNair’s remark that allowing players to have too much power, would be akin to “letting the inmates run the prison.”

People tend to stick to what they’re good at, in life. The 49ers, are not very good at football. However, they’re quite good at political activism. Therefore, since winning football games isn’t something that’s going to happen for them, the 9ers are now trying to convince their fans that they should focus on other things.

Houston Texans Owner Bob McNair raised eyebrows at an NFL meeting earlier this month, with an analogy he made slam about anthem-protesting players, saying that we “can’t have the inmates running the prison.” McNair has since apologized for the remark.

In response to the meetings between NFL owners and players regarding social issues, Fox Sports 1 “Speak for Yourself” co-host Jason Whitlock warned owners that they are “dealing with children with unrealistic expectations.” “God bless all the owners for having to deal

The National Football League, the sport which once held favored nation status nationally, and particularly among Republicans. Has now seen its favorability numbers crash nationally, particularly among Republicans.

Rocky Bleier won four Super Bowls for the Pittsburgh Steelers after earning a Purple Heart and rushed for nearly 4,000 yards in the NFL after getting shot in the leg in Vietnam.

Fox CEO James Murdoch is worried about the collapsing ratings for pro football but thinks the drop is due to “over saturation” and not because of the league’s constant protests during the national anthem.

The first time the players invited Colin Kaepernick to attend their meetings with NFL owners, he said no. The second time they asked him, reportedly, Kaepernick said yes.

The NFL used to be the golden goose for television networks, and their ratings. However, new numbers show that the league has gone from laying golden eggs for the networks, to just laying, well, eggs.

The widow of Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, says she doubts whether her famed husband would have protested during the playing of the national anthem, but she can’t say for sure.

In pro sports, when you give a player a ton of guaranteed money, that player often has the upper hand over management.