The XFL had an exciting, but brief return to action in 2020 before the coronavirus shut the sports world down. Despite fears that the league would never return, it now appears that yet another restart is on the way.
Actor and producer Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital, have struck a deal with XFL Owner Vince McMahon to buy the COVID-shuttered football league.
If you liked the XFL, there’s good news for you. If you did not like XFL founder Vince McMahon, there’s also good news for you.
Former XFL commissioner Oliver Luck filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against league owner Vince McMahon, for firing him for reasons that were “devoid of merit.”
President Trump selected several prominent league commissioners to serve as advisors on his committee aimed at getting the country back on the playing field.
We know. You say it’s ‘fake’. Not to Brock Lesnar’s face, but with your fantasy football pals you say these things. You say it’s not a ‘sport’. You say this, even though decorated Olympians and professional athletes from other sports are all over the roster. You say “I will never watch that”. Well, if you’re a member of this crowd, perhaps you won’t budge.
Sad news for football players and fans alike, as the XFL made the announcement no one wanted to hear on Friday. Pointing to the virus pandemic, the league suspended all operations and laid off virtually all of its employees.
What began as a promising reboot for a spring time football league looking to fill the void for football-crazed fans after the NFL season, has just taken a turn for the worse.
The television ratings for the XFL’s opening weekend are in, and those numbers are likely to ensure the new league gets at least a few more weekends.
With the nation’s newest pro football league fairly off the ground, some are wondering why Colin Kaepernick isn’t playing for the new XFL. The answer, is typically Kaepernickian.
If Colin Kaepernick ever wants to play in the XFL, he’s going to have to lower his contract demands.
The XFL Draft is on as the new football league looks to pick up around 400 players out of 1,000 prospects this week.
Vince McMahon has released the schedule for the revival of his XFL pro football league, announcing deals with Fox, ABC, Fox Sports 1, and ESPN.
The new XFL football league is now confirming that league officials worked to sign notorious anthem protester Colin Kaepernick. This, despite claiming that there would be no kneeling during the national anthem at its games.
The WWE unleashed a new ad body slamming the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show featuring Maroon 5, and urging fans to watch the WWE’s new Halftime Heat show instead, TMZ reported.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Los Angeles, the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area and Dallas were among the eight cities and venues chosen to be the home sites when the XFL launches its inaugural season in February 2020.
Ten years ago, very few would have predicted that professional football would become a growth industry, at least beyond the NFL. However, with Vince McMahon announcing in January that he’s bringing the XFL back, it appeared that the NFL would soon have some company at the top of the professional football world.
With the XFL on the road to returning to professional football, it is unsurprising that the liberal sports media just had to ask proprietor Vince McMahon if he would be open to hiring anti-American protest inventor Colin Kaepernick.
During Friday’s “First Take” on ESPN, Will Cain brushed off the notion that the XFL will fail like it did the first attempt, arguing that the NFL should be worried this time around because the league is losing viewers while college
Wrestling magnate Vince McMahon announced that he is bringing the XFL back to professional football to begin playing by 2020. So far we have some general information about the plan, but there is still a lot to be realized.
Thursday on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” co-host Michael Wilbon weighed in on the XFL’s comeback in 2020, calling Vince McMahon’s upcoming league a “whitewashed, idealistic brand” of football because it will require players to stand for the National Anthem and
During Thursday’s announcement that he is giving his defunct XFL football league another try, organizer Vince McMahon said that for his league politics is out and players would be required to stand for the playing of the national anthem.
WWE CEO Vince McMahon announced in a Thursday press conference that he is bringing back the XFL in 2020.
Many thought, after a year of plummeting ratings and political controversy, that someone might throw their hat in the ring, and challenge the NFL’s monopoly over professional football in America.
Ric Flair tells us “To be the man, you gotta beat the man”. Well, for a few years in the 1980s, I was the man when it came to wrestling fandom and knowledge.
Nearly seventeen years ago, WWE President Vince McMahon saw a vision of his come to life. The career athlete-entertainer fielded a league full of irreverent and entertainment-driven football teams, known more for their charisma and how much fun they were having, as opposed to their skill.
With the NFL undergoing a nearly unprecedented decline in ratings, in-game attendance, and overall popularity; a bold and adventurous businessman with lots of resources, could consider launching a rival football league to compete with the NFL.
August 7 marks President Donald Trump’s second 100 days in office. They were just as intense as the first 100, if not more so. Here are 15 highlights (and lowlights).
On Sunday, CNN commentators described the video as a form of incitement; on Monday, the network reported that the video raised “questions” about “racism, bigotry, and violence … [and] antisemitism.”
On Sunday, CNN actually asked Twitter if President Donald Trump’s WWE-themed tweet actually violated Twitter’s “hateful conduct” policy. Predictably, Twitter told the network that the tweet, which showed Trump beating down Vince McMahon with a superimposed CNN logo over his face, did not do so.
