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The NFL Players Association agreed to the current 11-season labor deal during the pandemic. So why are the NFL and NFLPA currently engaged in, essentially, the negotiation of a new labor deal for the 2020 season, at least as it relates to dealing with …
A vote of NFLPA team representatives last week recommended scrapping preseason games entirely this summer in favor of increased practice time for teams that haven’t worked on the field at all this offseason. The preseason has already been scaled back to two games for each team, but the number of games isn’t of vital interest [more]
The NFL Players Association has made various requests for training camp in a pandemic. One request would make training camp resemble the offseason program: All meetings would be conducted virtually. It’s part of a request that clubs minimize the time spent in facilities through all phases of training camp, regardless of the number of players [more]
Check social media and there’s a clear split between some Redskins fans that are thrilled about the team possibly changing their name while others are heartbroken, but everybody wants a new stadium.
Sports Illustrated asked what all Bears fans have been asking since 2017: What if Chicago drafted Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson instead of Mitch Trubisky?
Robert Griffin III and Peyton Hillis are among players who flashed a season of good-to-elite play but were unable to repeat that over the rest of their careers.
It’s been months since sports leagues had to shut down due to the coronavirus. Cases are still rising in the United States.
Tom Vaughn, a safety who spent his seven-year NFL career with the Lions, has died at the age of 77. Vaughn played his college football at Iowa State, where he was all-Big Eight as a fullback in 1963 and then as a defensive back in 1964. He also led the…
Some Kansas State athletes were among about 100 people who protested this weekend over an insensitive tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd. ”I don’t think it should take athletes taking a stand for there to be change on this campus,” Sullivan said.
"Stop the slander," one player tweeted.
They also have a name now…
Kendrick Bourne continues to be inspired by Joe Staley, even after the franchise icon’s retirement.
The Packers don’t have a traditional owner. CEO Mark Murphy is the closest they have to one. And with not many owners talking publicly about the challenges confronting the NFL in a pandemic, anything any of them say (even one who isn’t really an owner but close enough) is significant. Here’s what Murphy said about [more]
Ravens backup quarterback Trace McSorley is a good enough all-around athlete that when he was coming out of Penn State last year, some teams asked him to work out as a defensive back at the Scouting Combine. At the time, McSorley refused. Now, he just …
Like all the other rookies entering the NFL this year, Colts second-round pick Michael Pittman Jr.’s transition from college to the pros has been hampered by the lack of on-field work during the offseason program. Making up for lost time will be one of the things that Colts wide receivers coach Mike Groh will be [more]