The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel...
The skyrocketing NFL is looking to sell more broadcast packages ahead of a 2029 option to renegotiate its deals, Commissioner Roger Goodell told CNBC on Thursday.
For a Washington Commanders team trying to win as much public support as it can for the $3.8 billion stadium, the more exposure to the savior, Jayden Daniels, the better. Being selective about your exposure when you're trying to sell not...
Quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Commanders will rock new threads this season that call back to the franchise's winning history. The team unveiled "Super Bowl Era" throwback uniforms on Wednesday.
President Trump isn't a stranger to professional football. The former owner of the USFL's New Jersey Generals said Sunday he would help the Washington Commanders negotiate a new stadium deal, though he criticized the franchise's name.
President Trump never thought changing the name from the Redskins to Commanders was a good idea, but if the team became a winning franchise, he could support the current name.
Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders are getting new threads. The team confirmed Wednesday that it would unveil a new alternate uniform on July 9.
The Washington Commanders and their business partner, District Mayor Muriel Bowser, have turned up the pressure on the city council to approve the new RFK site stadium by the July 15 date put forth in the proposal announced more than two...
The Miami Dolphins are sending All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith and a 2027 seventh-round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and a 2027 fifth-round pick.
Sports teams and leagues across the country, with some notable exceptions, scaled back their Pride initiatives in June as franchises weighed the value of LGBTQ fans and their supporters against running afoul of a nationwide backlash led...
A sack specialist, he led the American Football League in taking down quarterbacks in the 1968 regular season, which was capped by the Jets’ upset win in Super Bowl III.
A Super Bowl halftime show performer was charged Thursday with two misdemeanors, about 4 1/2 months after he ran across the field at the Superdome waving a flag that included the words "Sudan and Free Gaza," Louisiana State Police said.
Unemployed kicker Justin Tucker will not appear in the first two months of the NFL season. The NFL suspended the 36-year-old former Baltimore Raven for 10 weeks for violations of the league's personal conduct policy, league officials...
The Cincinnati Bengals and local officials have reached a tentative deal to make $470 million in renovations to Paycor Stadium and keep the team there through at least 2036.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley found his faith in God last offseason. He said Wednesday that it only makes sense that the ensuing campaign was his best, culminating with a Super Bowl triumph.
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson on Wednesday announced two days of public hearings to allow residents and lawmakers to scrutinize the proposed $3.7 billion deal to build a new home for the Washington Commanders on the RFK Stadium site.
The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of being sued by athletes who claim a poor outcome from treatment caused them to lose future earnings.
Part of Minnesota’s famed unit the Purple People Eaters, he started a record 270 consecutive games. Also famously, he once scooped up a fumble and ran to the wrong end zone.
He took over the business from his father in 1997 and turned the team into one of the best in the league, with a Super Bowl win during the 2006 season.
He was a ferocious part of a dominant defense that swept the 1985 Chicago team to victory in the Super Bowl. After 15 N.F.L. seasons, he became a pro wrestler.
He did the cable network’s play-by-play for college basketball, football and baseball games, but his most important assignment was “Sunday Night Football.”
A lawyer for Mr. Sharpe, who hosts the podcast “Club Shay Shay,” said the sexual encounters were consensual and called the lawsuit “a blatant and cynical attempt” at a shakedown.
The league has received a complaint about the Eagles’ special play, in which the quarterback is pushed from behind. It may go the way of head slaps and forward fumbles.
Pay packages, even for first-time coaches, have risen sharply since the 1990s as teams seek those who can turn their franchises into perennial Super Bowl contenders.
The first rapper to headline the N.F.L.’s biggest stage solo made his Drake diss “Not Like Us” the centerpiece of his set at the expense of a larger statement.
TV advertising is the lifeblood of the league, but knowing when to pause the games is a task undertaken by N.F.L. executives, network producers and on-field officials.
After a stellar college football career, he spent 11 years with the Dolphins. He caught a touchdown pass in 1973 that concluded the team’s 17-0 season.
Under pressure from the Cowboys’ stellar defense, the Jets had four giveaways, including three interceptions thrown by Wilson, in the first game since Aaron Rodgers’s injury.
A sports book inside the Washington Commanders’ stadium is the first of its kind in the N.F.L. and a symbol of the league’s wholehearted — and profitable — embrace of gambling.
Jim Trotter said his contract with the NFL Network was not renewed after he challenged Commissioner Roger Goodell and other executives on pro football’s commitment to diversity.
Antonio Brown made an immediate impact in his Patriots debut, catching a 20-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tom Brady late in the second quarter against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium.
Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota found offensive lineman David Quessenberry for a 1-yard touchdown on a tackle-eligible play Sunday, giving the cancer survivor his first career touchdown.
Sean Payton signed a five-year extension with the New Orleans Saints, a source confirmed to ESPN, meaning one of the NFL's longest-running partnerships will continue well into its second decade.