Tag: N.F.L
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Roger Goodell Agrees to Contract Extension With N.F.L.
[ad_1] Why It Matters: Under Goodell, business has boomed for the N.F.L. Mr. Goodell is the most powerful executive in American sports, and the N.F.L. is the largest and most powerful league in the country. Replacing him will not be easy. He has spent his entire professional career — more than 40 years — at…
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Former N.F.L. Players to Retain Disability Benefits
[ad_1] The National Football League Players Association reached an agreement with the league on Thursday to preserve the disability benefits of hundreds of former players three months before those players were set to lose thousands of dollars a month in payments. The deal, negotiated by the new executive director of the union, Lloyd Howell, will…
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Women in the N.F.L. Find Support on a Group Text and Through Mentoring
[ad_1] A decade before Catherine Raîche became the current highest-ranking female executive with an N.F.L. team, she was a scout for the Canadian Football League. Back then, it was still uncommon for a woman to hold a job evaluating football players, a role that required Raîche to travel the country looking for talent. In a…
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N.F.L. Week 2 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
[ad_1] The Green Bay defense, though, registered four sacks against Chicago, and that pass rush could rattle Atlanta’s second-year quarterback, Desmond Ridder, who threw for just 115 yards against Carolina in Week 1. The Falcons’ passing game should toil again, but don’t expect a Packers defense that was 28th against the run in 2022 to…
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An N.F.L. Stadium Brings Sports Betting Inside
[ad_1] “They know how important betting is to their sport, and more importantly, the betting industry knows how important football is to it,” said Borod, who has worked in the sports betting field for nearly a decade. “In the early days, there was a view that maybe you shouldn’t be able to bet at a…
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N.F.L. Reporter Files Racial Discrimination Claim Against the League After Dismissal
[ad_1] Jim Trotter, a former reporter at the NFL Network, has sued the N.F.L. and the league-owned cable channel for racial discrimination, claiming that his contract was not renewed this year because he repeatedly spoke out about pro football’s lack of diversity at the league office, among its coaches and within its media arm. Trotter,…
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N.F.L. Suspends Detroit Lions, Washington Commanders Players for Gambling
[ad_1] The N.F.L. suspended 5 gamers on Friday for violating the league’s playing coverage, together with three who have been banned for at the very least your entire 2023 season, within the greatest group of penalties for playing violations in 60 years. The announcement comes at a time when the N.F.L., the nation’s richest and…