Tag Archives: NFL

Dallas Cowboys Owner Ordered To Take Paternity Test

The Associate Press reports: A judge has upheld a decision requiring Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to take a paternity test as part of a legal dispute with a 27-year-old woman who claims the billionaire is her biological father. A Texas judge on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Jones of a 2022 ruling in a paternity case brought by Alexandra …

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CBS: Record 202M Watched Part Or All Of Super Bowl

USA Today reports: The Kansas City Chiefs’ dramatic overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers was the most-watched television event in history, according to preliminary television ratings released Monday. The Chiefs and 49ers reached an estimated 123.4 million average viewers on CBS’s broadcast of Super Bowl 58 on Sunday night. A total of 202.4 million watched all or part of …

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NFL Strikes Licensing Deal With Maker Of Swift’s Jacket

The sports business site Sportico reports: The NFL has reached a licensing deal with the designer of Taylor Swift’s viral custom puffer jacket, Kristin Juszczyk, the wife of San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk. Juszczyk has been granted a license to use NFL marks in men’s and women’s apparel designs, the league said, declining to disclose financial terms. She previously …

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Game With Taylor Swift’s BF Broke Viewership Record

CBS Sports reports: If you were watching the AFC championship game on CBS over the weekend, then give yourself a pat on the back, because you were part of television history. The game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens had an average audience of 55.473 million, making it the most-watched AFC title game in NFL history. The viewing …

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Taylor Swift’s Boyfriend Is Going To The Super Bowl

Fox Sports laments: Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce truly set the tone in the AFC Championship Game against the Baltimore Ravens with an impressive touchdown grab to get his team ahead first on the road. And of course, Taylor Swift was ecstatic in her suite after watching it all unfold. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes went 5-for-5 on …

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Buffalo Bills Kicker Deletes Social Media After Threats, Fans Donate $100,000 To His Favorite Cat Rescue Group

NBC News reports: Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass has deleted his social media accounts after he apparently received online threats following his missed game-tying field goal in Sunday’s divisional playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The bullying has prompted a nonprofit cat adoption group, Ten Lives Club, to raise money on behalf of Bass. In a statement on Facebook, …

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Taylor Swift Helps NFL To Record Playoff Viewership

The Messenger reports: Sunday’s NFL showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills is officially the most-watched playoff game ever. Pop superstar Taylor Swift notably supported her boyfriend Travis Kelce at the game, which his team won 27-24. According to CBS, the NFL Divisional Playoff Game surpassed 50 million viewers, averaging 50.393 million throughout the game. Viewership peaked …

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Feds Accuse NFL Team Employee Of Embezzling $22M

The Huffington Post reports: A former Jacksonville Jaguars employee faces wire fraud and illegal monetary transaction charges after allegedly stealing more than $22 million from the football franchise over the span of a few years. According to documents filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Amit Patel used his position overseeing the NFL …

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NFL Renews Deal With Trevor Project, Donates $100K

Metro Weekly reports: The National Football League and The Trevor Project have renewed their partnership through 2024, with the intent of providing educational and advocacy training to NFL staff on LGBTQ issues. As part of the partnership, which first began in 2021, the NFL will donate $100,000 to The Trevor Project, whose services include a crisis hotline, which LGBTQ youth …

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National Hockey League Bans “Pride Tape” On Sticks

Outsports reports: The NHL’s decree that players and teams are no longer allowed to wear rainbow-colored Pride jerseys to celebrate the LGBTQ community was bad enough. Now comes word that the league front office has sent all 32 teams a series of memos that include alleged “clarification” on this policy. On top of this — and most egregious of all …

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Rodgers: “Dolphin Love-Making Noises Are Healing”

Sports Illustrated reports: Aaron Rodgers has always been one to seek out the unorthodox. Whether it be ayahuasca or a darkness retreat, the four-time NFL MVP isn’t afraid to employ outside-the-box methods to whatever situation might be in front of him. Now facing a daunting recovery from an Achilles tendon tear that he suffered on the fourth play of his …

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Billionaire NFL Owner Lobbies Megadonors For Trump

CNBC reports: Billionaire and New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is part of a very small group within former President Donald Trump’s inner circle: Wealthy supporters who are willing to invest their own personal capital to convince Republican megadonors to donate to Trump’s presidential campaign. Not only is Johnson backing Trump himself, he is also doing something even more important: …

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NFL Confirms: Star Anti-Vax QB Is Out For The Season

NFL.com reports: Aaron Rodgers’ aspirations for resurrecting the New York Jets lasted just four snaps. Rodgers’ and the Jets’ cruelest fears were realized on Tuesday as an MRI revealed he suffered a torn left Achilles in Monday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills and will miss the remainder of the 2023 season. It’s a crushing blow at the onset of …

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Notoriously Anti-Vax NFL Star Needs Doctors After All

CBS Sports reports: New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ 2023 season may be over before it ever really got started. After the quarterback was injured on his fourth play of the year, head coach Robert Saleh told reporters following the Jets’ 22-16 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills that they fear the four-time NFL MVP tore his Achilles. There’s an …

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Biden To Launch New Ad During NFL Season Opener

Axios reports: The Biden campaign plans to place a new TV ad targeted to battleground states during the NFL season opener Thursday, a source working with the campaign told Axios. The spot is part of a broader $25 million campaign that will focus on the president’s economic record and last through December. A new Wall Street Journal poll out Monday …

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Cops: Ex-NFL Player Assaulted Son And Son’s Boyfriend

CBS News reports: Former NFL player Joe Staysniak was arrested at his Indiana home after allegedly assaulting his son and his son’s boyfriend, according to a probable cause affidavit from a responding Hendricks County Sheriff’s deputy. The 56-year-old Staysniak, who played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1992 to 1995 and on several other NFL teams, has been charged with one …

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Former NFL Players Sue Over Denial Of Disability Claims

The Washington Post reports: Ten retired NFL players, including former star running back Willis McGahee, sued the league’s benefits plan, its board of trustees and Commissioner Roger Goodell in federal court Thursday, accusing them of displaying “an overly aggressive and disturbing pattern of erroneous and arbitrary benefits denials, bad faith contract misinterpretations, and other unscrupulous tactics” to wrongfully deny disability …

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NFL Legend Tom Brady Again Announces Retirement

Sports Illustrated reports: For the second year in a row, legendary quarterback Tom Brady has announced his retirement. This time, he says, the decision is final. “I’m retiring. For good. I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up this morning I figured I’d just press record and let you guys know first,” …

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Super Bowl 2023: Philadelphia Vs Kansas City

USA Today reports: The matchup for Super Bowl 57 is set. The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs won their respective games during Sunday’s conference championship round and will meet Feb. 12 in the battle for the Lombardi Trophy. The Eagles will serve as the home team in the game, which will be played in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, …

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NHL Player Refuses To Wear Pride Night Jersey [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: National Hockey League player Ivan Provorov opted to forego part of the Philadelphia Flyers’ annual Pride Night on Tuesday, skipping warmups over a disagreement on rainbow attire, as well as rainbow-colored sticks and pucks to be auctioned at the end of the night. Provorov claimed a religious exemption, citing being Russian Orthodox. He went on to …

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