Lululemon gets NFL license, launches new team apparel line
The upscale athleisure brand Lululemon has obtained an NFL license and is launching an apparel and accessories collection including the marks of all 32 clubs for sale on Fanatics and NFL retail channels.
Goodell: NFL will be ready to negotiate labor deal when NFLPA is
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will be ready to renegotiate its labor contract with the NFLPA as soon as the union appoints a new permanent executive director, signaling his urgency to add a lucrative 18th game to the regular season with media rights deals also potentially up for rec...
SBJ Football: The agenda behind NFL’s early EA Sports extension
The October 23 edition of the SBJ Football newsletter reports on the labor agenda behind the NFL's extension of its deal with EA Sports for Madden and more, a look at the NFL's review room in New York City and how it's working to cut down review times and a roundup of coverage from this week's leagu...
Inside the NFL’s effort to cut review times
The NFL invited a group of reporters into Art McNally GameDay Central this week, the windowless office most fans probably know as “New York” -- as in, the “New York” that consults with game officials and sometimes overrules them on instant replay. We assume this new access was a response to criticis...
Is the NFL’s Madden extension the first salvo in upcoming labor talks?
On the surface, the NFL may not appear to be trying to take advantage of the NFL Players Association’s internal turmoil. (It’s a problem for owners, too.) But Wednesday, the NFL made a commercial play that squeezes the NFLPA with negotiations over an 18-game regular season on the horizon.
Goodell: We’ll be ready to negotiate labor deal when NFLPA is
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said today the league will be ready to renegotiate its labor contract with the NFLPA as soon as the union appoints a new permanent executive director, signaling his urgency to add a lucrative 18th game to the regular season with media rights deals also potentially up f...
NFL to play Pro Bowl in San Francisco on Tuesday before Super Bowl
The NFL will stage the 2026 Pro Bowl inside San Francisco’s Moscone Center convention halls on Feb. 3, five days before the Super Bowl, confirming SBJ’s exclusive report from earlier this month of moving the game into Super Bowl host markets.
NFL owners approve Disney deal; ‘MNF’ doubleheaders to end
NFL owners voted to approve the league’s blockbuster deal to sell NFL Network and other NFL Media assets to Disney for 10% of ESPN on Wednesday, ahead of a potentially lengthy antitrust review process.
NFL hoping to add two international games next year
The NFL intends to add up to two more international games to its schedule for 2026, league executives said Tuesday. However, that does not necessarily translate into paydirt for countries like Saudi Arabia that want to get in the mix for the first time.
Big franchise stakes on agenda for NFL owners
NFL owners are expected to approve the record-breaking sale of 10% of the Giants when they meet for a two-day league meeting Tuesday and Wednesday in N.Y. On the agenda will be final approval of Julia Koch and her family’s planned purchase of the Giants stake at a valuation of more than $10B, which ...