Leagues and Governing Bodies
NBPA Partners with Function Health for Player Wellness
The NBPA is collaborating with the wellness platform Function Health so current and former players will have access to transformative testing and data to improve their performance, as well as long-term fitness.
Hunt backs pro flag league, maybe with NFL brands
Chiefs owner Clark Hunt blessed the NFL's plans for a professional flag football league today, and sketched out his vision of teams playing under established NFL team names and brands.
Report: 'End Racism' removed from SB end zone
Super Bowl LIX on Sunday will mark the first time since February 2021 that “End Racism” is “not included as a message in the back of a Super Bowl end zone,” according to sources. Instead, “Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us” will be “stenciled onto the back of the end zones at the Caesars Superdom...
Goodell: 18-game schedule not imminent despite past rumblings
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell indicated yesterday at the Super Bowl LIX news conference that nothing is imminent on the league expanding its regular season to 18 games and that the league will be very deliberate in making that decision.
Prime Video, NWSL, Words + Pictures partner for documentary series
Prime Video has greenlit four-part docuseries “For the Win: NWSL” from Words + Pictures.
Goodell, NFL takes firm stance on DEI initiatives
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during his annual state of the league address yesterday said that the league will not “follow in the footsteps” of some major U.S. corporations by “ stripping away diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from their business models,” according to Charles Robinson of...
Jury verdict vindicates MLS, USSF in NASL antitrust lawsuit
CLEAN SWEEP: SOCCER AMERICA's Paul Kennedy notes in finding for U.S. Soccer and MLS, the jury "never had to address the question of where there was a conspiracy (big or small)" to "keep down the NASL," which was launched in 2011 and folded after the 2017 season. The jury "responded 'no' to four ques...
Eagles owner dismisses idea of team in NFL Australia game
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie "appeared to throw cold water" on the idea of his team playing in the first NFL game in Australia at the opening night of Super Bowl LIX festivities, according to Rob Tornoe of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Lurie yesterday told reporters, "It’s an impossibility because it’s t...
Goodell talks future SBs, media rights at presser
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hits on future Super Bowls, media rights in his State of the League address.
NHL, NBA not planning anthem changes amid booing
The NHL and NBA "aren’t planning any changes to their pre-game national anthem routines" after a weekend when many fans "vented frustration" over Canada-U.S. trade tensions by booing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Crowds at Senators, Canucks and Raptors home games Saturday and Sunday "booed the U.S. an...
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“I’ve been in situations of disparity. I think the race team is going to focus on what they have to do this weekend, which I expect them to do. … [Kessler] did an unbelievable job today, and I think I put all my cards on the table”23XI co-owner Michael Jordan, on the impact the legal battle with NASCAR is having on the racing team.
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