Having been shamed for his day job over the weekend, “The Cosby Show” actor Geoffrey Owens stepped up for himself and even received a job offer from director Tyler Perry. Owens was photographed working at a Trader Joe’s in New Jersey on Aug. 25, and the photos were published in Daily Mail and other publications. […]

Videos of Nike customers burning their brand gear began appearing on Sept. 3, after the company announced a new campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick is a divisive figure in the sports world and the political landscape for starting the form of protest in which football players kneel during the National Anthem. Kaepernick […]

Chuck Knox, a longtime NFL coach who won 186 regular-season games, died Sunday at age 86, the Seattle Seahawks confirmed. Knox‘s granddaughter, Lee Ann, originally announced the news on Twitter. Knox reportedly was suffering from dementia and recently entered hospice care. Knox coached for the Los Angeles Rams (twice), Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks during his 22 seasons […]

President Donald Trump said that it is “disgraceful” that an NFL player was killed over the weekend by a man who was in the United States illegally. “So disgraceful that a person illegally in our country killed @Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson,” Trump tweeted. “This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get […]

MINNEAPOLIS–The Philadelphia Eagles upset the National Football League’s defending champion New England Patriots 41-33 in a back-and-forth clash on Sunday to capture their maiden Super Bowl title. For the Eagles, who previously lost title games in 1981 and 2005, the win capped a remarkable late-season charge that most observers considered unthinkable when starting quarterback Carson […]

Justin Timberlake covered Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U” along with audio and video of Prince’s original performance of the song. The 37-year-old singer sang his new single, “Filthy” before playing “Rock Your Body.” He also played “Cry Me A River” and “My Love” among others. Then, he performed “I Would Die 4 U” while […]

No Philadelphia Eagles or New England Patriots players took a knee for the U.S. national anthem, reported IJR.com. Singer Pink performed “Star-Spangled Banner” following a controversial 2017-2018 NFL season, which saw hundreds of players protest during the national anthem. Both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have spoken out against players taking a knee […]

Brandin Cooks, the New England Patriots wide receiver, was rushed off the field during Super Bowl 52. He caught a pass from Tom Brady before he received a blindside hit from Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins. It appeared to be a helmet-to-helmet hit. According to Patriots beat writer for the Providence Journal, Mark Daniels, Cooks […]

Update as of 6:30 p.m. ET — The crew was able to fix the mistake. Kickoff has started. Just hours before the Super Bowl kickoff, the groundskeeping crew in Minneapolis had to fix a major problem. A field crew forgot to paint the hashmarks over the Super Bowl LII on the 25-yard lines. They had […]

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady became the oldest player to win the Most Valuable Player award on Saturday, doing so at the age of 40. Brady claimed 40 of the 50 votes from a national panel of media, with the Los Angeles Rams’ Todd Gurley garnering eight votes and Philadelphia’s Carson Wentz getting two. […]

The NFL has rejected a proposed advertisement from a veterans group that would have been in the official Super Bowl program, asking players to stand during the National Anthem. The controversy over some players kneeling during the anthem since 2017 has led many to stop watching the league entirely, and veterans and vet groups have been […]

A top NBC sports executive producer said that the network planned on airing coverage of national anthem protests, if they happen, during the NFL’s upcoming Super Bowl LII. “The Super Bowl is a live event … and when you’re covering a live event, you’re covering what’s happening. So if there are players that choose to […]

Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor suffered what appeared to be a significant injury during Sunday’s wild-card playoff game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Taylor took a hit and was down for some time on the field during the end of the fourth quarter. Bills and Jaguars players can be seen taking a knee around him. The […]

The president of the Baltimore Ravens sent a letter to fans acknowledging that national anthem protests hurt ticket sales. In his letter, Ravens President Dick Cass pled with fans to stick with the team while admitting that an unusually large amount of people are staying away from games this season. “We had the poor showing […]

There’s something about that statement fashioned around a quarterback’s wrist. Wary should be any football team whose motherboard, the so-called signal caller, is without one. It would be like getting caught with his pants down, off guard to hungry defenses. The wristband, an assimilation of codes, helps the quarterback communicate the play to his teammates […]

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick said he has not been invited to meetings between the NFL, players, and team owners. The NFL insists he has been on the guest list for all of them. Kaepernick is not currently an NFL player. He opted out of his contract with San Francisco after starting a […]

Attorneys representing the sister of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez, have refiled a lawsuit claiming the NFL and helmet manufacturer Riddell withheld data about potential head injuries associated with playing football. The suit alleges that Hernandez, who committed suicide in April, suffered repeated head injuries while playing football, which caused behavioral changes. Hernandez was only […]

After weeks of escalating protests by NFL players during the national anthem, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones became the first NFL team owner to tell his team to stand for the flag or sit on the bench. Jones said on Sunday that any player who does not stand during the national anthem and disrespects the […]

Vice President Mike Pence tweeted on Sunday that he left an NFL game after several players from the San Francisco 49ers knelt during the national anthem. “I left today’s Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem,” Pence posted to his Twitter […]

Some 30 percent of NFL fans say they’re watching less, according to a new survey. Half of those self-described “fans of the NFL” said that they’re watching less because of players protesting during the national anthem, according to the Seton Hall Sports Poll, conducted by The Sharkey Institute. Some 52 percent said that they disagreed […]