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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 […]

A large car dealership in New Jersey has pulled TV ads from NFL games for the remainder of the 2017-2018 season. Flemington Car and Truck Country issued a statement, saying that the ads will be removed due to some NFL players’ protests during the national anthem. “The National Football League and its owners have shown […]

The ratings for the Oct. 2 “Monday Night Football” were down from the previous week. According to Deadline, the game between the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs and the up-and-coming Washington Redskins was down 10 percent from the Dallas Cowboys-Arizona Cardinals game on Sept. 25. A reason for the drop could be due to the fact […]

Budweiser, one of the NFL’s biggest sponsors, has responded to the ongoing national anthem protests. The recent spike in protests were triggered by President Donald Trump’s comments last weekend when he said that any player who didn’t stand for the national anthem should be fired. More than 200 players protested during the anthem in an […]

The Dallas Cowboys players stood for the national anthem before the game on Sunday, Oct. 1, against the Los Angeles Rams. Last week, the team and its owner, Jerry Jones, knelt for a few moments before the anthem then stood up with their arms locked. But this week, there was no kneeling. The Los Angeles […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers opted to stand for the national anthem on Sunday, Oct. 1, in a Baltimore against the Ravens. Last week, the Steelers stoked controversy by staying in the stadium tunnel as the anthem played. The lone player to stand outside the tunnel, hand over heart, was offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva. Ravens players also […]

The New England Patriots opted to stand for the national anthem before the game on Sunday, Oct. 1, against the Carolina Panthers. Some Patriots players took a knee last week during the national anthem, prompting boos from the crowd at Gillette Field in Foxborough, Mass. But this week, Everyone on the Patriots sideline stood, hand […]

Fox Sports won’t be showing the national anthem at all before games. Last week, the network aired the national anthem before games as more than 200 players engaged in some form of protest during the anthem, which follows comments made by President Donald Trump calling for players to be fired for what he says is […]

For the national anthem before Sunday’s game, the New Orleans Saints followed the Dallas Cowboys. The team members took a knee before the anthem for a few moments and then stood when it began playing, which is what the Cowboys did in their “Monday Night Football” game. Last week, several Saints team members took knees […]

Cam Newton, the 2015 NFL MVP, recently spoke about players who have been kneeling, adding that ex-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sacrificed his career. “My hat goes off to the Colin Kaepernicks of the world,” Newton told the Charlotte Observer. “He’s made the ultimate sacrifice [as a player] and I respect that wholeheartedly. I can’t let […]