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Amazon to become new home for NFL's Thursday Night Football from 2022

The agreement says games will be available on stations in the markets of the participating teams, which is the same practice when they are on ESPN and NFL Network.

NFL chief sees fans back as 17-game schedule confirmed

Each NFL team will now play 17 regular season games and three preseason games for the first time, the first change to the season's structure since 1978. The move follows the league's record-breaking media rights deals announced earlier this month.

NFL boosts 2021 salary cap minimum to $180M

The NFL informed teams in a memo that the $180M figure is not the final 2021 cap number, just an adjustment to the floor.

Covid restrictions stifle usual Super Bowl Sunday celebrations

The country’s top infectious diseases doctor Dr. Anthony Fauci said this week that the typical house parties of the past should "absolutely not" happen.

Tom Brady on verge of turning Buccaneers into Super Bowl champs

Brady joined a Buccaneers squad that had come off a 7-9 season and had not made the playoffs since 2007.

Jennifer King is NFL's first Black female coach after Washington promotion

Washington head coach Ron Rivera said Jennifer King deserved the promotion for the hours she put in for in-season and off-season work in a season where they made the playoffs.

Brady, Mahomes set up dream Super Bowl for Bucs and Chiefs

The Buccaneers are the first team in NFL history to play in a Super Bowl at their own arena, with the February 7 showpiece taking place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

How Robert Saleh became the NFL’s first Muslim coach

The son of Lebanese immigrants, the significance of Saleh's hire as the New York Jets head coach extends beyond the sport.

Covid-19 leaves holes in global sports that can never be filled

Hundreds of sporting events disappeared around the world during 2020 in the midst of a raging Covid-19 pandemic.

Several NFL players opt-out of season as dozens test positive for Covid-19

Camps opened for all players on July 28, and the season is scheduled to kickoff September 10 with Covid-19 measures.

NFL players given deadline to opt out of new season clouded by Covid-19

The National Football League's 2020 campaign kicks off on September 10, with enhanced measures in place to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, but numerous players have already chosen to opt out citing safety concerns.

Native American groups ask NFL to force Redskins name change

Several sponsors of the team had also requested the change earlier, and several online stores had removed the team's gear over the name which is called a “dictionary defined racial slur” by Native American advocates and experts.