When the United States men’s national team takes the pitch for its first World Cup match, its players’ feet will land on newly installed grass at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, typically the home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free … Read more
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will not testify before Congress next week about the league’s broadcast deals and its recent practice of airing games on paywalled streaming services. Goodell declined an invitation to appear at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on June 10 “due to ongoing litigation related to the topic of the hearing,” the league’s … Read more
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was arrested Tuesday in Wisconsin on domestic violence charges, officials said. The incident unfolded just after 8:30 a.m. Saturday, when officers were called to a “disturbance complaint” involving Jacobs, according to a news release from the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department obtained by the NFL Network. On Tuesday, police said … Read more
Four-time NFL Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers says he will retire after the upcoming season, ending a career that saw him become a fixture in the league for more than two decades. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Rodgers, 42, spent more than four months deciding … Read more
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 22nd season in the NFL, according to multiple reports. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Rodgers, 42, suggested last summer that the 2025 season could be his last. He then led the Steelers to the … Read more
Unorthodox backgrounds are the norm in the IPP program, which expanded two years ago to include specialists, including kickers. Yet Matsuzawa might have the unlikeliest path to the NFL of all. Football isn’t a foreign concept in Japan. A semiprofessional league, the X League, was founded in 1971. American universities once regularly played Japanese universities … Read more
After a slow trickle of leaks and announcements, the NFL announced its schedule for the 2026 season Thursday, putting dates and times to the matchups that were determined at the end of last season. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Week 1 will begin on a … Read more
Thirty former Ohio State University football players, including more than a dozen who went on to play in the NFL, signed on to the class action lawsuit brought by other ex-OSU students who say they were sexually abused decades ago by campus doctor Richard Strauss. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to … Read more
A Massachusetts jury on Tuesday acquitted former New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs of charges that he allegedly assaulted a live-in chef. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. He had been accused of slapping and choking Jamila Adams on Dec. 2 at the football player’s … Read more
BOSTON — A woman who worked as a live-in chef for Stefon Diggs and is accusing the former New England Patriots wide receiver of assault is expected to continue her testimony Tuesday at his trial, marked the first day by sharply conflicting accounts of what happened inside his home. Jamila Adams, who goes by “Mila,” … Read more