Meet the NFL owners vying for the Super BowlAt this point in the season, the owners of the teams start to come into sharper focus. After all, one of them will be holding the Lombardi trophy come February, writes Forbes.
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World’s best sports agents
While sports stars get the credit for nabbing multi-million dollar contracts, it’s their agents who do the negotiating. Business Insider ranks the top American sports agents on the dollar signs after their deals.
Forgiving Michael Vick
A man who was arguably the most reviled athlete in this country in 2007 is now the toast of American sports, writes ESPN’s Rick Reilly, and after spending 18 months in prisoner for animal cruelty Michael Vick is taking the NFL by storm.
Ice Ice Baby: the NHL gets into the swing of things
Just over a month into the American sporting season and things are finally getting exciting. Sea Ross wraps what has happened so far in the NBA, NHL and the NFL, plus a dash of awkward handshakes.
Sport, video games and the rights to use
When should a person’s right to control his image trump the free-speech rights of others to use it?
The NFL’s helmet-on-helmet collision conundrum
The NFL is now cracking down on helmet-to-helmet hits — and it’s causing quite a stir, writes Fanhouse’s Dan Graziano.
To the end, a man felled by hatred rose above it
Darryl Williams had just caught his first varsity pass in an NFL college game in 1979. He was standing in the end zone at halftime when he was felled by a bullet in the back of the neck. The shot came from a projects rooftop across the street. He died yesterday, but he had an amazing life.
Wolverine vs. Michigan Wolverines
Sports Illustrated sizes up two well-known members of the weasel family.
Ranking the NFL draft quarterbacks
A look at the NFL’s newest quarterbacks.
Plenty of winners and losers in NFL draft
It will take years to know who picked well and who picked poorly in the recent NFL draft, but it’s not too soon to identify some winners and losers who might have escaped your attention.
Rookie abuse in the NFL
In 1970, James “Yazoo” Smith sued the NFL to shut down the draft. What happened next?
NFL draft: A dos and don’ts list
The secret to making the right moves in the NFL draft.
NFL draft preview: East meets East
The NFL draft will be held on Saturday and Sunday in New York. The LA Times examines the needs of each team by division.
AFL in League heartland makes no sense
While a 17th AFL side on the Gold Coast raises serious financial questions, the logic to create a team in Western Sydney side is completely non-existent, writes Adam Schwab.
