A proposal to remake the area would please the owner of the city’s N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams. But others, including classical musicians, aren’t so thrilled.
Jim Trotter said his contract with the NFL Network was not renewed after he challenged Commissioner Roger Goodell and other executives on pro football’s commitment to diversity.
While other N.F.L. owners sail on their yachts far from prying eyes, Jim Irsay roams the country showing his museum-quality memorabilia and jamming with rock legends.
The Green Bay Packers are the only N.F.L. team whose fans can buy an ownership stake. Their annual shareholders meeting is part pep rally, part window into the league’s finances.
The league cannot seem to escape the issue of the quarterback’s absence, which became a significant topic at a news conference held by Commissioner Roger Goodell and Jay-Z.
At the USA Football convention, the discussion is all about the vitality of the sport. Can the Republic survive without it? No, it cannot, they tell one another.
Mike Webster, who died in 2002, was the first N.F.L. player to receive a diagnosis of C.T.E., but his family has been left out of the $1 billion concussion settlement so far.
In interviews Monday (Dec 18), league executives said they planned to ultimately step in, but Commissioner Roger Goodell and his top lieutenants preferred to let the team come to the conclusion that the investigation required independence, rather than impose it on the Panthers.
The team had said it would handle the investigation into “workplace misconduct” on its own, and had appointed one of the team’s minority owners to run it.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones tried for months to undermine the new deal, arguing that Goodell should not be rewarded with a new contract while the league was facing big challenges, like the decline in television ratings and player protests during the national anthem.
After the league put together a plan to contribute to groups that aid African-American communities, Eric Reid of the 49ers said the league was “trying to buy an end to the protests.”
Jones, the Dallas Cowboys owner, had threatened to sue the league and its compensation committee over negotiations to extend the contract of Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Fines, taking draft picks and a suspension are possible penalties for Jones, the Cowboys’ owner, who has escalated a fight over Roger Goodell’s contract.
In a letter sent to the N.F.L.’s compensation committee, Jones, the Cowboys’ owner, argued that all owners should vote on Roger Goodell’s new pay package.
The owner of the Cowboys is threatening to sue Goodell and other N.F.L. owners over efforts to extend Goodell’s contract, according to people within the league.
Joe Lockhart was at the center of the storm during the Clinton impeachment. Now he finds himself comfortably in the thick of debate over players’ kneeling during the anthem.
Collecting has grown from a hobby started by amateurs into a billion-dollar industry complete with authenticators, insurers and some memorabilia selling for millions of dollars.
Two week after the league stared down President Trump, Roger Goodell sent a letter to owners saying “we believe that everyone should stand for the national anthem.”
Following President Trump’s lead, the vice president said he would “not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem.”
Thousands of concertgoers found themselves turned into targets, and in the chaos, many tried to lie flat, with no idea they were being fired upon from above.
A study links cognitive and behavioral problems later in life -- among all players, not just in the N.F.L. -- to playing tackle football before age 12.
Should his investment group acquire the Marlins, Jeter would have his work cut out for him in running the struggling team, but ways to boost revenue exist.
Beckham’s long effort to start a team in the city faces little league opposition. But an indifferent fan base and a cramped stadium site are obstacles.
The possibility of large payouts to former players, many with cognitive ailments from hits to the head, attracts offers of help with claims, for a cut.