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Fully vaccinated NFL players, staff don’t have to wear masks
The NFL is not requiring fully vaccinated players and staff to wear masks at team facilities following the CDC’s latest guidance regarding COVID-19. In a...
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NFL returning to London with 2 games in October
LONDON (AP) — The NFL is returning to London in October for its first games in the city since the outbreak of the coronavirus. The...
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Buffalo Bills GM Beane would consider cutting unvaccinated player
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane would theoretically consider cutting an unvaccinated player if it meant the team being able to...
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First night of NFL Draft second-highest-rated ever, outdraws Oscars by over two million
CLEVELAND — And the winner is … the NFL draft. Thursday’s broadcast of the first round from Cleveland averaged 12.6 million viewers on television and...
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Unorthodox offseason means unusual, unpredictable NFL draft
About the only certainty in the confounding 2021 NFL draft is Trevor Lawrence going to the Jaguars with the first overall pick. Beyond that, it’s...
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What’s ahead? NFL owners to meet about upcoming season
By Barry Wilner What’s ahead for the NFL in 2021? Not even the teams know. They’ll begin finding out this week when the 32 team...
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College pro days become speed scouting with no NFL combine
By Teresa M. Walker Coaches and general managers have flocked to one city for nearly 40 years to interview players and watch them run drills...
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NFL, NFLPA seek alternatives to opioids for pain management
The NFL is taking steps to learn more about different ways to help players manage pain. Last month, the NFL and NFL Players Association asked...
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Analysis: NFL’s very rich owners about to get much more rich
By Barry Wilner There are some very rich people about to get a whole lot richer. Who else but NFL owners? Probably within the next...
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Female owners encourage young women to pursue football path
It took Sheila Ford Hamp about one second to respond when asked about the potential for women in key roles in the NFL. “The sky...
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AP Interview: Manziel says he’s done with football — mostly
By Paul Newberry ATLANTA (AP) — No more football for Johnny Football unless it’s just for kicks. After a self-destructing pro career that never came...
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Analysis: NFL hopes for normality in 2021, starting at draft
By Barry Wilner Maybe the lack of competitiveness in the Super Bowl was a good sign for the NFL. After a year in which the...
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Bucs’ Javadifar, Locust 1st female coaches to win Super Bowl
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar, Super Bowl champs. To their many fans in the NFL world and beyond, that’s got a...
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Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar – despite moving south to a new team and conference during...
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Super Bowl in Tampa creates ‘craziness’ outside, inside
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Wearing N95 masks and plastic face shields, John Goodman, his wife Alison McMillian and their two teenage sons navigated the crowded...
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Swedish champion Carlstad Crusaders sign Tim Morovick as QB
The reigning Swedish champion Carlstad Crusaders have signed Timothy Morovick as their quarterback for the 2021 season. Ironically, Morovick was the quarterback for Carlstad’s arch rivals in 2020,...
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Super party on for fans in Tampa, even if it’s more low-key
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Craig Cathers is decked out like a guy who’s ready — totally fired up — for his team to play in...
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Goodell: Many lessons NFL learned in 2020 will carry forward
By Rob Maaddi and Barry Wilner TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The many lessons learned from 2020 will be needed as the NFL moves forward, Commissioner...
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Thanks, WLAF! Player parlayed London life to Super Bowls
By Ken Maguire Dedrick Dodge has two Super Bowl rings — not bad for a guy who was working at an Anheuser-Busch plant after his...
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NFL: Concussions down about 5%, masks limited flu cases
By Teresa M. Walker Playing a season through a pandemic did not take the NFL’s attention off other health issues, specifically concussions, with the league...
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Column: One number looms large in Super Bowl of numbers
By Tim Dahlberg The Super Bowl is always defined by numbers, this one perhaps more than others because there’s one number — positive tests for...
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Chiefs’ Robinson, Kilgore on COVID-19 list as close contacts
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs placed a pair of backups, wide receiver Demarcus Robinson and center Daniel Kilgore, on the COVID-19...
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Brady’s parents survived COVID-19, will attend Super Bowl
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady says his parents are doing well after recovering from COVID-19 early this season and will be among family in...
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NFL’s revenue dip in pandemic significant, but not crippling
New York Giants co-owner John Mara could have been speaking for all in the tight-lipped world of NFL finances by saying his club’s pandemic-induced losses...
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Chiefs, Bucs ride (mostly) COVID-clear season to Super Bowl
By Dave Skretta KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs had a pretty good idea what kind of COVID-19 protocols they would have...