Charley Taylor of the Washington Redskins waves to the crowd during the National Football Hall of Fame inductee ceremony on July 29,2000 in Canton, Ohio. Charley Taylor was inducted in the class of 1984. | Photo by: Michael Zagaris/Getty Images A Washington football legend who made eight Pro Bowls and was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984, Charley … [Read more...] about Redskins great, Hall of Fame player and coach Charley Taylor dies at age 80
Archives for February 2022
Rich Ohrnberger doubles down on claims of Tom Brady, Bruce Arians dysfunction
Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians tried to shout down former NFL player Rich Ohrnberger. It didn’t work. After Arians’s characteristically profane (and I’m fine with that) response to Ohrnberger’s Friday claim of a tense and souring relationship in Tampa between Arians and quarterback Tom Brady, Ohrnberger doubled down with a series of Saturday night tweets. Ohrnberger [more] … [Read more...] about Rich Ohrnberger doubles down on claims of Tom Brady, Bruce Arians dysfunction
With Pepsi out, NFL looks for someone to pay up to $50 million to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show
Last Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show was the tenth to carry the Pepsi name. For now, it’s the last. As recently reported by Terry Lefton of Sports Business Journal, Pepsi will not be sponsoring the Super Bowl halftime show moving forward. Pepsi is expected to continue to be an NFL sponsor, along with its corporate [more] … [Read more...] about With Pepsi out, NFL looks for someone to pay up to $50 million to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show
Future of Sunday Ticket remains very fluid
The NFL’s deal with DirecTV to broadcast the Sunday Ticket package expires after the 2022 season. At this point, the only semi-certainty is that the long-time relationship with DirecTV will end. Where the product goes continues to be an open question. It started as a satellite service. It will become, as of 2023, a full-blown [more] … [Read more...] about Future of Sunday Ticket remains very fluid
On opening drive of Super Bowl, should Bengals have punted?
Twitter is rife with reminders that there’s no football to watch today. Here’s an idea — watch the Super Bowl again. That’s what I’m doing. And I’ll have some thoughts as I do it. I’ll post some of them, because I’m bored. Because there’s no football to watch today. Here’s an item regarding the first [more] … [Read more...] about On opening drive of Super Bowl, should Bengals have punted?