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FILE - FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, left, with game analyst Greg Olsen, right, pose before an NFL Football game in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 7, 2021. Burkhardt and Olsen will call their first Super Bowl for Fox on Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles.(AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)
Fox's Burkhardt, Olsen prepared to call their 1st Super Bowl

By Joe Reedy Feb. 10, 2023 03:43 PM EST

Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson (77) celebrates his sack against the New York Jets during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
NFL offseason a mental, physical reboot process for players

By Dennis Waszak Jr. Jan. 11, 2023 10:45 AM EST

Youth players with the Gulf Coast Sharks Youth Football Club playing a tackle football game on Sept. 10, 2022, in Gautier, Miss. The league's founder, Joel Fields, said youth football leagues are often unregulated. Some leagues allow children as young as five years old to play tackle football, he said. (Joel Fields via AP)
Football fans grapple with violent side of a beloved sport

By Jocelyn Noveck Jan. 05, 2023 01:35 PM EST

Buffalo Bills players and staff pray for Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Cincinnati. The game has been indefinitely postponed after Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin collapsed, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Fans give millions to Damar Hamlin's toy drive for kids

By Tim Reynolds Jan. 03, 2023 10:55 AM EST

FILE - Musician Meek Mill, right, speaks about his incarceration along with Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin at the launch of REFORM Alliance in New York on Jan. 23, 2019. The pair shared laughs Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at an outing meant to brighten the day for kids from families caught in the criminal justice system. Rubin, who recently sold his stake in the Philadelphia 76ers, co-founded the Reform Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to probation, parole and sentencing reform in the United States. Mill, whose well-publicized prison sentence for minor probation violations became a lightning rod for the issue, is co-chairman of the organization. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Meek Mill goes deep for Philly kids caught in justice system

By Dan Gelston Dec. 14, 2022 06:05 AM EST