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A gambler places a bet at the FanDuel sportsbook in East Rutherford N.J. on Aug. 30, 2021. The American Gaming Association says 45.2 million Americans plan to bet on NFL games this season, up 36% from last year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Online bets on NFL games seen surging as season begins

By Wayne Parry Sep. 13, 2021 11:43 AM EDT

Chicago Bears defensive back DeAndre Houston-Carson, right, intercepts the ball against Miami Dolphins tight end Adam Shaheen during the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Dolphins place Jackson, Shaheen on COVID reserve list

Sep. 06, 2021 10:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019,file photo, Australia's Kurtley Beale, center, is assisted from the field after suffering a head injury during the Rugby World Cup Pool D game at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa between Australia and Georgia in Shizuoka, Japan. A "shadow trial" of advanced eye-tracking technology will be conducted in the Trans-Tasman Super Rugby tournament in Australia and New Zealand as part of World Rugby's bid to tackle head injuries by improving the detection of concussion. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Rugby uses eye-tracking technology to tackle concussions

By Steve Mcmorran May. 18, 2021 12:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 21, 2011 file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announces that NFL owners have agreed to a tentative agreement that would end the lockout, pending player approval in College Park, Ga. The process of building the NFL schedule used to be a painstaking one with executives like Val Pinchbeck spending months slotting the games one by one on his board until there was a final product for the commissioner to approve. Making late tweaks or looking at alternative options with a big game moving from early to late in the season weren't really possible for all the pieces of the complicated jigsaw puzzle to fit.(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Amazon cloud technology aids NFL in schedule making

By Josh Dubow May. 12, 2021 08:12 PM EDT

File-This July 18, 2018, file photo shows shows Chris Berman appearing at the ESPY Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Berman will continue to host “NFL PrimeTime” after agreeing to a new contract with ESPN. The multi-year agreement was announced on Monday, May 10, 2021, which is Berman's 66th birthday. “We've been working on it for awhile and this was the perfect time to do it,” Berman said during a telephone interview. “ESPN has been almost two-thirds of my life. I'm honored that what I do still works.”(Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision/AP, File)
ESPN announces extension for Berman on his 66th birthday

By Joe Reedy May. 10, 2021 04:48 PM EDT

Workers continue preparing the NFL Draft Theatre for the 2021 NFL Draft, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Cleveland. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with thousands of fans who will be separated by their loyalties, and whether they've been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Networks realize draft drama without frills sometimes best

By Joe Reedy Apr. 28, 2021 07:34 PM EDT

FILE - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against Ohio State during the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. About the only certainty in the confounding 2021 NFL draft is Trevor Lawrence going to the Jaguars with the first overall pick Thursday night in Cleveland. This year's NFL draft is like none other because teams weren't able to meet face-to-face with the pool of prospects outside the lucky few who got to play in the Senior Bowl after a season that was marked by opt outs and cancellations. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Trevor Lawrence adding cryptocurrency to his playbook

Apr. 26, 2021 05:58 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020 file photo, Carolina Panthers kicker Joey Slye (4) attempts an onside kick with the Kansas City Chiefs recovered during the second half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo. NFL owners approved eliminating overtime in preseason games and expanded selection of jersey numbers for receivers, running backs and defensive backs. The owners did approve establishing a maximum number of players in the setup zone (between 10 and 25 yards from the kickoff) in hopes of enhancing onside kick opportunities. Defending teams will be limited to nine players in that zone, Wednesday, April 21, 2021.(AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)
NFL eliminates preseason OTs, defeats onside kick proposal

By Barry Wilner Apr. 21, 2021 03:27 PM EDT

VICIS has top 3 helmets in survey including lineman model

By Barry Wilner Apr. 20, 2021 02:05 PM EDT
VICIS has the top three performing helmets in the NFL/NFLPA's seventh annual study, with a position-specific helmet tested for the first time and ranking...

NFL reprises Draft-a-Thon to raise money for pandemic relief

Apr. 15, 2021 09:01 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is bringing back the Draft-a-Thon that raised money last year for charities dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. ...

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game in Miami. The NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10 billion a season with new rights agreements announced Thursday, March 18, 2021 including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” beginning in 2022(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Amazon gets Thursday night games, NFL nearly doubles TV deal

By Joe Reedy Mar. 18, 2021 04:06 PM EDT

Commissioner Roger Goodell talks about the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award during the NFL Honors ceremony as part of Super Bowl 55 Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Goodell: NFL learnings from 2020 technology here to stay

By Barry Wilner Feb. 24, 2021 01:29 PM EST

NFL to test new position-specific helmet designed for pros

By Tim Booth Feb. 18, 2021 03:19 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — The NFL says the first position-specific helmet created for its players represents a major step in helmet technology, though it must still...

Montreal Canadiens right wing Josh Anderson (17) blasts the puck past Ottawa Senators goaltender Matt Murray (30) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
NHL takes big stride on data and analytics with AWS deal

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 10, 2021 06:24 PM EST

FILE - NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, right, presents the Super Bowl XV trophy to Oakland Raiders managing general partner Al Davis, left, as Raiders head coach Tom Flores, second from left, and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel look on after the Super Bowl in New Orleans, in this Jan. 25, 1981, file photo. When director Ken Rodgers decided to do a documentary looking back on the battles between late Raiders owner Al Davis and late NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle he decided he wanted to tell the stories from their perspectives. (AP Photo/File)
ESPN uses technology to bring Davis, Rozelle back to life

By Josh Dubow Feb. 03, 2021 02:37 AM EST

Isaiah Sheppard, 7, sits inside an oversized football helmet at the NFL Experience for Super Bowl LV Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
NFL scrambles to keep charitable Super Bowl events in Tampa

By Barry Wilner Jan. 30, 2021 02:30 AM EST

NFL's 1st & Future to award $150,000 on television show

By Barry Wilner Jan. 26, 2021 12:00 PM EST
The NFL is bringing its awards for novel advancements in athletes’ safety and performance to television. Next Tuesday night during Super...

NFL awards 13 new grants under Inspire Change initiative

By Barry Wilner Jan. 08, 2021 09:00 AM EST
The NFL expanded its social Justice initiative Inspire Change on Friday by awarding 13 new grants to nonprofit organizations across the country. ...

The Latest: USC basketball to return against Santa Clara

By The Associated Press Dec. 26, 2020 02:27 PM EST
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Southern California’s men’s...

FILE - Baltimore Ravens lineman and math scholar John Urschel, left, hands out ice cream to Chelsy Valerio, 14, of Baltimore, during a lesson at Dundalk High School during the launch of Texas Instruments' STEM Behind Cool Careers series in Baltimore, in this Tuesday, July 18, 2017, file photo. John Urschel has found that a master's degree in mathematics, his stature as an accomplished author and his pending PhD at MIT isn't necessarily enough to sell young students on the benefit of crunching numbers. What really makes him interesting to most kids is that he's a former NFL player who opted to immerse himself in math. (Steve Ruark/AP Images for Texas Instruments, File)
Former NFL player Urschel sells virtue of math to youngsters

By David Ginsburg Dec. 07, 2020 11:18 AM EST