How The NFL Became America’s Game (NBC 5 Chicago)
How The NFL Became America’s Game (NBC 5 Chicago)
Peruse the National Football League’s financial playbook and you will discover a game plan laced with more slick twists and sweet slants than any Super Bowl strategy. “What you have,” said Joe Theismann, a retired Washington Redskins quarterback and former ESPN analyst, “is the perfect business model.” By Bill Briggs.
UPI Sports Calendar for Monday, Sept. 17 (EARTHtimes.org)
(All times Eastern) Football: NFL: Washington at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. Baseball: American League: Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Chi. White Sox at Kansas City, 8:…
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Goodell rules the NFL with rod of iron (Detroit Free Press)
When Paul Tagliabue retired as NFL commissioner before last season, some people referred to him as the best American sports commissioner ever — or at least, one of the best.
NFL retirees feel the pain (The Record)
Harry Carson is the retired linebacker the NFL wants you to see. He still looks fit enough to go 12 rounds with a young Evander Holyfield, and still sounds sharp enough to take hold of a boardroom full of Fortune 500 suits.
Cheating nothing new among NFL coaches (The World)
A decade ago, while waiting for a permanent home, the then-Tennessee Oilers were using a temporary practice field next to a mall. The week before their season opener against Oakland, someone noticed a cherry picker with workers driving around a parking lot, supposedly changing light bulbs.
NFL Season Kicks Off with Scandal and Injury (NPR)
As week two of the pro-football season begins, the story is less wins and losses than injuries and fines. The NFL has fined the New England Patriots and their coach, Bill Belichick, for videotaping the signals of their rivals during a game.
The best TV nobody will be watching (The Record)
Any self-respecting sports fan would be forgiven for parking in front of a television today and refusing to surrender the remote control. Week 2 of the NFL is on all day. Mets-Phillies try to settle the NL playoffs in the early afternoon. And Yankees-Red Sox wage baseball war at night.