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Sports Illustrated January 15, 2002 Peter King |
What has Steve Spurrier gotten himself into? As Steve Spurrier leaves Florida to become the highest-paid coach in the NFL -- he signed a $25 million, five-year deal with the Redskins on Monday -- the $64,000 question is: How will he cope with losing? |
Salon.com June 14, 2000 Anthony York |
Magic words for football fans: Not guilty With NFL acquittals running rampant throughout the land, it makes you downright proud to be a fan. |
Sports Illustrated April 17, 2000 Jack McCallum |
Diehard draftniks are simply daft How important is the NFL draft? |
Sports Illustrated October 8, 2002 |
Ten Years After First, grocery stocker Kurt Warner becomes the NFL MVP. And now Tommy Maddox, who was selling insurance three years ago, is starting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Is this a great league or what? |
Sports Illustrated November 13, 2000 Jack McCallum |
Foxed out Though it probably escaped your attention, the move of the week in the NFL belonged to former linebacker Chris Spielman, who, opting for dignity over degradation, said sayonara to Fox Sports Net's infantile, testosterone-fueled cacklefest, NFL This Morning... |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Paul Tagliabue In 15 years as the NFL's caretaker, he has helped turn it into a $5 billion-a-year business. |
AskMen.com Neal Stastny |
30 Things Not Even Football Fans Like About Football Season You've drafted your fantasy team. You've read every NFL column and listened to every NFL podcast. Tomorrow there will finally be a meaningful NFL game. |
Sports Illustrated January 4, 2002 Tim Layden |
Spurrier needed another challenge Former Florida coach has the tools to be an NFL success... |
Sports Illustrated July 17, 2000 Jack McCallum |
Are you ready for some football? There used to be but one hot stove in sports and baseball owned it. Journalists could write endlessly about what offseason moves the Yankees would be making, but football and basketball remained almost invisible until the games began. Not anymore.... |
Sports Illustrated January 23, 2001 Josh Elliott |
Scorecard Why off-the-field woes don't threaten the NFL's primacy... |
Sports Central December 28, 2007 Sean Crowe |
The NFL's Battle Against Big Cable During the power struggle between the NFL and the cable companies, we've quickly learned who gives the most money to our local neighborhood politicians, and it's apparently not the NFL. |
Sports Central June 17, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
All That Gary Glitters Today, it's hard to find a live sporting event that doesn't use "Rock and Roll Part 2" to charge up fans. |
Sports Illustrated August 30, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Making up for lost dime NFL Referees Association's demands based on past, present and future... |
Sports Central April 24, 2004 Adam Russell |
Watch for Mr. Irrelevant With the NFL draft this weekend, there is much anticipation and prognostication as to whom the first pick will be. But there's another pick that has a few folks watching closely, as well: who will be this year's "Mr. Irrelevant?" |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Going tubing NFL's new TV plan is friendly, the Yankees' and Nets' YES Network a fan foe... |
Sports Illustrated February 23, 2001 Tim Layden |
Combine effort Scouting collective is about performance, not playing... |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2002 Rick Reilly |
Robbing Darren to Pay Paul Do you think it's hypocritical for the NFL to fine its players for violent hits, taunting and unnecessary roughness with one hand and cash in on the very same thing with the other? |
Salon.com June 30, 2000 Allen Barra |
Any given Monday night Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will. |
Sports Central July 21, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
The Anti-Favre NFL '08 Preseason Preview Here is a list of five things to look for in the NFL this summer without mentioning Brett Favre. |
Sports Illustrated April 17, 2001 Rick Reilly |
Liccing My Wounds The Wonderlic is the intelligence test that NFL teams rely on to help them decide on which players they're going to dump tuna boats full of $100 bills. Every player at the scouting combine takes the test, which lasts 12 minutes and consists of 50 questions, each harder than the one before... |
Sports Central August 23, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Hines Ward and Head Injuries Once upon time, Hines Ward had all the qualities sports fans admire. He was a great player with a well-rounded skill set, a college quarterback turned Pro Bowl wide receiver. |
Salon.com April 24, 2002 Allen Barra |
The corporate sports rip-off Why are taxpayers still subsidizing professional football and basketball? |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
Spending Money to Make Money With the NFL Various NFL partners are responsible for games every week and will benefit from the league's popularity. |
Sports Central August 2, 2005 Jeff Moore |
Membership Has its Privileges There are a a number of factors that show the NFL is a club that "likes its own" and resists outsiders -- from colleges, to coaches to commentators. |
Sports Central April 4, 2004 Gary Geffen |
Keep the NFL Playoffs the Same At the annual NFL league meetings, there was talk of expanding the playoff field from 12 to 14 teams. Finally, the idea was tabled for another year's agenda. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 |
The Average NFL Player Don't let Brett Favre fool you. Most NFL careers are much shorter and a lot less sweet. |
Sports Central January 21, 2009 Josh Galligan |
A College Football-esque NFL Overtime? Dare we hope to get both of these changes soon? And do we even want a college football-esque NFL overtime system? |
Sports Central February 17, 2004 Brad Oremland |
The NFL Offseason Desert We're in the offseason now, but there's a lot to discuss in the NFL: the Pro Bowl, the Kurt Warner situation, Maurice Clarett, coaching changes, free agency, and the draft. |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2001 Peter King |
Lewis is this decade's Lawrence Taylor I couldn't imagine what was going through Ray Lewis' mind Monday morning, precisely 52 weeks after his personal nightmare began. Who'da thunk this? And so I asked him, a couple of minutes after he got the keys to a sport truck for being named the Super Bowl XXXV MVP... |
Sports Illustrated October 7, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Go, Johnnie, go Johnnie Cochran's plan to aid minority hiring in the NFL is overdue. |
Sports Illustrated November 30, 2000 Peter King |
The truth about Terrell There is a moral to the Terrell Davis story: Trust a player who has never complained about playing hurt before when he says he can't play... |
Sports Illustrated December 11, 2002 Eric Crouch |
No Regrets Heisman winner Eric Crouch was drafted by the Rams, then quit because he couldn't play quarterback. Here, in his own words, is how he feels about walking away. |
Sports Illustrated November 1, 2002 Tim Layden |
Helmet hits are part of the game The NFL is trying to live by a double standard. Violence sells big-time. Yet now the league is fining people for getting too violent. What's the alternative? Go low and blow out knees? Resurrect the clothesline? |
Sports Central January 21, 2013 Diane M. Grassi |
NFL's Newest Lawsuit Need Not Dim Light on Former Players A wave of lawsuits against the NFL, well publicized in the past many months, may not only put a crimp in future revenue for the NFL, but also in how the rules of the game could ultimately be revised. |
Sports Central May 22, 2007 Joe Boesch |
The Sad Saga of Ricky Williams How many times can a player be given a chance? |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 |
The Players The NFL and NFL Player's Assn.'s top contributors, along with their respective stats. |
Sports Illustrated July 7, 2000 Dr. Z |
What's in a color? Redheaded women, Red McCombs and red-faced in N.Y. |