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Salon.com
March 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
XFL makes history! Unfortunately, it's in the flop category.   |
Salon.com
February 7, 2001
Allen Barra |
Smashmouth football sucks The XFL thinks its brutal, dumbed-down product is what fans want. Actually, fans want more scoring and fewer commercials... |
Salon.com
February 1, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The XFL won't work Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon and NBC have teamed up for an ultrarough new football league. They're gonna get sacked... |
AskMen.com
November 15, 2000
Mark Simmons |
XFL: As If Football Needed Any More Attitude On February 3rd, 2000, Vince McMahon, Chairman of publicly traded WWF Entertainment Inc., announced to investors that the venerable "sports entertainment" cash cow was going to start a football league, aptly named the XFL... |
Sports Illustrated
February 7, 2001
Frank Deford |
Great X-pectations XFL is far from matching wrestling's allure... |
Salon.com
February 12, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
XFL, Week 2: Sacked! After a big debut, ratings for the "smashmouth" football league tank... |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2010
Patrick Cain |
The NFL: A Pro Football League of Its Own The history of rivals to the National Football League is one of short-lived ambitions |
Salon.com
February 20, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Is the XFL taking the WWF down with it? As smashmouth football ratings continue to fall, some wonder whether Vince McMahon is endangering his wrestling empire... |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
E.M. Swift |
Take the XFL, leave its announcers Memo to Dick Ebersol and Vince McMahon: Your product doesn't offend me. Your announcers do. Big time... |
Salon.com
February 12, 2001
King Kaufman |
Amateur hour The XFL can't seem to get beyond ineptitude and lame behind-the-scenes material... |
Sports Illustrated
May 30, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Catching up is hard to do When I returned from three weeks abroad and I had gone through the mountain of newspapers in front of me, I was struck by one singular thing: Practically nothing had happened on the football landscape. Make that nothing unexpected... |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Are You Ready for Some More Football? The country isn't ready for another football league. If there's a way to out-NFL the NFL at its own game, don't you think someone would have come up with the better mousetrap by now? |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
Peter King |
A Night at the (Soap) Opera This is what I didn't like about the XFL opener Saturday night in the desert just east of here---and what I did like... |
Sports Central
February 11, 2008
Adam Russell |
The Patriots and a Lesson in NFL History Even if the Pats had beaten the Giants, would we all be convinced they were better than Miami or Cleveland? |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Alternative Leagues Real pro wrestling... New SlamBall season coming soon... Arena Football team value skyrockets... Euroleague hoops immensely popular... |
Sports Central
February 25, 2008
Jon Gonzales |
Happy 25th, USFL! (Or What Could've Been) Had the United States Football League continued down the path it was blazing, and had a few breaks gone its way, it likely would have survived to today. |
AskMen.com
February 5, 2003
Mark Simmons |
Why The NFL Is So Fantastic As the NFL powers into the 21st century, it is head and shoulders above all other professional sports circuits. It is firing on all cylinders; both in terms of financial metrics and public relations goodwill. |
Sports Illustrated
April 5, 2000 |
Understanding Wrestling-America ...We really seem to have three Americas now, don't we? There is the United States of America, Miami-America and Wrestling-America.... |
Searcher
December 2010
Irene McDermott |
The Gridiron on the Web -- Football Online Am I doomed to be shut out from the world of football forever? No! The internet has arrived to save the day with zillions of sites to explain and celebrate American football. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Wade Roush |
Quick Hit Cracks Into EA's NFL Market In the run-up to next week's giant E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Quick Hit is announcing today that it has struck a multi-year deal with the NFL. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Least Profitable Sports Leagues Many pro sports leagues are running in the red. Here's a look at some of the least profitable pro sports leagues in recent years. |
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? |
AskMen.com
April 4, 2001
Mark Simmons |
WCW Takeover Vince McMahon recently announced that his WWF would be purchasing its former archenemy; World Championship Wrestling... |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Midway's Battle Midway decides to make an extreme football game to compete with Electronic Arts' NFL coup. |
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. |
Salon.com
September 22, 2000
Allen Barra |
The NFL's minor league? The marketing firms and New York pundits who want a college football playoff system have one thing in common: They don't like or understand college football. |
Sports Central
May 3, 2011
Brad Oremland |
Boycotting the NFL Draft For now, the league is locking out the players with one hand and promoting its annual draft with the other. It's hypocrisy. It's not football, and it's not fun. Call me in September, Commissioner Goodell. |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2001
Peter King |
Where Go Them? There will be no pot of gold at the end of the XFL rainbow, not for the players unemployed in the wake of the league's decision to fold last week and not for NFL teams waiting to pick the bones of the eight expired clubs... |
Sports Central
August 14, 2013
Andrew Jones |
An Anti-Conference Approach The past few years have seen a plague of movement in college football conferences to the point where the names don't even make any sense anymore. |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2002
Frank Deford |
Reality bites Do NFL fans favor fantasy games over real action? |
Salon.com
November 29, 2001
Allen Barra |
Bring back the arbitrary college football polls! Sure, the old championship polls were bogus -- but the current system is just as bogus, and it doesn't even give fans anything to argue about... |
Sports Illustrated
March 14, 2001
Ivan Maisel |
'January Madness' just can't happen Each sport has its own charms. A playoff could be developed for college football, but don't think for a moment it would be March Madness come early. Here are a few of the things that would be missing... |
Sports Illustrated
March 30, 2001 |
Football oasis NFL season underway in Palm Desert, wherever that is... |
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
May 29, 2007
Adam Russell |
The Sports Fan's Cable/Satellite TV Paradox There are now so many specialized sports networks on cable/satellite TV that executives are forced to find anything to fill their programming schedules. |
Sports Central
October 29, 2008
Luke Broadbent |
An English Perspective on the NFL This year's NFL International Series game was clearly the perfect advertisement for offense, while last year's was an advertisement for British weather. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Brady in a Bunch Over Yahoo! Tom Brady isn't happy about Yahoo! fantasy football ads. But it's a tricky situation. The NFL and Yahoo! are digital partners. The gray areas may limit damages in this unique case, but it's easy to understand Brady's position. |
Sports Central
September 17, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
Is Fantasy Football Killing the Game? The more people play fantasy football, the more fantasy football becomes a priority over reality football. |
Salon.com
December 19, 2001
King Kaufman |
Women's football: Ready for prime time? When teams like the Vipers and the Slammers mix it up, it's the real deal. And they're hoping recognition is just a chip-shot field goal away... |
Sports Central
September 2, 2005
Kevin Ferra |
It's Just American Football, or is it? The NFL is the top American sports leagues and is looking to expand into many international markets, including Europe, Canada, China and Mexico. |
Sports Central
June 3, 2014
Brad Oremland |
Say No to the NFL's 18-Game Schedule National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell recently reiterated his intention to institute an 18-game regular season. It's a bad idea. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hockey's Hard Times At its best, hockey is a beautiful sport, blending brutality with finesse. Now, the league must score with the game's dwindling television audience. |
Sports Central
May 25, 2006
Kevin Beane |
Life After the NFL A primer and preview of the Canadian Football league in time for its June 13th season kickoff. |
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. |
Inc.
February 2006
Patrick J. Sauer |
Q&A: Steve Sabol, President, NFL Films With his very first documentary, in 1965, Steve Sabol became the designated mythmaker of pro football. Now the company is a $50 million family operation embedded within a multibillion-dollar business. |
Sports Central
January 9, 2009
Luke Broadbent |
The Most Influential Man in NFL History "On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team." -- Bert Bell |
Sports Central
September 8, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
Delay of Fantasy Game There are some benefits to holding a draft after Week 1. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2001
Scott Oldham |
Bombs Away From round to watermelon to its present familiar shape, the football has been stoking the passions of fans for over 100 years... |
Sports Central
September 20, 2010
Justin Shagrin |
London Calling Is the NFL selling out because of its international game in London? |
