For decades, betting has driven the popularity of the NFL, a league that has forcefully opposed betting. The new reality is betting has company in the form of the booming fantasy sports industry, which is doing its part to help drive the popularity of the NFL while the league enthusiastically promotes it as a business partner.
Linebacker Brandon Marshall forced a Jamaal Charles fumble, cornerback Bradley Roby scooped up the ball and ran for a 21-yard touchdown with 27 seconds left, and the Denver Broncos scored an improbable 31-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday at Arrowhead Stadium.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend.
The first photos of Jason Pierre-Paul’s damaged hand surfaced Thursday and they showed most of his right index finger and part of his thumb missing and a bandage over his middle finger.
Lost in the rush to write Peyton Manning’s obituary as an elite NFL quarterback after the 39-year-old didn’t throw a touchdown pass in the Broncos’ season-opening 19-13 win over the Baltimore Ravens is the fact that Denver’s defense was dominant.
NFL week two kicks off tonight as the Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) host the Denver Broncos (1-0) at Arrowhead Stadium. Here’s how you can tune in.
Another ugly incident in a high school football game was caught on video Friday night in New Jersey, where a player from Linden High ripped the helmet off an Immaculata High player and hit him in the head with it, opening up a gash that took 10 stitches to close.
The expectation going into Saturday’s football game was that UCLA’s many talented wide receivers would run free in UNLV’s secondary. That was hardly the case.
The email arrived Sept. 5. It was slugged: “This is really happening!” It was about Jeremiah Poutasi of Las Vegas earning the starting assignment at right offensive tackle during the Tennessee Titans’ training camp, then being penciled in to start in the trench against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his first NFL game.
The New England Patriots were cleared by the NFL on Wednesday to reinstate John Jastremski and Jim McNally, the suspended employees who allegedly took air out of game balls in the Deflategate scandal.
Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood was suspended for three games and fined $50,000 for improper conduct with a faculty member regarding the academic status of a player, the university announced Wednesday.
Australian Jarryd Hayne is a former pro rugby player who made his NFL debut Monday night as a punt returner and running back for the San Francisco 49ers.
Seven months after her son didn’t get the ball in the decisive play of the Super Bowl, and one day after he did get the ball to end a defeat, Delisa Lynch had her say.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones has been fined $35,000 by the NFL for Sunday’s incident when he slammed Oakland Raiders receiver Amari Cooper’s head into his helmet.
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning made a heartfelt gesture by bringing an Indiana woman dying of breast cancer to Sunday’s season-opening game.
