Roger Goodell has always owned a pretty loose definition of integrity when it comes to an NFL team ever moving to Las Vegas, on one hand standing behind the idea that his league should exhibit a blunt refusal to be compromised by sports gaming and on the other gladly accepting the massive levels of money and sponsorship and popularity it produces.
Josh Norman appears to be staking his claim to a seat at the table of the elite when it comes to climbing inside opposing heads, a lifetime from the days when trash talking was limited to claiming one’s team was better and guaranteeing a Super Bowl victory.
First things first: You know a Coldplay song. You probably know more than one. You just might not realize it. But when the British rock band that has sold more than 87 million albums worldwide takes the field at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday to perform, you will recognize the sound and lyrics.
The NFL talks a good game when it comes to its health and safety efforts, but statistics continue to favor the side that wonders how diligent the league has been in protecting those smashing into each other.
Nearly seven years after scoring the UFL’s first points and later making the field goal that would win Las Vegas its initial championship, Graham Gano will again try and earn a title. This one in Super Bowl 50.
Jerry Richardson was supposed to have fired Ron Rivera a few times over. That’s what billionaires usually do when wins don’t stockpile as quickly as they would prefer. That, and buy a new mansion to forget their troubles. But the hit was never carried out on Rivera
It seems Mark Davis has thought about moving the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas for some time. Or at least covering some of the bases for it.
This was a different kind of Opening Night than the one Terrie Frankel wrote about on Broadway, but a music element still existed. Because how in the world are you supposed to ask Cam Newton about that stifling Broncos defense without first being treated to some pop tunes?
This is no Iowa cornfield, and the only farming I have done lately is to roll a broken lawn mower out to the curb for a garage sale, but if you close your eyes and imagine what more than $1 billion might deliver Las Vegas in terms of a domed stadium, you just might see all that Ray Kinsella built and more.
It was at this time last year in a ballroom at the Phoenix Convention Center when Roger Goodell was posed a familiar question at his annual state of the league address at the Super Bowl: Did the commissioner think Las Vegas could sustain an NFL team?
