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Slime and SpongeBob Can’t Fix the NFL’s Image Problem

February 7, 2022

An illustration of a slime-covered football

The NFL Has a ‘Good Ol’ Boy’ Problem

February 3, 2022

The Continuing Humiliation of Black NFL Coaches

January 22, 2022

Brian Flores and David Culley

The NBA and NFL Surrendered to Their Vaccine Refusers

December 31, 2021

Jon Gruden Just Put It in Writing

October 13, 2021

Peyton and Eli Manning Can’t Save the NFL

Derek Robertson

September 28, 2021

an image of Eli and Peyton Manning's show on Monday Night Football

Most NFL Players Understand What Cam Newton Doesn’t

September 5, 2021

Gentle Encouragement Wasn’t Going to Be Enough

July 28, 2021

Illustration of a football player and a vaccine needle.

‘Some Team Has to Want Me’

February 5, 2021

The Coronavirus Is Revealing Football’s Human Cost

Robert O'Connell

September 10, 2020

The NFL Can’t Fight Racism When Owners Support Trump

July 3, 2020

The NFL Is Suddenly Worried About Black Lives

June 3, 2020

An illustration of a football player kneeling

Why the Super Bowl Was a Game Changer for the NFL

Michael Weinreb

February 4, 2020

The NFL’s Most Valued Cause Is Itself

February 3, 2020

NFL Owners Have a Problem With Coaches of Color

January 11, 2020

In the End, the NFL Proved Colin Kaepernick Right

December 12, 2019

Colin Kaepernick

Antonio Brown Has Only Himself to Blame

September 23, 2019

Lamar Jackson and the NFL’s Quarterback Double Standard

Robert O'Connell

September 20, 2019

For members: Trump’s big housing reform, Jay-Z’s NFL deal, Impossible Burger in grocery stores

Annie Lowrey, Hannah Giorgis, Olga Khazan, Ian Bogost, and Matt Peterson

August 30, 2019

NFL Players Are Evolving. Fans Aren’t Keeping Up.

August 27, 2019

What Andrew Luck’s Retirement Says About the NFL

Robert O'Connell

August 26, 2019

Why Jay-Z’s Roc Nation–NFL Deal Is So Puzzling

August 15, 2019

Jay-Z Helped the NFL Banish Colin Kaepernick

August 15, 2019