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rip Dec. 28, 2021

NFL Legend John Madden Has Died at the Age of 85“Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football.”

By Alejandra Gularte
super bowl lvi Sept. 30, 2021

Five Hip-Hop Titans Will Co-Headline the Super Bowl Halftime ShowDr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar will share the stage.

By Justin Curto
streamliner July 29, 2021

Hulu Says ‘Sports Fans, We See You’ With a New Add-onFootball, motorsports, competitive fishing, and more will soon be at your streaming fingertips — if you’re a Hulu + Live TV user.

By Brennan Carley

royal family July 12, 2021

The Royals Have Finally Decided to Call Out RacismSurprise: It had nothing to do with Meghan Markle.

By Mia Mercado
pride month June 21, 2021

Carl Nassib Is the NFL’s First Active Out Gay Player“I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest.”

By Bethy Squires
the other football May 18, 2021

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney Are Getting Their Own Ted Lasso-Style SeriesDid you know they bought a football club in Wales?

By Devon Ivie
game theory Apr. 6, 2021

Jeopardy! Contestant Thoroughly Zings Aaron Rodgers Over Field-Goal FlopDuring the Green Bay Packers quarterback’s first episode as guest host.

By Halle Kiefer
celebrity Feb. 23, 2021

Shailene Woodley Still Figuring Out Her Fiancé’s Job“I knew he was a football guy but I never knew what kind of a football guy he was.”

By Amanda Arnold
super bowl lv Feb. 8, 2021

All the 2021 Super Bowl CommercialsIncluding Drake … from State Farm.

By Charlotte Walsh
super bowl lv Feb. 7, 2021

Thrill of Fan Running Onto Super Bowl Field Ruined by Realization It’s an AdIn case you thought he was just moved by the love of the game.

By Halle Kiefer
super bowl lv Feb. 7, 2021

Watch Amanda Gorman Recite a New Poem Honoring Pandemic Heroes at Super Bowl LVThe 22-year-old poet was commissioned to write a new work for the event.

By Rebecca Alter
vulture sports Feb. 3, 2021

Football Game to Follow Amanda Gorman Poetry ReadingAnd the Weeknd will perform at halftime.

By Rebecca Alter
tv review Feb. 2, 2021

We Are the Brooklyn Saints’ Concerns Go Well Beyond Winning and LosingRudy Valdez’s Netflix docuseries reclaims dignity for its characters by seeking beauty, even poetry, in outwardly unremarkable scenarios.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

vulture sports Jan. 27, 2021

Amanda Gorman Will Grace Us With a Poem at Super Bowl LVThe inaugural poet has been tapped to write and recite a poem honoring pandemic heroes.

By Zoe Haylock
super bowl lv Jan. 19, 2021

Odd Couple Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church to Sing Super Bowl National AnthemH.E.R. will perform “America the Beautiful.”

By Justin Curto
vulture sports Jan. 11, 2021

Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Won’t Accept Trump’s Presidential Medal of Freedom“Above all, I am an American citizen with great reverence for our nation’s values, freedom and democracy.”

By Halle Kiefer
vulture sports Jan. 11, 2021

Nickelodeon’s NFL Game Ends With Saints Coach Drenched in SlimeOne hundred percent more SpongeBob and Young Sheldon than your average football game.

By Halle Kiefer
vulture sports Dec. 14, 2020

Timothée Chalamet and Pete Davidson Are Just Two Angry Jets Fans in ‘Sportsmax’Those fries look good.

By Rebecca Alter
vulture sports Dec. 7, 2020

Watch Steve Kornacki Bring His Stressful Energy to Sunday Night FootballTake a nap!

By Justin Curto
holiday programming Dec. 1, 2020

Rockefeller Center’s Tragic Tree Finally Gets a Win, Beats NFL for Prime TimeThe game will kick off at 3:40 p.m. ET to not conflict with the lighting ceremony.

By Justin Curto
games Dec. 1, 2020

The NFL Is Too Big to Let COVID Stop ItThe increasingly pandemic-afflicted league has learned an important lesson from other sports: Just keep playing.

By Will Leitch
in memoriam Nov. 16, 2020

Vikings’ Adam Thielen Takes the Field With a Special Alex Trebek HomageThe Vikings wide receiver wears custom cleats honoring the late Jeopardy! host.

By Halle Kiefer
vulture sports Nov. 9, 2020

Notre Dame President Does Not Preach What He Practices on Social DistancingStudents are being reprimanded by a priest who caught COVID at the White House.

By Justin Curto

halftime anytime Sept. 22, 2020

The Killers Welcome Raiders to Vegas With Rooftop ‘Mr. Brightside’What is this, 2003? You wish. You wish it was 2003.

By Halle Kiefer
vulture sports Aug. 4, 2020

Dwayne Johnson Hopes You’re Ready for Some (More) Football With XFL PurchaseThe actor was among the investors who purchased the defunct league founded by Vince McMahon.

By Halle Kiefer
lost bets July 14, 2020

Post Malone Got a Patrick Mahomes Tattoo After Losing to Him in Beer PongThis feels right.

By Justin Curto
vulture sports July 2, 2020

NFL Plans To Play The Black National Anthem Before Games, But Only For One WeekThe (gorgeous and powerful) ‘Lift Every Voice’ will be performed before the (boring and old) ‘Star Spangled Banner.’

By Chris Murphy
vulture sports June 29, 2020

Ava DuVernay Is Making a Colin Kaepernick Series for NetflixWith Kaepernick as the narrator.

By Rebecca Alter
extremely online Apr. 24, 2020

The Remote NFL Draft Was Basically a Meme Super BowlThe girlfriends really stepped up.

By Justin Curto
vulture sports Mar. 17, 2020

Tom Brady Says He’s Leaving Boston, on St. Patrick’s Day of All DaysCheck in on the Bostonian in your life.

By Justin Curto
super bowl 2020 Feb. 3, 2020

All the 2020 Super Bowl CommercialsYes, someone convinced Bill Murray to do another Groundhog Day.

By Amanda Gordon
super bowl 2020 Feb. 2, 2020

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira Win Super Bowl LIVThis year’s MVP goes to the pole.

By Halle Kiefer
super bowl 2020 Feb. 2, 2020

Demi Lovato Absolutely Crushes the National Anthem at Sunday’s Super Bowl LIVA week after her emotional return to the Grammys.

By Halle Kiefer

jj what? Jan. 29, 2020

Sports Star J.J. Watt Hangs With ‘Sports’ Star Kyle Mooney in SNL PromoThe Houston Texan will host this Saturday.

By Rebecca Alter
white nationalism Dec. 15, 2019

Military Investigating Possible White Power Hand Signal at Army-Navy GameBoth military academies are “looking into” a hand gesture associated with white power that cadets flashed during the broadcast of the football game.

By Matt Stieb
sports Nov. 11, 2019

A Simple Trick for Enduring Football SeasonCourtesy of Jenny Slate.

By Amanda Arnold
the sports section Nov. 5, 2019

And a Cat Runs Into the End Zone!If you don’t listen to this incredible football play-by-play, you hate fun.

By Devon Ivie
crazy coincidences Oct. 20, 2019

Tom Brady Swears Massage Parlor Cameo In Netflix Show Not a Robert Kraft JokeA stunned Paul Rudd spots the Patriots quarterback leaving a strip mall spa in the pilot of Netflix’s Living With Yourself.

By Halle Kiefer
heroism Oct. 7, 2019

This Crocheting Woman Is the MVP of SportsThis is how to “watch” a football game, or any game for that matter.

By Bridget Read
sexual assault Sept. 11, 2019

NFL Star Antonio Brown Accused of Rape by Former TrainerA new lawsuit alleges that the Patriots wide receiver forcibly raped a woman at his Miami home.

By Erica Schwiegershausen
racism Aug. 9, 2019

The Sleight of Hand at the Heart of Trump’s AppealStephen Ross and Tucker Carlson reveal the glue that holds the Republican coalition together.

By Zak Cheney-Rice
games July 30, 2019

Peyton Manning’s Undeserved Reputation Is His Greatest AchievementSomehow, none of the scandals seem to have stuck.

By Will Leitch
power Feb. 25, 2019

Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Charged With Soliciting ProstitutionDetectives allegedly have video evidence of Kraft engaging in sex acts at a Florida spa.

By Claire Lampen and Opheli Garcia Lawler

football Feb. 4, 2019

Trump: Football Is Too Unsafe for My Son, Not Unsafe Enough for OthersThe president says football is too “dangerous” for Barron — and that the NFL isn’t as “vicious” and “violent” as it should be.

By Eric Levitz
super bowl 2019 Feb. 3, 2019

There Should Be a Whole Super Bowl Just to Watch Gladys Knight’s National AnthemIf anyone can make you feel patriotic, it’s Gladys.

By Halle Kiefer
sports Feb. 3, 2019

Ava DuVernay Is Happily Boycotting the Super BowlAnd hopes you will, too.

By Devon Ivie
games Jan. 29, 2019

Was the NFL’s Success This Season Just a ‘Dead Cat Bounce’?After years of trouble, football got popular again in 2018. Why?

By Will Leitch
games Jan. 15, 2019

If You Could Play Any Sport, Which One Should You Choose?(I don’t think it’s football or baseball.)

By Will Leitch
the sports page Jan. 13, 2019

Travis Scott Refused to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show Without Charity PledgeScott, Maroon 5, and Big Boi are confirmed to perform together.

By Devon Ivie
games Dec. 19, 2018

Why Tom Brady’s Decline Sucks Even for Tom Brady HatersAll of a sudden, we can’t even hate the guy guiltlessly.

By Will Leitch