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games Feb. 16, 2021

Sports Have Been a Shadow of Themselves Without FansThe wisdom of bringing spectators back right now is debatable. But there’s no arguing how much they’ve been missed.

By Will Leitch

quar goss Feb. 8, 2021

What’s Going on With These Aaron Rodgers–Shailene Woodley Engagement Rumors?Sources confirmed to People that the couple made it official.

By Zoe Haylock

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

domestic violence Jan. 28, 2021

An NFL Player Allegedly Strangled His Girlfriend Until She Lost ConsciousnessSeahawks lineman Chad Wheeler has been charged with first-degree domestic violence assault, which is a felony.

By Amanda Arnold

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

games Jan. 26, 2021

A Marquee Super Bowl Is the NFL’s Reward for Cutting CornersCOVID schmovid. It’s Tom Brady versus Patrick Mahomes!

By Will Leitch

the law Jan. 25, 2021

Trey Songz Reportedly Arrested for Altercation With Police at KC Chiefs GameOnlookers defend Songz in a video recorded by witnesses.

By Zoe Haylock

games Jan. 11, 2021

Bill Belichick Can’t Escape Trump That EasilyThe Patriots coach declined a Medal of Freedom, but his and other Trump-friendly sports figures’ legacies remain linked to the president.

By Will Leitch

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

games Dec. 8, 2020

How Sports Leagues Are Gearing Up for Another Weird SeasonEveryone is hoping for vaccine-enabled normalcy in 2021, but some sports are better positioned than others to wait things out.

By Will Leitch

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

games Oct. 13, 2020

The Fans Can Go to Games Again. Will They?The stadiums are open, but fans aren’t exactly rushing through the doors.

By Will Leitch

games Oct. 6, 2020

Why Are Pandemic Sports Ratings So Terrible?Some theories on why viewers have unexpectedly turned away in droves.

By Will Leitch

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

games Sept. 16, 2020

If Athletes Want to Force Real Change, They Need to Stop PlayingSocial-justice momentum in the NBA and NFL is already stalling. Radical action is needed.

By Will Leitch

play ball Sept. 11, 2020

Chloe x Halle Perform Stunning Rendition of the National Anthem to Empty StadiumThe sisters wore T-shirts with images of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd during the performance.

By Chris Murphy

games Sept. 8, 2020

The NFL Is Returning To a Different World. Can It Adapt?Every NFL season brings with it madness and unpredictability, but none has ever had more potential for implosion than this one.

By Will Leitch

podcast review July 31, 2020

It’s Illuminating to Hear a Podcaster Talk About Cam NewtonThe Cam Chronicles explores the impossible expectations the NFL star faced — and helped create.

By Nicholas Quah

coronavirus July 10, 2020

When (and How) Sports Are Returning Amid the COVID-19 PandemicIn the next few weeks, the MLB, NBA, and NHL will start playing again — but they’ll look wildly different.

By Adam K. Raymond

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

games June 9, 2020

Roger Goodell’s Black Lives Matter Moment Is a Sign of Trump’s WeaknessThe president never actually had that much power over the NFL. Now, he has none.

By Will Leitch

george floyd protests June 6, 2020

NFL Players, Employee Forced Goodell’s Protest Ban ApologyThe NFL commissioner apologized on Friday for the league’s ban on the protests started by Colin Kaepernick, but not to Kaepernick, and not on his own.

By Chas Danner

games June 2, 2020

Sports Have Never Felt More Meaningless Than Right NowTheir return won’t do anything to make our troubled moment feel any more normal.

By Will Leitch

games May 19, 2020

It’s Probably Not Safe for Sports to Come Back. That May Not Matter.Both executives and fans have shown before that they’ll put entertainment over player safety.

By Will Leitch

games May 12, 2020

The Big Questions Sports Leagues Have to Answer Before They ReopenA big one: What happens if a player tests positive for coronavirus in the middle of the season?

By Will Leitch

games Apr. 30, 2020

When Your Favorite Sport Might Be Coming BackSlowly but surely, the big American leagues are planning their returns.

By Will Leitch

extremely online Apr. 24, 2020

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

By Justin Curto

games Apr. 21, 2020

The NFL’s Pandemic Strategy Is to Ignore the PandemicSo far, timing has worked in the league’s favor. But its business-as-usual approach smacks of magical thinking.

By Will Leitch

games Mar. 31, 2020

How Desperate Are Sports Leagues Right Now? This Desperate.You know it’s bad when we’ve reached the “playing in a biodome” phase of discussion.

By Will Leitch

games Mar. 24, 2020

How Screwed Is Your Favorite Sport’s Season?A survey of the damage coronavirus has wrought among the NFL (fine so far), NBA (up in the air), and other major leagues.

By Will Leitch

super bowl Feb. 3, 2020

The Super Bowl Showed That the NFL Is Back on TopOn a night when everything went right for the league, its recent turbulent history seemed like a long time ago.

By Will Leitch

games Sept. 24, 2019

The Thrill of DefeatIt’s impossible to keep sports fans happy, but maybe that’s not the point.

By Will Leitch

grub guides Sept. 12, 2019

Where to Cheer on Your Favorite Sports Teams, According to Your FandomNew York City has sports bars for fans of all stripes.

By Nikita Richardson

games Sept. 5, 2019

We’re All Fake Fans NowWe know more about athletes than ever, but it hasn’t made them more human to us.

By Will Leitch

the sports section Aug. 27, 2019

U.S. Soccer Star Carli Lloyd Nets NFL Invite After Nailing 55-Yard Field GoalLloyd sees the potential for a “pioneering moment for women.”

By Adam K. Raymond

games Aug. 23, 2019

The Joyous Masochism of Rooting for the Cleveland BrownsThe most desultory team in the NFL is going to be very good and very fun this season.

By Will Leitch

the week in rap Aug. 19, 2019

What Does Jay-Z Hope to Gain From the NFL?From a public-relations standpoint, it is difficult to see how the risk-reward calculation makes sense for Jay.

By Paul Thompson

i’m a business - man Aug. 13, 2019

An NFL Partnership Makes Jay-Z a Producer for the Super Bowl Halftime Show“The NFL has a great big platform, and it has to be all-inclusive.”

By Jordan Crucchiola

games July 30, 2019

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

By Will Leitch

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

games Feb. 4, 2019