Throughout the off-season, the N.F.L. had stopped short of requiring that its players and other team personnel receive a Covid-19 vaccination, instead strongly encouraging inoculation.…
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The N.F.L. on Thursday announced that the Washington Football Team would pay a $10 million fine to the league after a yearlong investigation into reports…
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The N.F.L. and the N.F.L. Players Association on Wednesday agreed to raise the salary cap by as much as 14 percent, to a maximum of…
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“As the vaccines continue to roll out, hopefully the positivity rate will be going down in the coming months,” Mara told reporters last week. In…
View More New Study Finds Covid Spikes After N.F.L. Games With Fans
The N.F.L. formally agreed to add a 17th regular season game on Tuesday, the first expansion of the league’s schedule since 1978. To make room…
View More N.F.L. Officially Adds 17th Regular Season Game
The N.F.L. announced Monday that the coming draft, slated to take place from April 29 to May 1, will be a bridge between the league’s…
View More N.F.L. Steps Out of the Basement for 2021 Draft
Kaepernick’s critique of America foretold it all. But if you think everything is fine now that there’s a new face in the White House, think…
View More The Talk of the Super Bowl Is Quarterbacks, Except One
It was a usual Wednesday afternoon television lineup, with Judge Judy on one channel arguing with a 19-year-old suing his mother after an altercation over…
View More Ravens-Steelers, After Delays, Ends with Pittsburgh Still Undefeated
Before the N.F.L. season began, one of the big questions the league faced was whether a close-contact sport like football, with 22 players on the…
View More The N.F.L. Has Prevented Coronavirus on the Field. Off It Is Another Matter.
The Weeknd, the Canadian pop star, has been chosen to play the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla., in February, a performance…
View More N.F.L. Announces the Weeknd for Its Super Bowl Halftime Show