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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Space in the press box at SoFi Stadium is at a premium for Super Bowl LVI, but the NFL still made sure two beloved writers who died over the last year had seats. In the middle of Yahoo Sports’ cluster of seats is a commemorative football in memory of our friend Terez Paylor. The NFL remembered Yahoo Sports senior NFL writer Terez Paylor with a Super Bowl LVI game ball. (Shalise Manza Young/Yahoo Sports) It reads: “The NFL presents this Super Bowl LVI game ball in memory of… Source link

LOS ANGELES — For 21 seasons the NFL didn’t have a team in Los Angeles, the second-largest media market in the United States. We’re going to look back at that gap and wonder how it happened. The short story is that the league needed land and a stadium, and that was difficult to come by. We’ll get to that struggle in a bit. When Super Bowl LVI kicks off, it will be a signature moment in the NFL’s new Los Angeles era. SoFi Stadium, the most expensive stadium in the world by a mile, will be the… Source link

Last July, when Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was gearing up for arguably one of the NFL’s greatest rebound seasons after a torn ACL, he made an eyebrow-raising decision. In an era when social media has become an integral part of the branding of an NFL star, he was leaving the platforms behind. Not only that, but deleting cornerstone apps from his phone altogether during training camp. “Just too many distractions,” he said. It was an interesting moment, but also worth some… Source link

We haven’t seen the last of Tom Brady in the NFL … according to one of his favorite targets. Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski believes Brady will return to the NFL, but that comes with a caveat. [Join Yahoo’s free Big Game prop quiz for a chance to win up to $10K] Gronkowski expects Brady to take a few years off before he returns to action, telling USA Today Brady will be back “in a couple of years.” No, really. “The guy can play at any age,’’ Gronkowski told USA TODAY… Source link

Jackson State coach Deion Sanders is already drawing plenty of attention as a coach. Sanders led Jackson State to an 11-win season his first year on the job. He was rewarded with the FCS Coach of the Year honor. That success has already propelled Sanders into NFL conversations. There were no reports Sanders interviewed during the most recent coaching cycle, or that teams contacted Sanders, but there was a belief Sanders could break into the NFL head coaching ranks soon. Problem is, Sanders… Source link

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores has filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos and the Dolphins claiming racial discrimination in the league’s hiring process for coaches and executives.  Flores filed the suit in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday. In it he accuses Dolphins owner Stephen Ross of offering him $100,000 for every loss in an effort to tank for the No. 1 draft pick during the 2019 NFL season, and includes texts he… Source link

Tyreek Hill‘s 64-yard touchdown catch and run was one of the wildest moments in quite possibly the wildest game in recent NFL history, but the NFL isn’t happy with one part of the play. The league has fined the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver $10,300 for flashing a peace sign at defenders while running into the end zone, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Here’s the play in question, which the NFL had no qualms about posting to social media despite the poor sportsmanship on… Source link

Did the football gods know that with the stock market giving us migraines, the NFL playoff games needed to be extra awesome? We’ll see if the trend continues this weekend when the league’s final four teams take the field. One thing’s for sure, the NFL is back, baby (as the late Al Davis might have said.) Back from COVID-19. Back from the kneeling controversy. The instant-classic-in-the-snow 49ers-Packers game was the most-watched TV show on a Saturday night in 28 years. And no one’s… Source link

The Championship Round of the 2021 NFL season is this weekend, and our analysts have revealed whom they would choose in their Yahoo Daily Fantasy lineups using a budget of $200. The ultimate goal: To build the perfect winning lineup. Will they achieve it? Let’s take a look! [Play in Yahoo DFS’s $500K Sunday Baller contest] After what Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs pulled off against the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round, it’s no surprise that a plethora of Chiefs litters our… Source link

Last November, when cryptocurrency was skyrocketing to new heights and Bitcoin was one of the red-hot financial vehicles of 2021, the mobile payment service Cash App grabbed some trending headlines through partnerships with two headlining NFL names: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Los Angeles Rams wideout Odell Beckham Jr. The significance: Both players endorsed Bitcoin and announced plans to take portions of their 2021 salaries in the cryptocurrency during a month when… Source link