Football and the NFL - sports in the USA

In anticipation of Super Bowl LII (Go Eagles), we're revisiting an old episode about the surprising history of how the game came to be. It's the en... (2023)

North America's favourite sports all have Canadian roots - CBC Sports Longform (2023)

Washington Post, 2017: "As populations shrink and safety concerns mount, a truncated version of the game is better than the alternative. As the g... (2017)

Why a protest against racial injustice became a political hot potato. (2018)

American sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL) are more competitive, lucrative and monopolistic than European ones like the English Premier League| Busine... (2023)

How do you land the next Patrick Mahomes II or Jared Goff? Trade up to draft him, just like the Chiefs and Rams did. But as demand for these blockb... (2018)

Recession or no recession, many NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball players have a penchant for losing most or all of their money. It doesn't matter... (2018)

Cities want football teams. Owners want stadiums. In the past 20 years, over $7 billion in public money has gone towards financing the construction... (2018)

As the Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday, with its half billion in ad revenue and tickets priced at a minimum of $3,600, let’s take a moment to rememb... (2018)

The kickoff is a sad and empty ceremony, but the league already knows how to replace it. (2018)

Football is still well behind baseball and basketball when it comes to embracing advanced metrics, but teams have made significant progress in rece... (2018)

The NFL has more data on its players than ever before, but evaluating prospects still involves a lot of guesswork. Here’s how some teams are gettin... (2019)

As research into the game’s dangers has spread, politicians, advocates, and parents have clashed over how to protect youth, high school, and colleg... (2019)