Category: NFL

NFL All-Time Scoring Leader Vinatieri to Retire After 24 Seasons

Kicker Adam Vinatieri, the NFL’s all-time scoring leader, is retiring after 24 seasons at the age of 48, he said on Wednesday. The four-time Super Bowl champion, who started his career with the New England Patriots in 1996 before moving to the Indianapolis Colts in 2006, scored 2,673 points including 29 game-winning kicks—two of which…


Reunited: Tebow Signs With Jags, Rejoins Meyer as Tight End

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—The Jacksonville Jaguars are, at the very least, no longer the NFL’s most irrelevant franchise. Urban Meyer. Trevor Lawrence. Tim Tebow. The rebuilding Jaguars now have three of college football’s biggest stars—and two of its most polarizing figures—from the past 15 years after Tebow signed a one-year contract Thursday. The former Florida standout and…


NFL Schedules Get Off to Strong Starts With Week 1 Twinbills

An additional week of regular-season games will benefit NFL fans right from the start. In order to keep an equal number of doubleheaders between CBS and Fox, the league has decided to make Week 1 a doubleheader for both networks, which is also what they do on the final week. Blake Jones of the league’s…


Former Hawaii Star Quarterback Colt Brennan Dies at 37: Family

Former Hawaii star quarterback Colt Brennan, a 2007 Heisman trophy finalist, was died at age 37, according to his family members on Tuesday. His father, Terry Brennan, told the Star-Advertiser newspaper that Brennan had spent the past five months in a rehabilitation facility in California, where he was found unconscious. He died at a hospital…


Former Obama Official Takes Senior Role With NFL

The National Football League (NFL) hired former Obama administration official Katie Hill as the senior vice president of communications. “We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome someone of Katie’s talent to the NFL,” Jeff Miller, NFL’s executive vice president of communications, said in a statement. “Her communications vision, world-class strategic instincts, and deep understanding of…


NFL Hires Former Obama Official as Senior VP of Communications

The National Football League has hired former Obama administration official Katie Hill as the league’s senior vice president of communications. “We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome someone of Katie’s talent to the NFL,” Jeff Miller, NFL’s executive vice president of communications, said in a statement. “Her communications vision, world-class strategic instincts, and deep understanding…


Houston Linebacker to Be 2021 ‘Irrelevant Week’ Honoree

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (CNS)—Houston linebacker Grant Stuard was selected May 1 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 259th and final pick in the NFL draft making him this year’s Irrelevant Week honoree, but it is unclear if the celebration will be held in its traditional Newport Beach home. “Whether we celebrate in Newport Beach…


Geno Hayes, Former NFL, Florida State Linebacker, Dies at 33

Geno Hayes, a former NFL linebacker who starred at Florida State, has died. He was 33. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers confirmed his death Tuesday. He had liver disease and had been in hospice care at his parents’ home in Valdosta, Georgia. Hayes spent four seasons with the Bucs, who drafted him in the sixth round…


Vaccine Mandatory for Buffalo Bills Games: NY County Executive

The county executive in Erie County, New York, suggested that COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory to attend Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres games in person. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, a Democrat, told news outlets Tuesday that “there is no God-given right to attend a football game.” “No Vaccine = No Entry” is what a…


Authorities: NFL Player Phillip Adams Killed 5, Then Himself

ROCK HILL, S.C.—Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday. York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting. “There’s nothing right now that makes sense to…