The N.F.L. Backed Down for All the World to See
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The National Football League has run into a granite wall in its battle against several major cable companies.
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The N.H.L. became the first major pro sports league in North America to lose an entire season to a labor dispute.
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The top and bottom appears set, but thereâsa whole lot of middle ground left to cover. The New England Patriots hosted Buffalo last night and Philadelphia and Dallas round
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Some teams steamroll into the NFL playoffs, some back in and some stumble in as if they&#39;d finally found their way home after wandering around dizzy and lost.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Like in every game, somebody had to lose last night. That is the downside of reaching the Super Bowl.
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The luster of the annual Florida-Florida State game was dulled this year by the SeminolesÂ decline as a national power. But there was still much at stake in this intense rivalry.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tom Benson crowded around a tiny television, the fate of his football team resting on the outcome of a game being played halfway across the country.
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Scotland&#39;s NFL Europe franchise has folded due to falling attendance, leaving the league with only one team outside of Germany.
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Back then, it was obvious all of Americaâs best players werenât going to commit to playing international tournaments, and the ones who did couldnât be trusted.
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Dick Ebersol was reflecting on a major decision from eight years ago. It was after the 1997 NFL season, and NBC was ending its 3 1/2-decade affiliation with the league.
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Two of the league&#39;s most disappointing teams put on quite a show in prime time. And after all the wild plays and big offensive numbers Monday night, a phantom penalty, followed
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Concerned by growing uneasiness among fans and marketers about athletes gone wild, the N.F.L. is embarking on an advertising effort highlighting the positive aspects of the on- and off-field lives of its players.
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The temperature remained steady at kickoff, but the wind chill was down to minus 22 at Lambeau Field for the Packers and Giants in the N.F.C. championship game.
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It's not a theoretical issue anymore. Terrell Owens is going to play in Super Bowl XXXIX on Sunday. Of course, there could be a setback.
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One thing about the up-and-down world of the NFL: You can't shy away from teams coming off bad performances, because that would leave you with no one to pick.
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If you hadn&#39;t been following the NFL lately and tuned into yesterday&#39;s Monday night game, you may have thought you had stepped into a time warp.
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Several pro leagues have tried and failed to compete with the NFL. But that isn't stopping  two more from trying