NFL could put franchise outside United States
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The NFL's choice of where it will play a regular season game outside the United States has been narrowed down to five cities, one of which could be home to an NFL franchise in the next 10 years, the football league's commissioner said on Wednesday.
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By that they mean whoever takes over running things for that franchise has a three- and four-year job in front of them. The team has cap issues, draft picks have been traded away and some of the best players are on the downside of their careers.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills intend to play a few games in Canada, eh?
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WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - Owners of Major League  Baseball's more than 30 teams did not vote as scheduled  Thursday on the proposed move of the Montreal Expos franchise  to Washington, DC.
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(Sept. 13, 2004) -- Last season on the weekend of Jan. 10-11, two of the most unlikely scenarios in the NFL played out, and we never found out what was going to happen if the Packers played for the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.
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Rugby&#39;s Super 12 competition will expand to 14 teams in 2006 to include new franchises in Australia and South Africa. The Tri-Nations will have a third round of matches between national teams.
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How's this for a snapshot of globalization? Next season, about 100 of the NBA's 450 players &#151; nearly one in four &#151; will be from outside the United States.
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New York's two NFL franchises, the Giants and Jets, will be able to proceed with their plan to jointly build a new stadium at the Meadowlands.
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The last may not be first in the NFL, but the seconds became first in several league cities by the end of the day Sunday. Both the Green Bay Packers and St.
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Eggert Magnusson says the Premier League should consider switching games to the USA to boost its profile.
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Liverpool is close to becoming the third Premier League club owned by Americans.Comment
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The NFL may not be all about television, but a lot of it is. Start with the NFL Network's presence, which is impossible not to notice here.
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The NFL is spending &#36;10 million to help Los Angeles and Anaheim with their plans for bringing the league back to the nation&#039;s second-largest media market.
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The first year of Roger Goodell's tenure as NFL commissioner has been highlighted by a stronger player-conduct policy and a focus on global expansion, topics that have received extensive attention.
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The NFL announced on Friday that it  would shut down its six-team European league, describing the  decision as a sensible move that would help it focus attention  on U.S. league games played outside the United States.
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It is fitting that, as they approach their last stand in 2004, the St. Louis Rams play the NFL franchise that used to make its home under the Arch.
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Professional U.S. sports leagues are reluctant to sell prominent sponsorship on uniforms as they develop their own brands but are not ruling out the possibility as they seek new ways to generate revenue.