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The Phillips family with their new favorite player, Jesse Luketa.

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Fans gave NFL linebacker Jesse Luketa a lift to the game after he got a flat tire

Cardinals linebacker Jesse Luketa was stuck at a gas station with less than an hour before he needed to be at the stadium for Sunday's game. He decided to get resourceful.

November 30, 2023
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Taylor Swift reacts during a game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 22.

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A Thanksgiving guest's guide to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

Don't be the only one at the table who's behind on the season's hottest romance plot.

November 25, 2023
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George Washington Carver High School junior Braylon Jakes, left, learned during Friday’s assembly that the NFL is providing two tickets for him and a guest to attend Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. He was nominated by Kalin Tate, right, a 2014 Shaw High School graduate who is the NFL’s sponsorship coordinator. 11/03/2023 Mike Haskey

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NFL surprises this Georgia teen with free Super Bowl tickets after family tragedy

A year after his parents and sister were killed in a car crash while driving home from his football game, a Muscogee County School District student got a spirit-boosting surprise from the NFL.

November 06, 2023
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The king of R&B? It depends who you ask.

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Usher will soon have Super Bowl halftime validation. But can he top Rihanna?

In the immortalized-by-meme words of Usher: Watch this.

September 26, 2023
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  • Mallory Yu
Usher performs at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in New York.

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Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

"It's an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list," the music megastar said of his appearance at the Feb. 11, 2024 game.

September 24, 2023
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Jets fans think they are cursed. It's starting to feel like they're right

Sorry Jets fans, the hits just keep on coming. The latest came on Monday night, when quarterback Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon just four plays into his debut with the team.

September 13, 2023
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  • Tyler Bartlam
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is helped off the field during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills on Monday in East Rutherford, N.J.

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Aaron Rodgers' torn Achilles means the Jets QB will miss rest of the season

The 39-year-old NFL veteran has a torn left Achilles tendon that will require season-ending surgery, New York Jets coach Robert Saleh announced Tuesday.

September 12, 2023
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Carl Nassib will be dedicating himself to his philanthropic app.

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Carl Nassib made queer NFL history. Now he's stepping away from the game

Although he isn't the first NFL player to come out as gay, he is the first to do so while actively playing for a team.

September 06, 2023
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Willis McGahee, No. 26 of the Cleveland Browns, is tended to on the field in the fourth quarter of a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., on Dec. 8, 2013,

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Former NFL players speak out against the league's handling of disability benefits

While the lawsuit lists 10 players, attorneys representing the former players say the lawsuit represents thousands who have filed for benefits before them.

September 06, 2023
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  • Ajani Daniel
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are seen in New Orleans in 2013. Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle whose story inspired the movie <em>The Blind Side,</em> on Monday filed a petition accusing the Tuohys of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents nearly two decades ago.

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After 19 years, the Tuohys say they plan to terminate Michael Oher's conservatorship

Lawyers for Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy say the couple intends to end their conservatorship for Oher, a former NFL offensive lineman and the inspiration behind the 2009 film, The Blind Side.

August 18, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
The Tennessee Titans' Mike Vrabel announced Monday that Terrell Williams, their assistant head coach and defensive line assistant, will serve as acting head coach Saturday during the Titans' preseason opener in Chicago. Here, Williams is seen during an AFC Wild Card game against the New England Patriots on Jan. 4, 2020, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

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The Titans' Terrell Williams temporarily will be the NFL's 4th Black head coach

Williams, who joined the Tennessee Titans in 2018 as a longtime defensive line coach, will step in for head coach Mike Vrabel during Saturday's pre-season game against Chicago.

August 11, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Norma Hunt, co-owner and widow of team founder Lamar Hunt, speaks to team members on the field beore an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Foxborough, Mass.

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Norma Hunt, wife of the Kansas City Chiefs founder, dies at 85

Norma Hunt was the only woman who has attended every Super Bowl, including the Chiefs' February win, the third in franchise history.

June 05, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
This is an undated photo of Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown. Brown was an All-American at Syracuse in 1956 and NFL Rookie of Year in 1957. He also led the NFL in rushing 8 times, 8-time All-Pro in 1957 to 1961 and 1963 to 1965, 3-time MVP in 1958,1963 and 1965 with Cleveland, ran for 12,312 yards and scored 126 touchdowns in just 9 seasons.

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Jim Brown, one of the NFL's all-time great running backs, has died at age 87

During his nine-year Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown averaged more than a hundred yards rushing in every regular season game. He's the only player in NFL history to do that.

May 19, 2023
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  • Tom Goldman
Fans watch as the Washington Commanders face the Jacksonville Jaguars in an NFL football game on Sept. 11, 2022, in Landover, Md.

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Group agrees to buy Washington Commanders from Snyder family for record $6 billion

The deal for $6.05 billion is the largest for a North American professional sports franchise. The deal is still pending approval of three-quarters of NFL owners and other customary closing conditions.

May 13, 2023
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media on March 28 in Phoenix. The attorneys general of New York and California announced Thursday that they are investigating allegations of workplace discrimination by the pro football league.

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2 states launch an investigation of the NFL over gender discrimination and harassment

The California and New York attorneys general say they are seeking information from the NFL on allegations of gender pay disparities, harassment and gender and race discrimination.

May 04, 2023
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