American Football
NFL boss Goodell encourages Kaepernick signing
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has encouraged teams to sign Colin Kaepernick, adding the league will also welcome the quarterback's off-field guidance on social justice.
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Racism
NFL pledges $250 million to combat racism
The NFL said that it was expanding its social justice efforts through the 10-year fund to "combat systemic racism".
Floyd protests
'We were wrong': NFL commissioner regrets stance on player protests
The NFL has been locked in an ongoing debate with players over kneeling protests during the customary pre-game playing of the national anthem.
- by Amy Tennery
Coronavirus pandemic
Virtual boos and WiFi fears: How the 2020 NFL Draft will be like no other
It's the annual event which changes hundreds of lives and is worth tens of millions of dollars - but this year's NFL Draft will rely on the sport's executives' strength of internet connection as much as their player evaluation.
- by Matt Bungard
Tom Brady
'I'm not totally done': Gronkowski pulls pin to reunite with Brady
Former New England Patriots tight end turned wrestler Rob Gronkowski is set to join his former teammate Tom Brady at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tom Brady
'Excited, humble and hungry': Brady becomes a Tampa Bay Buccaneer
Tom Brady, the only NFL quarterback to win six Super Bowls, is officially leaving the New England Patriots,
- by Ken Belson
Good News
There's something different about the new quarterback coach at Brown University. She's Australian.
Heather Marini's introduction to American football came in the middle of a Melbourne winter as an 18-year-old. Now she is the first female division one position coach in the US.
- by Chuck Culpepper
Concussion crisis
Concussion: there's no knock-out answer
The shock of Polly Farmer's posthumous CTE diagnosis is shining a torch again on how the AFL deals with concussion.
- by Greg Baum
Explainer
Super Bowl
Super Bowl 2020: How the NFL's ultimate spectacle became a worldwide sensation
Why is it becoming trendy to watch the Super Bowl in Australia? Who is the Australian playing in it this year? And when did the half-time show get to be (almost) a bigger deal than the game itself?
- by Matt Bungard
NFL
New York Giants legend Eli Manning finally retires at 39
Manning retired from the NFL after 16 seasons just the way he wanted, as a hard-working, career-long Giant who led the franchise to two Super Bowls.
NFL
Aussie punter Wishnowsky and 49ers just one win away from Super Bowl
Mitch Wishnowsky could face fellow Australian Michael Dickson if the Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers after San Francisco overwhelmed Minnesota 27-10.
- by Peter Mitchell