Putting the Mad in Madden.
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Here's why NFL teams like to pay for dirty balls
Filthy. Too dirty to clean their acts up.
TIL: Hunter actor Fred Dryer is the only NFL player to have scored two safeties in one game. Here’s footage of him doing it (the match in question was the LA Rams vs. the Green Bay Packers in Game 6 of the 1973 season).
The Baltimore Ravens beating the Houston Texans by 25-9 was the first time that scoreline had been seen in the NFL. John D. Cook looked at all possible pairs of scores and all the actual pairs of scores. Interesting maths!
Resurrecting defunct NFL franchise uniforms
Bringing it back to the olden days of gridiron.
Denver Broncos to sell for $4.65 billion; Homer Simpson is not the buyer
‘It’s not the Dallas Cowboys but it’s a start.’
Jake Simmons played every version of Madden NFL to see if it improved each year
That’s a lot a football!
Alex Donaldson on Retro Bowl as a Super Bowl gaming appetiser
Before the national anthem and the wings comes Retro Bowl on the Nintendo Switch to whet your Super Bowl appetite.
We're getting a Super Bowl/Winter Olympics eclipse!
When two sporting worlds collide.
Uni Watch asks: what will the Rams and the Bengals wear for Super Bowl LVI?
What you gonna wear now? Bobby, I don’t know but what’s it ever I wear Its got to be funky!
Is that a rabbit on your helmet?
Maybe they should change their name to the Cleveland Bunnies.
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The Ringer's favourite sporting moments of 2021
The panDemiLovato couldn’t stop these sporting moments from 2021.
A data viz showing positive and negative regression of NFL teams after a year
The NFL tries to maintain structural balances with its teams and that shows in this data viz of performance regression.
What's in a sports shirt number?
That which we call a position by any other number would smell as sweet.
NFL... on Nickelodeon?
Who knew a kids channel could offer such light-hearted coverage of a sport with a serious brand image problem?
Overpowered video game athletes on the SNES
From Bo Jackson to Hakeem Olajuwon, SNES sports games had some of the most overpowered athletes.
LGR Blerberbowl I: CPU Chiefs vs CPU 49ers
In the first ever Blerberbowl, the CPU Chiefs faced the CPU 49ers. But who would win the Vince Lomblerbi Trophy?
7 quick ways to get into American football
Struggling to get into American football? Here are 7 ways to start enjoying the sport.
Henry Carr, Olympic Champion (1941-2015)
The late athlete passed away on this day in 2015, best known for his two gold medals at Tokyo 64.
10 Minutes of Trick Plays In American Football
From lateral passes to faked field goals, these trick plays are one-of-a-kind. I’ve not watched any American football since Kaepernick was blacklisted but I still enjoy watching the odd video. This one is a compilation of the best trick plays in American football. I admit some of them gave me goosebumps, particularly the faked field …