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Why Do the Lions and Cowboys Always Play on Thanksgiving?
Why do the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always take to the field for a Thanksgiving football game? Because it’s tradition! But how did this tradition begin?
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Where Does NFL Fine Money Go?
The NFL has a reputation for being a little overzealous in levying fines against its players and coaches. But just where does the money go?
The Super Bowl Is a Week Late This Year—Here’s Why
If you think it’s weird that this year’s Super Bowl is set for the day before Valentine’s Day, you’re right. Here’s what happened.
When Dan Quayle and 12-Year-Old Elijah Wood Starred in a 1994 Super Bowl Commercial
It probably wasn’t a coincidence that Dan Quayle, who famously misspelled ‘potato,’ started shilling for potato chips.
Want to See the Original 1967 Super Bowl I Broadcast? A Kickstarter Could Make It Happen
The game has been locked in a vault and a legal battle for years. A new Kickstarter could unearth it for the first time since 1967.
Tom Brady Makes Nearly $1.5 Million Per Hour of Playtime—Which Is Only a Fraction of the NFL’s Highest Paid Quarterbacks’ Earnings
The job of an NFL quarterback comes with heaps of high-stakes pressure and even bigger heaps of money.
Heinz Might Pay Your Flight Change Fee if Your Favorite NFL Team Didn’t Make the Super Bowl
Watching your team lose its spot in the 2020 Super Bowl stings a little less if you don’t lose money changing your flight.
Remembering Tom Dempsey, the Toeless NFL Kicker Who Set a 43-Year Field Goal Record
Tom Dempsey was born with only a partial right foot, but that didn't stop him from making NFL history on November 8, 1970 in a play so amazing even the referee jumped.
55 Super Facts About the Super Bowl
Want to be the smartest person in the room while watching this year's Super Bowl? Bust out a few of these fun facts about Big Games past.
Can Watching the Super Bowl Give You a Heart Attack?
Sometimes a heartbreaking loss will actually break a heart. And sometimes a diehard fan can actually die.
How Did the Super Bowl's 'I'm Going to Disney World' Slogan Originate?
How a throwaway comment turned into a long-lasting Super Bowl tradition.
Fumbled: The Story of the United States Football League
The 1980s NFL alternative became so cash-strapped that athletes had to ride school buses to practice.
Theory Claims Super Bowl Winners Can Predict the Stock Market
Forget your Super Bowl boxes, the key to a big payday rests in this economic anomaly.
50 Years of Monday Night Football's Memorable Theme Music
Are you ready for some football? How about a trip down musical memory lane to rediscover the many Monday Night Football theme songs?
The Dallas Cowboys Will Use Virtual Reality to Train Their Quarterbacks
How one lab plans to help the NFL team make better snap decisions.
Why Is Seattle's CenturyLink Field So Loud?
Last season CenturyLink Field was awarded the Guinness World Record for the loudest open-air stadium in the world. Why, exactly?
10 Super Stats From @ESPNStatsInfo
As you'd expect, they've been cranking out a lot of Super Bowl stuff. Here are a few highlights.
16 Things You Can Watch Instead of the Super Bowl
Don’t care about the Super Bowl this year? Lucky for you, there’s plenty of other programming out there.
The NFL Used to Play a "Losers' Bowl for Losers"
If coming in second place just makes you the first loser, what can be said about a team that finishes in third? Well, for ten seasons (1960-69) of NFL football, they’d call you the winner of the Playoff Bowl.
11 Defunct Franchise Names Washington’s Football Team Can Use
With the furor over the Washington Redskins’ offensive name growing louder, it’s looking more likely that despite owner Daniel Snyder’s adamant denials, the team will eventually end up with a new mascot. But what will that mascot be?
10 Obscure Rules from the World of Sports
Good sportsmen (and women) play by the rules. Even the rules you've never heard of.
Why Do Athletes Slap Each Others’ Butts?
Unfortunately, the first athlete to playfully slap a teammate on the butt didn’t record his reasoning for history, but it’s become common practice among professionals and amateurs alike, and many have their own take on it.
15 Historical Brother vs. Brother Matchups
For as long as there have been brothers, brothers have been battling each other. In honor of the Harbowl, here's our incomplete guide to sibling rivalries.
Why the NFL Can't Play on Friday and Saturday (and Other Times Congress Interfered with Football)
This season, the NFL added a weekly Thursday night game, which puts professional football on TV three nights a week. Later on, after the bulk of the college football season is over, Saturday will also be in the mix—but for now, the league has to stay away