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Calling All ‘90s Kids: Homage Is Your One-Stop Shop for Cool Pop Culture T-Shirts

There are Homage t-shirts for every corner of pop culture, from Nickelodeon and the Garbage Pail Kids to Guy Fieri and beyond.

A game-winning drive calls for a big celebration.

Taking the Leap: 11 of the Best Signature Touchdown Celebrations in NFL History

Bust a move on the gridiron with these iconic touchdown celebrations from NFL history, including Homer Jones’ first-ever end zone spike and more.

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?

Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals helmets set up at the Super Bowl Experience the week before the game.

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.

Dan Quayle in 1999 and Elijah Wood in 2004.

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.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the AFC Wild Card Playoff game in January 2020.

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.

Kicker Tom Dempsey #19 of the Philadelphia Eagles kicks off against the Washington Redskins during an NFL football game at Veterans Stadium November 10, 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.

Paul Hiffmeyer, Disneyland Resort via Getty Images

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.

Jim Kelly of the Houston Gamblers drops back to pass against the Tampa Bay Bandits during a 1985 USFL football game.

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.

Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images (1963)

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.