Tag: NFL
Former Great Oak standout, Demetric Felton Jr., scores first NFL touchdown
CLEVELAND — In just his second week in the NFL, former Great Oak and UCLA standout Demetric Felton Jr. scored his first NFL touchdown....
Former area standouts ready for 2021 NFL season
The preseason is over, and the 2021 NFL season will officially kick off Thursday, Sept. 9, with a match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and...
Chargers edge Rams 13-6 in SoFi’s first game with fans
By GREG BEACHAM
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 70,000 football fans filled up the terraces, concourses and party areas for the first time at SoFi...
Area football players join NFL ranks in 2021 draft
The 2021 NFL Draft, which was hosted last weekend in various locations across Cleveland, OH, including FirstEnergy Stadium and the Rock & Roll Hall of...
NFL eliminates preseason OTs, defeats onside kick proposal
By BARRY WILNER
NFL owners on Wednesday approved eliminating overtime in preseason games and expanded selection of jersey numbers for receivers, running backs and defensive...
Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself
Michelle Liu and Meg KinnardThe Associated PressFormer NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two...
NFL owners approve 17-game regular season, 3 preseason games
By BARRY WILNER
The NFL is increasing the regular season to 17 games and planning to have full stadiums for those games.
While reducing the preseason...
Game changers: Manning, Woodson, Megatron headed to Hall
By EDDIE PELLS
Though others have eclipsed him in some sections of the record book, Peyton Manning’s stamp on the NFL is very much a...
Super Bowl LV by the numbers
2021’s best & worst cities for football fans
With Super Bowl LV just days away from being played before socially-distanced fans, the personal-finance website WalletHub...
Long time Chargers QB, Rivers, 39, retires from Colts/NFL after 17 seasons
By MICHAEL MAROT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Philip Rivers first started tossing footballs as a high-school ball boy, he heaved them any way he could....