NFL 2023
Why NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes could be competing against Australia for Olympic gold
The NFL and their players want to be involved in the flag football competition at the Olympic Games.
- by Dan Walsh
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‘I can’t take that back’: NFL dream may be over for Siposs after Super Bowl blunder
Australian NFL punter Arryn Siposs has opened up about his brutal axing by the Philadelphia Eagles, and why a return to the AFL could be on the cards.
- by Jon Pierik
First Taylor Swift conquered music. Now she’s taking over sport
Don’t know your eras from your sacks? Let us guide you through the story uniting two stars and their stadiums.
- by Nell Geraets
Man was punched before dying at NFL game, witnesses allege
Emergency personnel responded to the upper deck at Gillette Stadium late on Sunday night and found a 53-year-old man “in apparent need of medical attention”.
Lou’s cannon: Why the NFL is captivated by an inked-up 30-year-old from outback Australia
Former scaffolder turned punter Lou Hedley will make his NFL debut for the New Orleans Saints on Monday, but he’s already a cult hero in the making.
- by Iain Payten
The Blind Side’s football star says he was not adopted but tricked
The feel-good movie about a well-to-do white family adopting a black teenager is now the subject of a court petition by former NFL player Michael Oher.
The monster search to find Australia’s next American football star
Jesse “ThaMonstar” Williams was the first Australian to wear a Super Bowl ring. Now he’s hoping to find the next export to do the same.
- by Billie Eder
$76m a year: Hurts becomes NFL’s highest-paid player ever ... for now
Jalen Hurts, the man former Rabbitohs under-20 player Jordan Mailata is tasked with protecting, has signed a five-year extension with Philadelphia worth almost $400 million.
- by Nicki Jhabvala and Mark Maske
NFL seeks advice from NRL on hip-drop tackles
The NFL is grappling with how to penalise hip-drop tackles after a Dallas Cowboys player was left needing surgery, and have turned to the NRL for help.
- by Billie Eder
Star NFL quarterback ‘drugged, blackmailed and robbed’ before he was fatally struck
The death of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins has resulted in a lawsuit which claims he was the victim of an extortion plot before he was hit and killed by a truck.
- by Terry Spencer
News Corp boss says activist athletes are a liability to their sports
While NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was keynote speaker at the SportNXT conference, News Corp boss Michael Miller raised eyebrows by raising his concerns about activism by athletes and also had a worrying assessment of the AFL’s expansion teams.
- by Jon Pierik