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• Posted Wednesday 5/20/20 at 12:48AM EDT

  NFL is trying to grapple with its diversity problem after the virtual NFL Draft showed the optics of its predominantly white GMs and coaches

  Hall of Famer Tony Dungy, the first-ever Super Bowl-winning black head coach, said the visuals from the NFL Draft helped...

• Posted Saturday 5/16/20 at 5:33PM EDT

  Phyllis George, pioneering female sports broadcaster and former host of The NFL Today, dies at 70

  After winning the Miss America title in 1971, George co-hosted Candid Camera, which led to her becoming host of The...

• Posted Friday 5/15/20 at 5:10AM EDT

  Sports broadcasters would be making a mistake with virtual fans and fake noise

  "I'm all for sports coming back under safe conditions and reimagining the way they are broadcast without fans makes total...

• Posted Thursday 5/14/20 at 3:18PM EDT

  Fox Sports' Joe Buck clarifies that everything is up in the air when it comes to NFL broadcasts in empty stadiums

  In a series of tweets this morning, Buck said his comments that Fox Sports will use fake crowd noise were...

• Posted Thursday 5/14/20 at 10:15AM EDT

  Sports broadcasters may use virtual reality to place realistic-looking fans in empty stadiums

  "The idea is in its infancy and there is a mixture of opinions toward it, but it is something the...

• Posted Wednesday 5/13/20 at 7:53PM EDT

  Joe Buck: Fox Sports will use fake crowd noise for NFL games without fans

  "It’s pretty much a done deal," Buck said on Andy Cohen's SiriusXM radio show of NFL on Fox's coronavirus plans.

• Posted Saturday 5/09/20 at 3:18PM EDT

  Monday Night Football dumps Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland

  "ESPN is going to have a new Monday Night Football booth," reports The Athletic's Richard Deitsch.

• Posted Thursday 5/07/20 at 5:49PM EDT

  NFL's pandemic contingency plan would pit the Super Bowl vs. the Oscars on Feb. 28

  When the NFL releases its 2020 schedule tonight, it will have Feb.

• Posted Monday 5/04/20 at 1:57PM EDT

  NFL cancels all international games this year over coronavirus

  The NFL had scheduled to play one game in Mexico City and four games in London in 2020.

• Posted Friday 5/01/20 at 9:48AM EDT

  Cost-conscious ESPN is unlikely to seek an expensive big name for Monday Night Football

  Before the coronavirus crisis, ESPN was reportedly willing to shell out big bucks for Peyton Manning.

• Posted Thursday 4/30/20 at 2:01PM EDT

  NFL may play some games to Saturdays if college football doesn't resume this fall

  If the college football season is postponed, the NFL may move some games to Saturdays.

• Posted Wednesday 4/29/20 at 10:04AM EDT

  Amazon renews its NFL Thursday Night Football deal through 2022, lands an exclusive Saturday night game each season

  As part of the new deal, Amazon will have exclusive global rights to one late-season game globally on Prime Video...

• Posted Monday 4/27/20 at 3:31PM EDT

  The NFL has a "problem": Its virtual NFL Draft was superior to the old way

  Next year, the NFL plans to go back to making the NFL Draft a glitzy affair with a massive stage...

• Posted Monday 4/27/20 at 10:34AM EDT

  NFL is planning for a coronavirus-affected season that kicks off as late as Oct. 15 with a Feb. 28 Super Bowl

  "These are all contingencies that the NFL has considered as the league moves forward with its plans to hold a...

• Posted Monday 4/27/20 at 10:34AM EDT

  ESPN apolgizes for a graphic emphasizing the mother of an NFL Draft prospect's 16-year battle with drug addiction

  ESPN had been criticized for focusing on "tragedy porn" in repeatedly bringing up tragedies connected to players who were just...