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• Posted Friday 9/29/17 at 2:51AM EDT

  The Voice alum Meghan Linsey says she’s been receiving death threats after taking a knee at NFL game

  Linsey took a knee in Nashville this past Sunday after singing the National Anthem at the Tennessee Titans-Seattle Seahawks game.

• Posted Wednesday 9/27/17 at 3:06PM EDT

  Why didn’t TV networks show angry, booing NFL fans while showing the National Anthem?

  One anonymous TV staffer tells the Sporting News that camera operators were ordered to avoid crowd shots.

• Posted Tuesday 9/26/17 at 5:44PM EDT

  NFL ratings actually went up 3% after President Trump’s attack on National Anthem protesters

  Updated numbers show that CBS saw a ratings bump on Sunday, while Fox was down.

• Posted Tuesday 9/26/17 at 2:26AM EDT

  Monday Night Football ratings are expected to rise because last year’s Week 3 game was vs. the first Clinton-Trump debate

  Last year’s game drew 8 million viewers.

• Posted Monday 9/25/17 at 1:24PM EDT

  NFL shows seriously covered President Trump’s comments berating players for kneeling

  ESPN’s three-hour Sunday NFL Countdown devoted 22 minutes to Trump’s comments at the start of the show (with the president’s...

• Posted Wednesday 9/20/17 at 2:21PM EDT

  Report: Jay-Z turned down the Super Bowl halftime show

  According to The Source, the NFL approached the rap mogul about becoming the 2018 Super Bowl halftime performer.

• Posted Wednesday 9/20/17 at 2:21PM EDT

  As NFL’s ratings woes continue, Wall Street begins to worry that primetime ratings may suffer

  Unlike last year, the presidential election can’t be blamed for falling NFL ratings.

• Posted Monday 9/18/17 at 10:50PM EDT

  Is the NFL’s RedZone channel a source of its ratings and attendance woes?

  The RedZone channel, showing live "whip-around" coverage of games airing on CBS and FOX on Sunday afternoons, has been “singled...

• Posted Friday 9/15/17 at 10:40PM EDT

  Don Ohlmeyer thought he’d be remembered for putting on an NFL game without an announcers

  The former NBC executive, who died Sunday at age 72, thought experimenting with an announcer-less game would bring in ratings,...

• Posted Friday 9/15/17 at 3:31PM EDT

  Kid ’n Play’s Christopher Reid meant no “disrespect” when he played Colin Kaepernick in unaired FOX Sports sketch

  “Let me be clear-the skit and photo were not meant to disrespect Colin’s message or political stance,” the rapper wrote...

• Posted Wednesday 9/13/17 at 10:02PM EDT

  Sunday Night Football sees a 5% bump in its timeslot premiere

  About 24.

• Posted Friday 9/08/17 at 2:25PM EDT

  NFL Kickoff this year was down 12% from last year

  After last season’s ratings decline, the NFL didn’t have a good start to its 2017 season.

• Posted Thursday 9/07/17 at 9:21PM EDT

  FOX Sports opts not to air a potentially offensive skit mocking Colin Kaepernick

  FS1’s Jason Whitlock created a firestorm by tweeting a pic of Kid from Kid ‘n Play wearing an afro wig...

• Posted Thursday 9/07/17 at 9:21PM EDT

  Get ready for an onslaught of DraftKings and FanDuel ads while watching football this season

  The fantasy draft brands are making a comeback two years after regulatory controversies kept them sidelined last year.

• Posted Thursday 9/07/17 at 3:13PM EDT

  NFL commissioner to be greeted by 70,000 clown-face towels at tonight’s Patriots-Chiefs season kickoff

  Barstool Sports spent $140,000 for “Operation Clown Face” — featuring an image of Roger Goodell’s face with a clown nose...