NFL Net chosen for 8-game package (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
NFL Net chosen for 8-game package (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
After months of negotiations with at least five media companies — including an Internet company — for the rights to a new, eight-game primetime football package, the NFL decided to bolster the NFL Network with its first regular-season games, beginning this fall.
NFL Network to air primetime games (Market Watch)
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - After talks with several cable networks, the National Football League decided to air a new package of NFL games on its own cable outlet.
Fransa’s president Pacheco threatenes to withdraw his team from NFL (New Kerala)
Margao: Miffed at the poor refereeing standards in the NFL, Fransa Pax president Mickey Pacheco has threatened to withdraw his team from the ongoing championship, if All India Football Federation did not order a replay of the match between Mahindra United (Mumbai) and his club.
Women grab NFL garb styled just for them (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
The NFL is targeting a fast-growing market for gear: female football fans. Women consumers are snapping up NFL-licensed gear tailored just for them. Women’s garb generated about 15% of the NFL’s $3.4 billion in total merchandise sales for the 2005 season compared with 3% in 2004.
The NFL Sacks Comcast (Forbes)
Pro football’s owners bet on themselves.
Pro football fans, meet your NFL MVP (MSNBC)
Super Bowl provides Alexander forum to showcase ability, personality
Free agent Alexander prepares for football’s biggest stage (Southern Illinoisan)
DETROIT - There is somebody who can beat NFL MVP Shaun Alexander at his own game. Erik Anderson, the founder of the American Foundation for … Chess Alexander said the Seattle-area entrepreneur is the last person to beat him at one of his many loves outside of football.
Best January NFL game is not Super (The Badger Herald)
Every year in late January, over 100 of the country s best players who are coached by the NFL s best coaches play the most important game of their lives. And guess what? You probably missed it. Now, I love football, I love the NFL and like most everybody else I love the Super Bowl. What I hate however is the mind-numbing…
Comcast out of the picture on NFL package (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The National Football League said Monday that it would broadcast a new package of eight late-season night games on its own NFL Network rather than sell the package to another network.
NFL Player Arrested In Downtown Orlando (WESH via Yahoo! News)
An NFL player was arrested in downtown Orlando over the weekend and was nearly shot by police.