Bob Collins
The U.S. Department of Justice today has given up the latest attempt to try to force the team to drop the name.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: National Football League
If you buy season tickets to your favorite NFL team, but sell them all, should you still be allowed to buy them again? Read more →
What did we learn from a decades-long shakedown of taxpayers for new football stadiums? That the NFL doesn’t bluff. Read more →
The extent to which politics invades every corner of American life these days can be seen best this week in Houston, where the New England Patriots are scheduled to play in the Super Bowl against the Atlanta Falcons.
Or, as might better be described The Trumps vs. the Non-Trumps.
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When defensive players of the Minnesota Vikings decided on their own to ignore the game plan drawn up by their coach, it put Mike Zimmer’s job in jeopardy. Coaches with players won’t listen to them don’t coach very long in the NFL.
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The sports fans of Cleveland are mad — really mad — that their football team stinks again. So, they’re going to throw them a parade.
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Why has NFL football become less popular?
Search us. But maybe the fact football fans are insufferable has something to do with it.
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When former NFL player Steve Gleason’s son, Rivers, was born, he began a series of personal video journals ‘as a way of sharing my life, who I am, and love for him,’ he writes. Read more →
If you put your name on the list for Green Bay Packers season tickets 10 years ago, there’s some good news today, according to ESPN: There are only 60,000 people ahead of you now. Read more →
The NFL season begins tonight but is the long-term health of the sport in jeopardy? Read more →