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With training camps scheduled to begin next month, the NFL is mandating that each team develop an Infectious Disease Emergency Response (IDER) plan that sets forth the team’s protocols for containing an outbreak […]

The Spanish Federation of American Football, (Federación Española de Fútbol Americano, FEFA), has announced that the remaining games of the 2020 season have now been fully cancelled.

The Spanish league had rea […]

According to a report from Sport’s Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger, at least 30 LSU football players are in quarantine because they tested positive for COVID-19 or were found to have had contact with those who tes […]

The Canadian Football League has been modelling the concept of one big hub for potentially playing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commissioner Randy Ambrosie explained why the single city approach could work for […]

The NFLPA has advised players to stop working out together to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The reason?

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that “around 10 NFL teams have reported positive coronavirus tests for […]

By J.R. Niklos

Speed is the ultimate measurable in football. At the NFL Combine, one tenth of a second in the 40-Yard Dash can determine whether a player gets drafted and makes millions of dollars or has to […]

There will be football in Serbia this year, with some restrictions.

In keeping with the instructions laid out by the Serbian Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Sports Federation of Serbia, the Serbian […]

By Sam Robinson

After a quieter stretch on the COVID-19 front, the NFL is grappling with the pandemic this week. Just as potential policies are surfacing, players are beginning to test positive for the […]

Don’t miss this special edition of AFI Live on race relations in American football in Europe.

As waves of protest continue to roll around the world over the deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks, […]

By Taylor Estes

According to University of Texas officials, 13 Texas Longhorns athletes have tested positive for COVID-19.

Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine & Performance Al […]

When Chris O’Leary asked if I would be interested in sharing my thoughts about racial discrimination by writing this piece, I was hesitant at first. The main reason for my apprehension is I didn’t know if I cou […]

The Canadian Football League has released the following statement, attributed to Commissioner Randy Ambrosie:
We are in this together, all of us who love and support, and are part of, the Canadian Football […]

Three qualities will start you on the road to joining top-flight American football from youth leagues: ability, motivation, and attitude.

Lou Holtz, Head coach, New York Jets (1976), captured this eloquently […]

Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson told NFL Network’s James Palmer on Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Jackson, who has been training in Houston, told Palmer that he was tested this […]

Posted by Charean Williams

Former Washington Redskins defensive lineman Dexter Manley announced in a video he is recovered from COVID-19.

Manley posted the message on social media Wednesday.
“I want to l […]

By Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff Writer

April 10 was payday at the XFL. Kurt Hunzeker hadn’t slept. As the St. Louis BattleHawks’ president, his job was to shepherd the team into a presumptive 2021 season. Kickoff […]

In early March, like every other player in Europe, Munich Cowboys quarterback Justin Sottilare was preparing for the 2020 season.

Then, as we all know, the world came to a grinding halt.
“I had returned to […]

By Marshall Ferguson, CFL.ca, @TSN_MARSH

We’ve all heard it before, from a high school sideline to a mic’d up CFL coach chasing a player down the sideline.

“Get the first down!”

When you really think a […]

Years ago, the Canadian Football League had a reputation for not being able to pay its athletes extremely well.

In the past, most players needed offseason jobs to supplement their incomes.

Things have […]

It may all become a moot point if the coronavirus becomes an opponent to difficult to overcome and the NFL is unable to take the field safely this fall. But with the league determined to go on, one of the biggest […]