Air quality may be a problem for both Cardinals-49ers and Cowboys-Rams

On Friday, Rams coach Sean McVay said that air quality for Sunday night’s stadium-opening season opener “shouldn’t be an issue.” It still could be. The Air Quality Index currently sits at 146 in Inglewood, site of the new Rams stadium. The threshold for potential NFL intervention/relocation is 200. Here’s the problem: The actual numbers on [more]

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Titans’ Isaiah Wilson arrested for DUI

Titans offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson, the team’s first-round pick in this year’s NFL draft, was arrested overnight for driving under the influence. According to police records published by AtoZSportsNashville.com, Wilson was arrested at 11:29 p.m., booked at 12:44 a.m. and released on bond at 1:28 a.m. Wilson reportedly took two breath tests and was over [more]

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Browns move cornerback Robert Jackson to active roster

This year, every team can move two members of the practice squad to the active roster for each game, expanding the lineup of potentially active players from 53 to 55. The Browns have decided to move one player from the practice squad to the active roster. Cornerback Robert Jackson has made the jump to the [more]

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20.3 million watch Texans-Chiefs opener

The NFL has loaded several great games into the first week of the 2020 regular season. Texans-Chiefs, a rematch of a 51-31 postseason blowout, was not one of those great games. Lack of kickoff-game sizzle notwithstanding, the game delivered because pro football always delivers. According to NBC, the opening game averaged 20.3 million viewers across [more]

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Saints say fake crowd noise can’t come close to real fans at the Superdome

With stadiums empty because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL has decided to pump in fake crowd noise. But it won’t match the real thing. The Saints have practiced with crowd noise set to the 70-75 decibel range, which is what the NFL has approved during games, and Saints players say it’s nowhere near as [more]

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Pandemic protocols put extra pressure on P.R. officials

As the first full Sunday of the 2020 regular season looms, one specific group of team employees who perform a critical function on game days are facing an unprecedented challenge thanks to unprecedented limitations on their ability to do their jobs. Team P.R. representatives will have dramatically limited access on game days, due to the [more]

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Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari executed despite international campaign

Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari has been executed in Iran on Saturday, according to Iran's state-run news agency IRNA, despite a high-profile international campaign calling for the sentence not to be carried out.

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