Outside the Beltway

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

The biggest entertainment product in America is getting bigger.

The Hall of Fame coach and legendary broadcaster is dead at 85.

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

A spectacular fall for a man who has been at the center of the football world for three decades.

Red lives matter.

Nike and FedEx may be able to do what Native American activists couldn’t.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

A confidential agreement has ended a collusion suit filed against the National Football League in 2017.

One of the people most responsible for the personal computer revolution has passed away at the far-too-young age of 65.

The N.F.L. has come up with a dumb “solution” to a non-existent problem.

Ezekiel Elliott got a legal reprieve late last week, but it may not last for long and it could have a big impact on the fortunes of the Dallas Cowboys.

Downplaying earlier reports, the National Football League is shooting down reports that it would move to force players to stand for the National Anthem.

A legal setback for Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys.

Once again, the National Football League sees its disciplinary and appeal process criticized by a Federal Judge.

The NFLPA alleges “egregious violations of legal due process” in the Ezekiel Elliot suspension.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving New Jersey’s challenge to a Federal law outlawing sports betting.

The Oakland Los Angeles Oakland Raiders are headed to Vegas, baby!

If you changed the channel after the third quarter, you missed what ended up becoming a game for the ages.

New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady has abandoned his option to appeal the ‘Deflategate’ ruling to the Supreme Court and will serve his four game suspension beginning in September.

The Ramming Speed Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated the four game suspension imposed on Tom Brady over the so-called ‘Deflategate’ scandal.

A group of New England Patriots fans are providing us with the latest example of stupid lawsuits that don’t belong in Court at all.

All of next season’s Thursday Night N.F.L. games will be streamed live for free via Twitter.

St. Louis will lose its second NFL team in 28 years as the Rams go home to LA.

My favorite sports team employs a thug.

Houston voters rejected a broad anti-discrimination law largely due to a campaign that focused almost exclusively on concerns about transgender rights.

A massive defeat in Court for the National Football League.

Not surprisingly, Tom Brady’s appeal of his Deflategate suspension was not successful.

A report prepared for the N.F.L. regarding the so-called ‘DeflateGate’ scandal doesn’t have very good news for the Patriots or their star quarterback.

The N.F.L.’s league office is giving up its tax exempt status, but that means far less than the headline implies.

A new Patriots cheating scandal, or much ado about nothing?

Can ESPN cover sports while partnering with the sports leagues?

Unlike Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson has lost his bid to have his suspension overturned.

In a slap to the face of the N.F.L. and Commissioner Roger Goodell, an arbitrator has overturned the indefinite suspension that was imposed on former Ravens Running Back Ray Rice back in September.

The N.F.L. and the British Government are both behind the idea of a franchise in London, but the idea doesn’t really make sense for the league, or the game.

The idea that the N.F.L. “doesn’t pay taxes” is largely false.

The Worldwide Leader has a conflict of interest. But it handled it correctly in this case.

A new poll indicates that NFL fans plan to keep watching despite the recent domestic abuse scandals.

Once again, Washington politicians are pontificating about the Washington Redskins.