Scorn them if you must, but football would not be the same without its officials. NFL fans watch 22 men crumple each…
Antonio Brown is a person who catches a football. He does not put the ball in the air—another man does that. But…
“Football seems like the worst sport,” my friend Anna said to me as we shared drinks on a hot evening in August.…
On Sunday night, after one of the most unlikely title-game comebacks in American sports history, the field at NRG…
On Sunday, we will gather again for the annual ritual of the Super Bowl, where men collide on a numbered rectangle…
The final quarter of Packers-Cowboys broke the dreary pall of the 2017 NFL Playoffs, although this game looked like…
Football fans, the good news is that the Divisional playoff games will deliver more exciting action than we saw in…
In a practical sense, familiar storylines of the regular season carry through seamlessly to the playoffs. Rivalries,…
Look at this trash lectern. Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis has to stand behind this thing when he…
The NFL referee Jeff Triplette—do not be deceived; there is only one of him—raised eyebrows around the league this…
Friends, I’m traveling again this week, so I regret to say that I have another abbreviated column for you.…
The NFL year has seasons within the season. October is breast cancer awareness season, when the league honors women…
Of all the running gags in Block & Tackle, none has generated more enthusiastic feedback than the occasional “Phil…