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NFL Kickoff
NFL Kickoff Game is the name given to the first game of the National Football League (NFL) NFL regular season, regular season. A single game is held, preceded by a concert and other ceremonies. This first game of the season is usually scheduled for the Thursday following Labor Day in early September. An exception was made in 2012 NFL season, 2012, when the game was moved to Wednesday to prevent conflicts with the acceptance speech of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Convention. Although the Kickoff Game is typically played on Thursday night, the league treats it separately from the ''Thursday Night Football'' games during the rest of the season and as such it has been broadcast in the United States on a different network or streaming service than the one that holds the rights to ''Thursday Night Football.'' NFL Kickoff was introduced for the 2002 NFL season, 2002 season. From 2004 onward, the current Super Bowl champion has hosted the Kickoff Game with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Steeg
Jim Steeg (born November 29, 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sports executive."San Diego Chargers Management Profile: Jim Steeg" http://www.chargers.com/team/staff/jim-steeg/f18de4c1-eea2-46a2-93fb-4d22c He is considered throughout the National Football League (NFL) as the individual most responsible for growing the Super Bowl into the most popular one-day sporting event in the world. He has been organizing and managing sports events across various leagues. He has been the Chairman of the athlifefoundation.org since 2016 and currently serves as a special marketing advisor to the University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer Team. Personal life He was born in Boston and raised in Ft. Wayne, earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Miami University in Ohio and an MBA from Wake Forest. He is married to Jill Lieber an author of two books and 3-time Pulitzer Prize nominated writer with Sports illustrated and USA Today. Career Steeg began his career in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collins (sports Executive)
John Collins is an American professional sports executive, who has served as operating partner of thNY Islanderssince June 2023. He is also chief executive officer of On Location Experiences, an experiential hospitality business and the official hospitality partner of the National Football League (NFL). Collins is a member of the board of directors oSuper Group Holding Company(parent of sports betting company, Betway and online casino company Spin.) Collins was a founder oSports Entertainment Acquisition Company a SPAC which merged with Super Group in a way to take it public. Collins previously served as chief operating officer of the National Hockey League (NHL), which was named "Sports League of the Year" by the SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily in 2014 and 2011. Before joining the NHL, he was a senior executive with the NFL and the president and chief executive officer of the Cleveland Browns. Career NY Islanders Collins invested in the NY Islanders and bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 NFL Season
The 2023 NFL season was the 104th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season began on September 7, 2023, with defending Super Bowl LVII champion Kansas City losing to Detroit in the NFL Kickoff Game, and ended on January 7, 2024. The playoffs started on January 13 and concluded with Super Bowl LVIII, the league's championship game, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, on February 11, 2024. Kansas City defeated San Francisco to become the first team since the 2004 New England Patriots to successfully repeat as Super Bowl champions. This was the first season since 1935 in which every team in a division (in this case the AFC North) finished with a winning record. Player movement The 2023 NFL league year and trading period began on March 15. On March 13, teams were allowed to exercise options for 2023 on players with option clauses in their contracts, submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents, and submit a Minimum Salary Tender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 NFL Season
The 2022 NFL season was the 103rd season of the National Football League (NFL). The season began on September 8, 2022, with the defending Super Bowl LVI champion 2022 Los Angeles Rams season, Los Angeles Rams falling to 2022 Buffalo Bills season, Buffalo in the NFL Kickoff Game, and ended on January 8, 2023. The playoffs started on January 14 and concluded with Super Bowl LVII, the league's championship game, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on February 12, with 2022 Kansas City Chiefs season, Kansas City defeating 2022 Philadelphia Eagles season, Philadelphia. The former Washington Redskins name controversy, Washington Redskins, after two seasons of using the placeholder name Washington Football Team, were renamed the Washington Commanders prior to the start of the season. The week 17 game between Buffalo and 2022 Cincinnati Bengals season, Cincinnati was List of canceled and rescheduled NFL games, canceled after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin suffered a nonfatal car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 NFL Season
The 2017 NFL season was the 98th season in the history of the National Football League (NFL) and the 52nd of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 7, 2017, with the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots in the NFL Kickoff Game. The season concluded with Super Bowl LII, in which the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles defeated the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots 41–33 to win their first Super Bowl title, and fourth NFL championship, in franchise history, and making the NFC East the first and currently only division where every team has won a Super Bowl. This would be the last season until 2023 when no regular season games ended in a tie. For the second time since the league expanded to a 16-game season, a team finished winless in a full season, as Cleveland lost all 16 of their games this season. The last team to do so was the 2008 Detroit Lions. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Sunday Night Football
''NBC Sunday Night Football'' (abbreviated as ''SNF'') is an American weekly television broadcast of National Football League (NFL) games on NBC and Peacock (streaming service), Peacock in the United States. It began airing on August 6, 2006, with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, which opened that year's preseason. NBC took over the rights to the Sunday prime time game telecasts from ESPN, which carried ESPN Sunday Night Football, the broadcasts from 1987 NFL season, 1987 to 2005 NFL season, 2005. At the same time, ESPN began broadcasting ''Monday Night Football'' when it was dropped from sister network American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Previously, NBC had aired American Football League (AFL), and later American Football Conference (AFC), games from 1965 AFL season, 1965 until 1997 NFL season, 1997, when NFL on CBS, CBS took over those rights. During the 2011–12 United States network television schedule, 2011–12 season, ''Sunday Night Football'' became the first sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bears–Packers Rivalry
The Bears–Packers rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. The rivalry began in the 1921 season when the Packers joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA). Since then, both teams have competed against each other every season, except for the 1922 and 1982 seasons. The Bears and Packers have been rivals in the same conference or division since the NFL adopted its conference structure in 1933 season. They were part of the NFL's Western Conference from 1933 until 1970. Following the AFL–NFL merger, the Bears and Packers were assigned to the National Football Conference (NFC) and the NFC Central, which was later rebranded as the NFC North during the 2002 NFL season. The Bears maintained a dominant winning record over the Packers for several decades, at two times leading the series by as many as 24 games. However, due to exceptional quarterback performances from the Packers and ongoing struggles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They are one of two remaining franchises from the NFL founding in 1920, along with the Arizona Cardinals, which also began in Chicago. The Bears played home games at Wrigley Field on Chicago's North Side, Chicago, North Side through the 1970 season; they have played since then at Soldier Field on the Near South Side, Chicago, Near South Side, adjacent to Lake Michigan. The franchise was founded in Decatur, Illinois, on September 20, 1919, became professional on September 17, 1920, and moved to Chicago in 1921. The Bears have won nine History of the National Football League championship, NFL Championships, eight prior to the AFL–NFL merger and one Super Bowl. They hold the NFL records for the most enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the most retired number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
