N.F.L.
Cultural Comment
How the Chiefs Became the Last Great American Dynasty
We all knew who this year’s Super Bowl champions would be.
The Sporting Scene
Three Great Football Coaches Crossed Paths for Years, and Now They’re Leaving Together
Pete Carroll, Bill Belichick, and Nick Saban worked for, learned from, and competed against one another, and changed the way that the game is played.
The Sporting Scene
How Great Was Bill Belichick, Really?
During a dismal season, the New England Patriots’ head coach, often described as the best of all time, is at risk of losing his job.
The Sporting Scene
The N.F.L.’s Rear Guard Is Angry About the “Tush Push”
Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts and Jason Kelce have perfected the brotherly shove, but some league observers want to put an end to it.
The Sporting Scene
Kelce-Swift Is a Dream Pairing for the N.F.L.
The romance between the Chiefs tight end and the world’s biggest pop star represents an alliance with the only cultural force in America bigger than the league itself.
Rabbit Holes
A YouTube View of Deion Sanders
The slapdash videos that Coach Prime and his team have been uploading show how he’s remade the University of Colorado football team.
The Sporting Scene
Tom Brady Got Old
The N.F.L.’s greatest quarterback seemed ageless right up until his first retirement. Then he came back. And now he is retiring again, presumably for good.
The Sporting Scene
The N.F.L. Playoffs Offer a Thrilling, Troubling Reminder That Football Hasn’t Changed
The Bills and Bengals met again, shadowed by what happened to Damar Hamlin just a few weeks before.
The Sporting Scene
The Terrifying Collapse of Damar Hamlin and the Everyday Violence of Football
Hamlin’s cardiac arrest has shown us again what we always should have seen about the risks of America’s most popular sport.
The Sporting Scene
The N.F.L. Is Still Failing to Hold Deshaun Watson Accountable
To the league, infractions that threaten the authority of a coach are one thing. Those that harm women are something else.
Q. & A.
The N.F.L.’s Missed #MeToo Moment
Deshaun Watson was accused of harassing or assaulting more than two dozen women. The Cleveland Browns signed him to a contract worth two hundred and thirty million dollars.
Culture Desk
Rap Takes Center Stage at the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show
Sunday night’s performance—featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar—was one of the best in recent memory.
The Sporting Scene
The Best and Worst Moments of the 2022 Super Bowl
The Rams beat the Bengals, Meadow and A. J. Soprano were reunited, and the N.F.L. hoped that everyone would forget the league’s problems for one night.
The Sporting Scene
A Gambling Sharp Breaks Into the N.F.L.
Warren Sharp says he’s the only analyst “in the betting space” who works with N.F.L. teams. Do those dual roles constitute a conflict of interest?
Shouts & Murmurs
New N.F.L. Overtime Rule Proposals
Battle of the Bands: Each team sets up a stage; some record-label guy decides who wins.
The Sporting Scene
Tom Brady Never Got Old
The superstar quarterback is retiring, even though age doesn’t seem to have caught up with him.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Football Days
From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces on the sport.
The Sporting Scene
The Chiefs’ Win Against the Bills Was Ridiculous and Perfect
Kansas City’s quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, did the impossible, and yet Buffalo’s Josh Allen matched him throw for throw.