Replacement officials, potential rule changes, artificial intelligence, health and safety issues, international growth and flag football will be among many topics discussed when NFL owners, executives and coaches gather for their annual meeting this week in Arizona.
The NFL is preparing for the possibility of replacement officials in the 2026 season, proposing a rule change for one season that would allow the replay center in New York to correct any “clear and obvious” mistakes by on-field officials in case of a work stoppage.
The Seattle Seahawks are going up for sale in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said there have been no discussions with the union about adding an 18th game to the season and said lengthening the season again was not inevitable.
The NFL released a statement Monday on New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, whose name showed up more than 400 times in files released by the U.S. Justice Department regarding Jeffrey Epstein.
The NFL will play its first regular-season game ever in France next season with the New Orleans Saints set to travel to Paris later this year and will also head back to Mexico City for the first time since 2022.
The Dallas Cowboys' 31-28 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day was the most-watched regular-season game in NFL history.
The New York Jets and the Eastern College Athletic Conference have announced the launch of the largest collegiate women's flag football league in the U.S., set to start in February.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has praised this year’s international series and said the league plans to return to Spain and will continue to study other possible markets.
In a story published Nov. 8, 2025, about the Washington Commanders’ stadium, The Associated Press erroneously reported that President Joe Biden signed a bill late last year to transfer land from the federal government to the city government in Washington.
Many NFL teams have lost star players to season-ending injuries this season, or played without them for significant stretches — but a new poll finds that most football fans want more games, even if it means more risk.
The NFL’s International Player Pathway program gives players from outside the United States and Canada a chance to learn, develop, practice and play American football professionally as the league continues to expand its global reach.
Prince Harry and Meghan are urging parents to stand against wealthy social media companies that they said prey upon children with algorithms designed to exploit personal data.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league plans to launch women’s and men’s professional flag football leagues “in the next couple of years."
The interim executive director of the NFL Players Association told The Associated Press an 18-game season is “not inevitable” and he hasn’t had any conversations with the league about expanding the length of the regular season, which increased to 17 games in 2021.
A federal appeals court says the NFL can be put on trial over claims that Brian Flores and other Black coaches face discrimination.
The NFL plans to appeal a Nevada Supreme Court ruling that allows former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to proceed with his lawsuit without arbitration.
A Nevada court has apparently cleared the way for a 2021 lawsuit filed by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to proceed against Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL.
The Philadelphia Eagles continue to use the controversial tush push play, which remains legal despite attempts to ban it.
ESPN will continue to broadcast the NFL Draft as well as obtaining new digital rights for its upcoming direct-to-consumer service.
The NFL has entered into a nonbinding agreement to sell NFL Network and other media assets to ESPN.
On his third team in his fifth season, Trey Lance played like a No. 3 overall pick.
The NFL season kicked off at the annual Hall of Fame game with a moment of silence for the four people killed earlier this week by a shooter who was targeting league headquarters in New York.
The NFL vowed to be resilient, two days after league headquarters was targeted by a gunman who killed four people on Monday.
Authorities say the man who killed four people at a Manhattan office building bought the rifle he used in the attack and the car he drove across country from his supervisor at a Las Vegas casino.
A New York City police officer and an executive at an investment firm are among the four people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office tower.
Players and coaches around the NFL reacted with shock and sadness Tuesday after a gunman killed four people at the New York office building housing the league's headquarters.
Investigators plan to question a man who supplied parts for a gun used in the shooting at a Manhattan office building that houses the National Football League’s headquarters.
President Donald Trump’s social media posts about the NFL’s Washington Commanders and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians going back to their old names has revived the conversation about Native American imagery in sports.
A source confirms to The Associated Press the PGA Tour is hiring a top NFL executive as the CEO of its commercial PGA Tour Enterprises.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, fellow owners and former players are remembering Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for his commitment to his team and the game.
NFL owners unanimously approved player participation in flag football for the 2028 Olympics at their spring meetings on Tuesday.
The NFL will not hold its accelerator program aimed at increasing diversity among coaches at the upcoming spring meetings as the league plans to make changes to the program before bringing it back next year.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged that a new, state-of-the-art Commanders stadium in Washington would drastically increase the chances of the U.S. capital hosting the Super Bowl for the first time.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell believes team owners will come to a consensus in May on whether rule changes will be needed to eliminate the tush push play that’s helped the Philadelphia Eagles win one Super Bowl and reach another.
Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, Abdul Carter and 12 other prospects will walk the red carpet at Lambeau Field before going backstage at the NFL draft theater to wait for their name to be called Thursday night.
The main question everyone is asking ahead of the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night is where Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders going.
The Tennessee Titans need a quarterback, hold the No. 1 pick overall and have spent the offseason turning over every stone, rewatching tape and looking at Miami’s Cam Ward up close and personal as much as possible.
The NFL salary cap will be between $277.5 million and $281.5 million for the 2025 season, rising as much as $26 million from last year.
Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat.
The officials were a big storyline headed into the Super Bowl thanks in part to social media conspiracy theories about favoritism toward the Kansas City Chiefs.
Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat.
Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.
Mike Pereira walked out to his spot during Fox’s media day and was greeted by a larger contingent of reporters than usual for an officiating expert when there were Super Bowl-winning coaches and players around the room.
The head of the union representing NFL officials calls allegations that officiating crews are biased in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs or any other team “insulting and preposterous.”.
The NFL is stenciling “Choose Love” in the back of one of the end zones at the Superdome for the Super Bowl on Sunday in an effort to encourage the country after a series of tragedies over the first six weeks of the year.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell shot down the perception that officials favor the Kansas City Chiefs, saying it’s a “ridiculous theory.”.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL could hold a Super Bowl outside of the United States if the league expands to have an international team.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says there’s “a lot of work to be done” before the NFL possibly expands its season to 18 regular-season games.
It’s a question Roger Goodell gets when he’s in London: Would the NFL stage a Super Bowl internationally.
A woman has testified that Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers grabbed her by the neck and slammed her against the wall after she got a phone call while they were in bed.
A water main break has delayed a trial for Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers on allegations that he shoved his girlfriend’s head into a wall and choked her after she received a phone call while they were in bed together.
Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes and the Los Angeles Rams overwhelmed the Minnesota Vikings, sacking Sam Darnold an NFL playoff record-tying nine times to win 27-9 Monday night.
The Los Angeles Rams made themselves at home on Monday night for their NFL wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings — even if their adopted stadium featured an unusual amount of red and was nearly 400 miles east of their regular venue.
Lakers coach JJ Redick and Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez are among the sports figures who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.
President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that transfers the land that includes the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to city control.
Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair says he was in a “really dark place” and wondered if he’d ever play football again in the days after he was suspended for three games for his hit on Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence that left the quarterback with a concussion.
The Washington Commanders' path to returning to nation's capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended with a late reprieve.
A provision to transfer the land that is the site of the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia is no longer included in Congress’ short-term spending bill that lawmakers are racing to pass before a government shutdown.
Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other area leaders celebrated the start of an $800 million downtown arena renovation Thursday.
The Washington Commanders are another step closer to the possibility of returning to the franchise’s old home in the nation’s capital.
Las Vegas police say they found Raiders football player Charles Snowden passed out behind the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee atop a retaining wall before his arrest on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
A person with knowledge of the meeting says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has met with congressional leaders to speak to them about the ongoing security issue of drones on game days.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris have met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as efforts push forward to secure access to the RFK Stadium site in the District of Columbia.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is still reviewing the latest claims of sexual assault and battery against Deshaun Watson.
The NFL’s aggressive international growth plan could include holding a Super Bowl outside the United States for the first time.
A former NFL Media journalist announced that he’s reached a settlement with the NFL to resolve a lawsuit in which he accused the league of refusing to address long-standing institutional discrimination while also alleging his contract was not renewed because he repeatedly voiced concerns regarding equity and racial injustice.
Jon Gruden is asking the entire Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider a decision by a three-justice panel to throw out a lawsuit he filed against the NFL over emails leaked to the media before he resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021.
The damages a federal jury has ordered the NFL to pay for violating antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service is $4,707,259,944.64.
Former NFL coach Jon Gruden has lost a bid for three Nevada Supreme Court justices to reconsider whether a lawsuit he filed against the NFL after he resigned from the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021 should be heard in courts or in private arbitration.
Sports leagues have 4.8 billion reasons to review how they distribute out-of-market broadcasts after the judgement against the NFL in the “Sunday Ticket” case in U.S. District Court.
A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.
The jury began deliberations Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers claiming the NFL broke antitrust law.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated during testimony in federal court Monday that the league’s “Sunday Ticket” package, the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is a premium product while also defending the league’s broadcast model.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he thinks the league will dramatically increase its number of international games in the next decade.
Caleb Williams is heading to the Windy City, aiming to become the franchise quarterback Chicago has sought for decades.
Employees of the company tasked with rapidly personalizing jerseys for each first-round NFL draft pick as they are announced don’t need to travel very far for this year’s player selections in Detroit.