Posts by Lydia Jane Allison

Winner Selected by Record Number of Fan Votes via Twitter and on NFL.com/rookies Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver JA’MARR CHASE has been named the 2021 PEPSI ZERO SUGAR NFL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, Pepsi and the NFL announced today. Chase was recognized online at nfl.com/rookies and was awarded a custom designed, Pepsi Zero Sugar branded Rookie of the Year trophy to celebrate…

The National Football League (NFL) and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) are honored to bring an elevated accessibility experience to the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show with talented American Sign Language (ASL) artists. Viewers can access this elevated experience on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. For the first time in its…

​Fans who attend Super Bowl LVI will receive a customized NFT to commemorate once in a lifetime gameday experience New York, NY – (February 2, 2022) – The National Football League (NFL) announced today new opportunities for fans to receive virtual commemorative tickets in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to celebrate Super Bowl LVI…

AFC & NFC Championship Games Average 49.6 Million Viewers (TV+Digital) 60% of Americans Using Television in NFL Windows Watched Championship Sunday Average Minute Audience on All Digital Platforms of 2.0 Million – Highest Digital AMA on Record for Any Postseason Round Excluding Super Bowls For Championship Sunday, the AFC and NFC Conference Championship games averaged 49.6…

​”The NFL and our clubs are deeply committed to ensuring equitable employment practices and continue to make progress in providing equitable opportunities throughout our organizations. Diversity is core to everything we do, and there are few issues on which our clubs and our internal leadership team spend more time. We will defend against these claims,…

Lawsuit against NFL and teams On February 1, 2022, Flores filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, Giants, Broncos, and Dolphins organizations, alleging racial discrimination. The suit claims that text messages he received from New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, as well as media reports, show that the New York Giants decided to hire Brian Daboll as head coach before interviewing any minority candidates. The Giants, who scheduled…

Tom Brady will be remembered as one of the greatest to ever play in the NFL.  An incredible competitor and leader, his stellar career is remarkable for its longevity but also for the sustained excellence he displayed year after year.  Tom made everyone around him better and always seemed to rise to the occasion in the biggest…

Public Memorial at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland to Benefit Local Youth The Madden Family has announced that there will be a public memorial in celebration of John Madden’s life on Monday, February 14th at 5:30 pm PST at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California.  It had been previously announced for February 15th, but the Coliseum has…

Pro Football Hall of Famer ROD WOODSON along with LUKE KUECHLY, REGGIE WAYNE and JASON WITTEN will serve as the Legends Captains for the 2022 Pro Bowl in Las Vegas. The Pro Bowl will feature a match-up between the AFC and NFC, with each conference led by two Legends Captains – one offensive and one defensive. Wayne (offense) and Woodson (defense) will…

Pro Bowl Week Culminates with AFC-NFC Matchup at Allegiant Stadium in Las VegasAll-Stars Face Off in Skills Showdown Airing Thursday, February 3 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN  The 2022 Pro Bowl presented by Verizon will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, February 6, at 3:00 PM ET and will be…

Jan 28, 2022 Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who bounced back from a left knee injury suffered in 2020 to throw for a franchise-record 34 TDs and lead the Bengals to the playoffs for the first time since 2015, is the 2021 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, chosen in voting conducted by the Professional…

Jan 29, 2022 The Bengals elevated DT Damion Square and WR Trent Taylor from the practice squad to the active roster for tomorrow’s AFC Championship Game at Kansas City. Both are classified as standard elevations. As practice squad players being elevated to the active roster for the game, both players automatically will revert to the…

Three members of the Chiefs landed on the squad, including center Creed Humphrey, guard Trey Smith and linebacker Nick Bolton. Kansas City matched Cleveland and Miami for the most selections on the team. Kansas City selected Bolton with the No. 58 overall pick last spring out of the University of Missouri and has reaped the…

Injuries for the Chiefs AFC Championship matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals Jan 29, 2022 at 06:55 PM COURTESY KANSAS CITY CHIEFS COMMUNICATIONJS

CINCINNATI BENGALS (12-7) at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (14-5) (Sunday, 3:00 PM ET, CBS/Paramount+ ) While the two franchises have never met in the postseason, they did meet only four weeks ago, in Week 17 at Paul Brown Stadium. Cincinnati overcame a 14-point deficit to defeat Kansas City, 34-31, and clinch the AFC North. Bengals quarterback JOE…

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (12-7) at LOS ANGELES RAMS (14-5) (Sunday, 6:40 PM ET, FOX/FOX Deportes) The Rams are the first team in NFL history to host a conference Championship Game at the site of a Super Bowl in the same postseason. With a win, Los Angeles would become the second team ever to play a…

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NFLPA Collegiate Bowl – Saturday, January 29 at 6:00 PM ET East-West Shrine Bowl – Thursday, February 3 at 8:00 PM ET Reese’s Senior Bowl – Saturday, February 5 at 2:30 PM ET HBCU Legacy Bowl – Saturday, February 19 at 4:00 PM ET NFL Network provides exclusive live coverage of four collegiate all-star games…

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Aubrey Will Serve as the Official NFL PLAY 60 Ambassador and Participate in Community Events Throughout the Week Leading up to Super Bowl LVI January 26, 2022 – Today, the NFL announced eleven-year-old Aubrey Anaya from Indio, California as this year’s NFL PLAY 60 Super Kid. Aubrey will be the official NFL PLAY 60 Ambassador…