NFL: Poor air quality index due to wildfires could impact start time of season opener between Rams, Cowboys

NFL officials have announced that they will be closely monitoring the air quality index ahead of Sunday night’s season opener between the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys, potentially delaying the start time due to smoke from wildfires raging across the region.

New York Jets 2020 Season Preview: Five storylines to watch

As the New York Jets prepare to kick off a season unlike any other in NFL history, we take a look at five storylines that will define their year.

NFL fans appear to boo Chiefs, Texans players during moment of unity before coin toss

NFL fans who were able to attend the opening game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans to start the 2020 season on Thursday appeared to boo the teams’ moment of unity at midfield prior to the coin toss.

NFL player Josh Bellamy charged in $24M COVID relief loan scam

The Justice Department said Bellamy allegedly purchased more than $104,000 in luxury goods from brands such as Gucci and Dior and withdrew another $302,000 in cash.

Houston Texans remain in locker room during national anthem, Miami Dolphins say they plan to do the same

During the premiere of the 2020 NFL season on Sept. 10, the Houston Texans remained in their locker room during the national anthem before they faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs in a coordinated display that the Miami Dolphins said they intended to echo in their own game on Sunday.

Kansas City Chiefs nix face paint, headdresses to start NFL season

Kansas City Chiefs fans who file into Arrowhead Stadium for a masked and socially distanced start to the NFL season won’t be wearing headdresses or face paint amid a nationwide push for racial justice following the police-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

These are the NFL Coach of the Year favorites, oddsmakers say

The NFL’s Coach of the Year award is given to the head coach of a team who is determined to have had the best season in the league and who has made the biggest improvement.

NFL now bets big on once-taboo gambling industry

It wasn't that long ago that the NFL didn't want to have anything to do with gambling operations at all because they feared it would lead to a lack of integrity with their games.

Vikings QB Kirk Cousins 'at peace' with COVID-19 risks in NFL

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he is taking a "survival of the fittest" personal approach to the coronavirus, even if it kills him. In a recent interview on Spotify's "10 Questions With Kyle Brandt" podcast, Cousins said, "If I die, I die. I kind of have peace about that." He also shared his opinion on masks.

Commissioner Roger Goodell: 'NFL stands with the Black community'

A cop in Wisconsin shooting Jacob Blake in the back "brought forth more feelings of anger, frustration, anguish, fear for many of us in the NFL family," Goodell said.

NFL teams huddling up to devise plans for social change

Teams around the NFL are having conversations about racial injustice and social issues and franchises have begun devising plans to effect change among each other and in the community.

NY Jets, other NFL teams cancel practice in protest over Jacob Blake shooting

The New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Washington Football Team and Green Bay Packers all canceled practices in an apparent response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin.

NFL players concerned, 'sick and tired' of racial injustice

Players throughout the NFL spoke out about racial injustice and the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. Jets safety Bradley McDougald says people are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the issues the Black community continues to deal with.