Football

4/6/2026 |  NFL Confidential: Why 18-Game Regular Season Remains a Hard Sell for Players and Coaches (Fox Sports) PHOENIX — An 18-game,regular-season schedule seems like an inevitability after listening to NFL owners discuss the topic during the league’s owners meeting at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix this past week.
In fact, owners of multiple teams flat-out said they want to add another regular-season game to the ever-growing NFL slate. 

4/6/2026 |  New Era 2026 NFL Draft Collection Celebrates ‘Moment in the Mirror’ (SGB UPDATE) New Era, the maker of headwear and the official sideline cap of the National Football League (NFL), released its 2026 NFL Draft Cap Collection.
The collection serves to “elevate the ‘moment in the mirror’” when an athlete sees himself for the first time wearing his NFL team gear and symbolizes the opening of his NFL career as a top draft pick.
New Era’s 2026 NFL Draft Cap Collection features a reflective liquid chrome treatment outlining the team logo, the team’s name on the rear snap enclosure and the New Era flag logo, with elements that pay tribute to each NFL franchise.

4/6/2026 |  Troy Aikman's comments about Dolphins role may cause controversy (Yardbarker) Troy Aikman made a very honest admission about his new role with the Miami Dolphins that will likely spark some controversy.
Aikman suggested that his role as a broadcaster probably factored into Miami’s decision to hire him to an undefined front office advisory role this offseason. 
However, he thinks the Dolphins are simply taking advantage of the fact that he has a lot of information, and that he does not see it as a conflict of interest.

4/2/2026 |  Big South to sponsor women’s flag football as its 19th sport starting in 2027-28 (Associated Press (AP)) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Big South Conference will be the first league in Division I sponsoring women’s flag football as its 19th sport starting with the 2027-28 year.
Big South Commissioner Sherika A. Montgomery said Tuesday that the sport had been approved by the league’s council of chief executive officers. The NCAA added flag football to its emerging sports for women program in January.

4/2/2026 |  Topps will release NFL trading cards for the first time since 2016 (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Topps will issue NFL trading cards for the first time since 2016 after Fanatics Collectibles reached a multi-year deal with the league and NFL Players Association.
The first set will be 2025 Topps Chrome Football, which will be released on April 15. It will include one-of-one Rookie PREM1ERE Patch Autograph Cards and one-of-one NFL Honors Gold Shield Autograph Cards.