Word: nfl
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...game that for most people is something seen only on television. Jones thinks more of those people should be coming out to games - preferably the ones his team is playing. He likes to point out that just 7% of National Football League fans have ever set foot in an NFL stadium, and he figures that the way to push that percentage higher is to make the stadium experience better than what you get at home. (See 10 things to watch this NFL season...
...television, food and drink - but bigger. Much, much bigger. So at 3 million sq. ft., the Cowboys' new home in Arlington, Texas, is three times the size of Texas Stadium, where they used to play. At a cost of $1.2 billion, it's also the priciest stadium in the NFL - but only until next year, when the $1.6 billion Jets-Giants stadium opens in East Rutherford...
...much discussed incident during a preseason game at the stadium in August, A.J. Trapasso of the Tennessee Titans managed to bonk the JumboTron with a punt, which set off a fuss about whether it would have to be hauled higher. Jones has refused, and for now the NFL has ruled that if another punt hits the big TV, it's a do-over. (See pictures of other stadiums that scored...
...though Iannuzzi remains focused on football—after graduation, he hopes to play in either the CFL or NFL before pursuing a career as an architect—his life has been restructured to make more time for his family...
...routinely tested for heart abnormalities using a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). That conclusion is in line with a document published by the IOC in March that encourages national Olympic bodies to test all athletes with an ECG before they enter into competition. Some professional sports leagues, such as the NFL in the U.S. and the Premier League in the U.K., already require their athletes to undergo ECG screenings. (See the top 10 sports comebacks...