Two Irish players join NFL International Player Pathway as specialists
Mark McNamee and Ross Bolger to join IPP Class of 2025 as kickers
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NFL’s €10m shakedown of Ireland shows they’re the best-dressed welfare spongers in the world
Irish Government to fork out €10m to help mega-wealthy Pittsburgh Steelers host a home game in Croke Park
Super Bowl was the biggest test yet in Tom Brady’s fledgling TV career, the results were not pretty
As a player, the Super Bowl was Brady’s playground. The same can not be said of him as a broadcaster
Super Bowl LIX in pictures: Kansas City Chiefs v the Philadelphia Eagles
Eagles secure their first Super Bowl in seven years with a 40-22 victory in New Orleans
Patrick Mahomes was chasing Super Bowl history. He left humbled and harassed
The Chiefs may well contend for the championship again next season. But Sunday’s loss to the Eagles exposed problems that had been there all year
Super Bowl: Eagles soar to 40-22 win over Chiefs in New Orleans
Donald Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend Super Bowl
Super Bowl: Chiefs v Eagles: Kick-off time, where to watch, the half-time show and more
Can the Chiefs pull off a three-peat on Sunday?
Tom Brady’s TV career so far has been a dud. Will that change in the Super Bowl?
The former quarterback has been hit with the problem that often plagues great players: what is intuitive to him is not intuitive to everyone else
The refs didn’t steal a Super Bowl trip from the Bills. The Chiefs’ excellence did
Buffalo have to contend with a great footballing dynasty every year
Kansas City Chiefs break Buffalo Bills’ hearts to set up Super Bowl rematch with Philadelphia Eagles
Chiefs beat Bills 32-29 in the AFC to make Super Bowl return
Ohio State hold off Notre Dame to claim first national football title in 10 years
Jeremiah Smith’s big play proves crucial as Ohio hold off late surge from the Irish in 34-23 win
Kansas City Chiefs move one step closer to Super Bowl return as Washington Commanders shock Detroit Lions
Commanders overwhelm Lions 45-31 in playoff stunner
Lamar Jackson v Josh Allen: how two geniuses somehow got even better
The quarterbacks are the NFL’s puppet masters, manipulating defences in a way that is borderline unprecedented
New England Patriots appoint former player Mike Vrabel as new head coach
49-year-old found success as head coach of Tennessee Titans and will replace Jerod Mayo, who was fired last week
Down’s Charlie Smyth to remain with New Orleans Saints
Former Down under-20 goalkeeper signs new two-year deal with the Saints
The NFL’s bogus playoff seeding system penalises the more deserving
The 14-3 Vikings and 12-5 Commanders will open the playoffs on the road because the NFL rewards even the most middling of division winners
Andy Quinn: The ex-Connacht and Blackrock outhalf trying to make it in the NFL
Student switched from rugby to attend NFL Academy in Loughborough and has earned a scholarship to kick and punt at Boston College
Sam Darnold’s career season means the Minnesota Vikings face a tough decision
Brought to Minnesota to be a bridge to the next generation, the quarterback is now leading one of the hottest teams in the league
Why can’t NFL players hold on to the ball before they score touchdowns?
Rash of embarrassing incidents at the goalline threatened to cost teams dearly on Sunday
Denver paid Russell Wilson $84m to go away. Now he could be heading for a title
The quarterback was on the scrapheap after a humiliating time with the Broncos. But he has been revived under Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh
Did Austin Seibert just suffer the most agonising few minutes in NFL history?
In the dying moments of a crucial game against a hated rival, the Washington Commanders kicker was subjected to a brutal series of humiliations
After the Chiefs’ first loss in 337 days, the AFC’s elite are as close as ever
On an afternoon that saw Pittsburgh hold off Baltimore and Buffalo end Kansas City’s perfect season, the AFC’s top tier is tightly packed
Angry teammates and redemption: NFL week 10 showed kickers matter
Wild Sunday for kickers as their errors and heroics helped decide several games
Rain, doubt or pressure, none of it matters to the naggingly brilliant Jared Goff
Detroit Lions look like a complete team this season. And their quarterback has risen to become one of the best at his profession
Watch parties, clinics and Guinness: How the NFL is building a fan base in Ireland
‘The goal is not to be the travelling circus and turn up and then go away again ... It’s about putting roots down’
The Browns’ sad and seedy Deshaun Watson era nears its predictable endpoint
The QB’s injury confirmed what most of us already knew: the Browns’ decision to give him $230m was the worst in NFL history
Jerry Jones’s Cowboys house of horrors arrives just in time for Halloween
Dallas were humiliated at home against the Lions, and the blame should be laid at the feet of the team’s misfiring general manager/owner
New York Jets fire head coach after three losses from five opening games
Announcement comes after the Jets lost 23-17 to the Minnesote Vikings on Sunday
Brilliant but beaten: the historical, searing misfortune of Joe Burrow
The Bengals quarterback has 12 touchdowns and just two interceptions this season. Yet his team find themselves scraping the barrel
The Kansas City Chiefs are off to a perfect start. But are they any good?
The Super Bowl champions are off to an unbeaten start. But turning Patrick Mahomes into a checkdown artist seems reductive at best
Eight deaths in first month of high school football season all part of the demented game
Excessive machismo of preening adults in coaching roles often places kids in grave danger
Sam Darnold’s renaissance offers hope for the quarterback scrapheap
A pre-season knee injury for JJ McCarthy pressed Sam Darnold into action for the Minnesota Vikings
Jets trounce Patriots in Aaron Rodgers’ first home game since 2023 injury
Jets win 24-3 over Patriots for first 2-1 start since 2015
The Jaguars naming a stadium after Trevor Lawrence may have been a little premature
Jacksonville temporarily rebranded their home in honor of their quarterback, but it just highlighted how he has fallen short of expectations
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