"That's a Lot of F--- Yous!"
Inside the dual legacies of NFL players’ union boss DeMaurice Smith.
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Drew Brees Has a Dream He'd Like to Sell You
It’s a multilevel marketing company called AdvoCare. Or maybe it’s a pyramid scheme.
Tom Brady Cannot Stop
A season with the New England Patriots’ 37-year-old quarterback.
The NFL's Fight for Los Angeles
Inside the Rams-Chargers marriage.
Madam Ram
The life and death of Georgia Frontiere, who was the only woman owner in professional sports when her St. Louis Rams won the 2000 Super Bowl.
The Great NFL Heist: How Fox Paid for and Changed Football Forever
An oral history of the most important deal in sports TV history, when Rupert Murdoch and Fox stole the NFL and John Madden out from under the Big Three networks and launched a television empire.
Insider Trading’s Odd Couple: The Goldman Banker and the NFL Linebacker
Damilare Sonoiki and Mychal Kendricks made a very bad team.
The Kick Is Up and It’s...a Career Killer
The precarious existence of NFL placekickers.
A Family Left Behind
Mechelle McNair on remembering her late husband, NFL star Steve, and moving forward.
The Search for Jackie Wallace
A New Orleans football legend reached the pinnacle of the sport, playing in three Super Bowls. Then he disappeared.
A Protest Divided
How infighting splintered a group of players once unified in the movement started by Colin Kaepernick.
The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder
An encyclopedic evisceration of the NFL owner and former Six Flags chairman.
A Calculated Decision
Why former NFL lineman John Urschel chose math over football.
NFL Teeters On All-Out, Unprecedented Civil War
"I'm gonna come after you with everything I have." —Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
How the NFL, Players Forged Anthem Detente Amid Gaffes, TV Ratings Concerns
The behind-closed-doors story.
Colin Kaepernick Has a Job
“Colin Kaepernick is inconvenient. To persist is to show strength, but also to be unpredictable, hard to define, impossible to control. And to grow stronger with every lash is to become dangerous—a threat not only to power, but to inspire others to follow suit.”
Eddie Lacy Is More Than a Meme
The Seahawks running back opens up about his public struggle with weight.
The Search For Aaron Rodgers
A profile of the quarterback.
Jerry Football
A profile of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Sin City or Bust
How the Raiders got to Las Vegas.
24 Hours... With Adam Schefter
A day with ESPN’s NFL scoopmaster.
What Ever Happened to Joseph Randle?
He was supposed to be the Dallas Cowboys’ star running back. Instead, Joseph Randle is in prison.
Interstate Killer
With the 428th pick in the 1974 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected…one of the most violent killers in U.S. history.
Saint Will and the Man Who Shot Him
A former Saint and Super Bowl champion, Will Smith, was shot and killed by another player named Cardell Hayes. Their fatal collision highlights the fine line between triumph and tragedy in football and life in New Orleans.
Pity the Kicker
Life in the NFL when your job requires an impossible level of perfection (plus a lot of waiting around).
