By Alex Williams Art McNally, the first on-field National ... guiding the league’s officiating through its 1970 merger with the rival American Football League and staying on as it grew into ...

American football has its historical roots in the latter part of the 19th century as a merge of rugby and soccer played at American colleges. The very first official game occurred in 1869 between ...

Baseball may be America’s pastime, but football is its passion. One man, Walter Camp, did more than any other American to shape the nation’s love affair with the sport today. "What Washington ...

I teach a course on the intersection of sports and religion in North America, and I ask students whether there is something about American society that draws us to the violence of football.

This is a quick guide to some of college football's most notable firsts and historic moments. In 2019, the sport celebrated its 150th anniversary. First, the TL/DR version: The birth of American ...