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Bill introduced to get NFL to change Redskins name

The District of Columbia’s non-voting congressional delegate introduced a bill on Thursday to strip the NFL of its federal antitrust protection as long as it allows Washington’s football team to use the name “Redskins,” a moniker some see as racist.

This season’s Super Bowl won’t have Roman numerals

This season’s Super Bowl logo will look very different from its predecessors as the NFL ditches the Roman numerals in favor of standard Arabic numerals.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: NFL Week 1

Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend.

Here’s how you can watch the 2015 NFL season openers

The 2015 NFL season kicks off tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET with the New England Patriots hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Here’s all the info you need if you want to tune in for the season opener and the rest of the Week 1 games.

Patriots could close as 7½-point favorites; handicapper likes over 51½

After a roller-coaster ride of line moves on the NFL season opener between the Patriots and Steelers throughout the seemingly endless Deflategate offseason saga, New England is firmly entrenched as a 7-point favorite over Pittsburgh in today’s game and the line could climb to 7½ points by the 5:30 p.m. kickoff.

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RJ Picks: UNLV vs. UCLA

The Rebels are 31.5-point underdogs when they hos tUCLA today at Sam Boyd Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

Quality depth elusive commodity for UNLV

Here is the origin: It comes from a 1738 play by a French fellow named Leonor Jean Christine Soulas d’Allainval, which I dare you to say 10 times fast and not sound like Gilbert Gottfried ordering breakfast from a cafe in Paris.

 
Kansas State suspends band director for risque formation during halftime show

Kansas State has suspended its band director for a game and the school will pay a self-imposed $5,000 fine after its marching band shaped itself into what appeared to be a risque formation during the halftime show of the Wildcats’ season-opening 34-0 victory over South Dakota.

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