Football

8/29/2026 |  NFL, NFLPA Negotiating Terms for Olympic Flag Football Participation (Front Office Sports) The NFL and the NFL Players Association are engaged in discussions to finalize the terms by which interested players would be permitted to participate in flag football at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The final policy details have not yet been determined but the talks are ongoing, a source familiar with the state of the negotiations told Front Office Sports.

8/26/2026 |  Study: 25% of NFL Players Who Died Between 2016 and 2021 Had CTE (Athletic Business) A new study published in the British Medical Journal found that, at minimum, nearly a quarter of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at death. 

8/26/2026 |  Ranking Week 0 games on the college football schedule: From UNC vs. TCU to USC, Florida State openers (CBS Sports) Congratulations, you made it. The dreaded weekends without college football are finally behind us, and the 2026 season is here. Week 0 is always an appetizer before the main course is served on Labor Day weekend. Still, this might be the best Week 0 slate in recent memory, with eight FBS games on Saturday.

8/26/2026 |  Browns name Deshaun Watson starting QB ... yet have 200 million reasons to cut him after the 2026 season (CBS Sports) The Cleveland Browns officially have a starting quarterback in Deshaun Watson, and for some reason, they decided to give the job to a player who likely doesn't have a future with the team.

8/26/2026 |  Big Ten, SEC ban NFL players from returning to play: What to expect as power conferences threaten suspensions (CBS Sports) Power conferences are moving closer to banning former NFL players from playing within their membership across 64 schools with the SEC following the Big Ten by proposing conference rules to keep professional athletes from returning to play college sports.