American Football League

Singing and representing their country, is how Americans show their pride to their roots and to not do so, is astonishing. For example, Carole Isham, the great, great, great granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, recently stated, "It just blows my mind that somebody like (Kaepernick) would do what he does…

Twenty years ago, the Sonora Wildcats fielded the most successful football team the school had ever produced. They were perfect. They finished the 1995 season 13-0, with a Sac-Joaquin Section Division III Championship victory over the three-time defending champions, the Del Oro Golden Eagles. The dream season didn't have a definitive starter to begin the season. Head coach Gary Smith had a three-way battle for the starting signal caller, and he was unsure if Derik Rickson, Joe Barton, or senior…

The article I chose for my connection is an article about an NFL player saying goodbye to the league because of boycott. Colin Kaepernick was signed to a new team, because he quietly refused to stand for the national anthem during each game, an act meant to protest police brutality but widely condemned as unpatriotic. Kaepernick says he is sticking to his cause. Other players are starting to boycott to his cause. One player from the Seahawks Michael Bennett has made it clear that he supports the…

Parents should not allow their children the choice to play tackle football because it is a dangerous game. Tackle football can cause people to have brain damage. According to The Week Staff website about football stating that 240 to 585 head hit per season between ages 9 and 12 from playing tackle football. This proves that so many children had been hitting their head and suffering brain damage from playing a football game. Brain damage can cause learning disabilities, and make it hard for…

Brett Favre, a former American football quarterback, is one of the best possible players to be considered in the NFL 2016 Hall of Fame Class, reports NFL National Lead Writer Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report). Brett Favre played for the Atlanta Falcons, the Green Bay Packers, the New York Jets, and the Minnesota Vikings. Favre’s season with the New York Jets in 2008 is not known for the most successful passes, but rather for the frequent nudes and controversial text messages with the former New York…

Should The Game Still Be Around Football has become a dangerous sport over the past decades because of the increased awareness of concussions research; people have begun to realize just how dangerous football can be. Football is a full contact sport that involves repeated collisions with players’ heads, in recent history this has been found to cause concussions and even CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy). CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has become a pressing concern for doctors and…

an Under armour Football cleat is sitting in the Dick’s Sporting Goods back room. I was the newest shoe on the market because of my tall ankle support and was halfway colored with orange and black. My new master, Adam, bought me with money that he carefully saved up from his job at the Yankee Springs Golf Course. I was a steep $145 but the look in Adam’s eyes told me that I was worth more than than the dollar amount. It was August 11, 2016, the start of the first Varsity football practice.…

America’s pastime, football is actually America’s sport.”(Dahlberg, NFL Calls the Shots) The NFL has turned into a multi-billion dollar franchise that is known around the world, but a disturbing trend has developed. Over the past six years when the NFL started to keep track( King, the Film the NFL), the NFL’s reported number of concussions has been increasing each year. This alarming trend reached an all-time high of 281 cases in 2017; the highest ever reported(Huddleston, The Football…

NFL Protest The most recent major sports league uproar has been the protests during our National Anthem. NFL players across every team have been kneeling, linking arms, or even just staying in the locker room. President Donald Trump spoke out about the situation on Twitter saying that the players should be suspended or fired for “disrespecting” our country. One of the points made by Trump was his approval of the players that were locking arms and complete disappointment by those who…

Worst Superbowl Ever? Football the world’s sensation. Super bowl 60 is here and it’s not pretty. The Cowboys vs. Patriots. The patriots have not won in 18 years. The cowboys are undefeated this year. Lets see how this game goes it’s going to be interesting. Let’s hope it’s nope a ruckus.Russell wilson getting traded to patriots might help them. It might be an easy fight though. I'm surprised that the patriots are even here.Well here comes the Cowboys. Running out right now with their…