National League

always a fun activity. The first football game ever played was on November 6, 1869. It became an actual league sport in 1905 when Theodore Roosevelt called a meeting with all of the football colleges. Although before this meeting people would play anyway. Later in 1906 rules were set for the game. The game became safer for all of the players. Fourteen years later in 1920 the National Football League (NFL) was created. The first footballs were made of a blown up pig bladder.…

“The Galloping Ghost” was a wide-known name given to Red Grange from a famous sportswriter by the name of Grantland Rice. Harold “Red” Grange was born on June 13, 1903, as a farm-boy in Forktown, Pennsylvania (Hickok). Harold was a third child parents of his parents Sadie and Lyle. When Harold was only five, his mother, Sadie, passed away. Grange was also diagnosed with a heart murmur early in his life. The Grange family went into a new struggle with no money, so they were forced to move to…

According to Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL says that ¨the league is more safer than it has been over the past thirteen years¨ but during the games there have been times that the players deliver heavy hits to the head and they just get up like if it's nothing. Not to mention, they start to forget what happened the last twenty four hours and also begin to start vomiting, which can lead to a concussion protocol and end their football career for good if they get more than three…

Seattle or the Terrible Towel-waving Steelers. Recently however, a dark shadow has overcast all the hype of the start of the football season. This shadow is the recent outbreak of multiple cases of domestic violence involving athletes in the National Football League. As a result of this outbreak, the NFL needs to work harder to bring an end to this domestic violence to help keep the sports industry intact, to keep these athletes as positive role models to young people, and to keep these…

I write this letter to day to call for a greater awareness for the concussion crisis taking place in the National Football League. Football is the most watched sport in the United States and arguably one of the most dangerous. Thankfully, football has been put in the spotlight in recent years for the concussion crisis that is taken place but there is still not enough being done. Concussions acquired in football are drastically altering athlete’s lives once they leave the game, particularly NFL…

A Shunned Quarterback The first amendment states that we the people have freedom of religion, speech press, assembly and petition. Colin Kaepernick exercised his rights and has since been the subject of much controversy with the NFL. On August 26, 2016, Kaepernick sat down while other players were standing up during the “Star Spangled Banner” played before the game against the Packers. This was an act of protest by Kaepernick, explaining that he will not stand for a flag that oppresses black…

to watch Joe Namath play was an experience I wish I could have been a part of. Football has become so popular in America, that they have a day dedicated to watching your favorite team play their hardest vs one of the other thirty-one teams in the league. Once being a day to worship god, now a day to partake in the festivities of…

Football has managed to deeply weave its way into America's traditions and culture. The sport is practically its own religion. According to the statistics provided by Gallup, although baseball may be referred to as "America's favorite pastime", football fanatics have surpassed the number of baseball fanatics. Football has even invaded some of our holidays such as Thanksgiving and New Years, the NFL practically has its own holiday called Super Bowl Sunday, the most anticipated game, which falls…

NFL has even faced lawsuits from numerous former players because of head trauma incidence. According to the National Football League, "We are dedicated to making football safer and continue to take steps to protect players, including rule changes, advanced sideline technology and expanded medical resources." (Hanna). Real changes need to be done unlike just trying to…

York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, Buffalo Sabres, Arizona Coyotes, and Montreal Canadiens during his time in the NHL. Brian Cazenueve is a former staff writer for Sports Illustrated, covering the Olympics for nineteen years. His work has appeared in national publications such as Time, People, the New York Times, the Washington…