DOHA, Qatar — Since the day Qatar was named the host of the 2022 World Cup, it was obvious the tournament would be different from the ones that had preceded it. For a start, Qatar is a tiny country, and Doha, its capital, has never hosted an event on the scale of the World Cup. […] More
The rest of Week 11’s matchups will be published on Friday. Steelers at Browns, 8:20 p.m., Fox & NFL Network Line: Browns -3 | Total: 40 On Oct. 6, Pittsburgh dropped to 1-4, with the team’s lone win at home against the Cincinnati Bengals, who are now 0-9. Ben Roethlisberger was already declared out for […] More
Colin Kaepernick’s long road back to the N.F.L. has hit another snag. The N.F.L. has declined to provide Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, with a list of who will attend a workout that the league scheduled for him on Saturday, according to a person familiar with the discussions who requested anonymity. Kaepernick asked […] More
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Adam Gase is staying put as the coach of the New York Jets. Not just this season. But, next season, too. Team chairman and chief executive Christopher Johnson announced Wednesday that Gase’s job is safe and he will remain the coach in 2020 despite the team’s 2-7 record. Johnson cited […] More
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been invited to work out for N.F.L. teams this weekend, possibly a step toward a return to the N.F.L. for the first time since the 2016 season. The news set off a flurry of speculation. Some fans said they hoped Kaepernick could help their team. Some said they didn’t want him […] More
One player defied his team and had surgery on his damaged shoulder. Another blamed his club for not spotting a rare form of cancer sooner. Still another, according to media reports, disputed his team’s assertion that his concussion symptoms had abated. The players — former Jets guard Kelechi Osemele, Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams and […] More
Zeke Bratkowski was an outstanding passer with a keen football mind; he played at quarterback for 14 seasons in the N.F.L.; and he later engineered passing attacks as an offensive coach for six pro teams, including the Jets. He spent seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers, mostly under Coach Vince Lombardi in the 1960s, […] More
Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who for nearly three years has struggled to resume his N.F.L. career after kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, has been invited to work out for teams on Saturday at the Atlanta Falcons’ facility so they can evaluate whether to sign him, according to a copy of a […] More
