American Football

Stephen Cannon is the new chief executive of AMB Group, the parent company of the Atlanta Falcons NFL American football franchise, Atlanta United FC from Major League Soccer and the PGA TOUR Superstore. Here he talks about how his career in the car industry has prepared him for his new role.

Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles will host the NFL American football league’s Super Bowl showpiece game in 2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively, it was announced during an NFL owners’ meeting yesterday (Tuesday).

American football league the NFL has agreed a deal to move its annual Pro Bowl event from Honolulu to Orlando, according to Bloomberg.

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis has declared that he wants to move the NFL American football franchise to Las Vegas and has vowed to contribute $500m (€439m) towards the construction of a new stadium in the Nevada city.

A new edition of the TVSM Global Report underlines the strength of the global sports media rights market, which is predicted to be worth nearly $50bn by 2019.

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis will attend a meeting in Las Vegas tomorrow (Thursday) in which discussions will be held over moving the NFL American football franchise to the city, according to multiple reports.

A US federal appeals court has ruled that NFL superstar Tom Brady must serve a four-game ban, overturning a lower judge’s ruling in the so-called ‘Deflategate’ scandal and siding with the American football league in its battle with the NFL Players’ Association (NFLPA).

NFL American football team the San Diego Chargers has launched a drive to gain public support for plans that could lead to the construction of a new multi-purpose stadium in the city.

The city of Orlando, Florida has launched a bid to host the Pro Bowl, the annual all-star game of American football league the NFL, for a three-year period beginning in 2017.

The IMG agency has today (Monday) unveiled the Football Greats Alliance (FGA), an entity created to manage the collective marketing and licensing rights of retired players from the NFL American football league.

As the NFL finally heads back to LA, how is the major league landscape evolving in California?

Storytelling, digital engagement and private equity’s relationship with sport were some of the important themes covered at the recent Leaders Sport Business Summit in New York. Ben Cronin picks out five highlights from the event.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has confirmed that the American football league has held talks over the possibility of staging a regular season game in China in the near future.

American football league the NFL is exploring the possibility of staging a regular-season game in China as early as 2018 and Germany in 2017, according to multiple reports.

Ted Leonsis has bolstered his sporting portfolio by acquiring an expansion franchise in the Arena Football League (AFL) North American gridiron competition that will be based in Washington, DC.

The National Football League has informed the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) that the league’s salary cap for the 2016 season will be set at $155.27m (€140.9m) per team, an increase of almost $12m on last season’s figure.