As Penn State’s Nittany Lions open their first football season since in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky pedophelia scandal, TIME takes a look at how the team and fans are showing support as they kick off a new age of football.
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Will Replacement Refs Put NFL Players’ Safety at Risk?
The NFL has pushed for player safety improvements. Yet, because of a labor dispute, the league is locking out its referees. Why this could be a dangerous call.
NCAA Lowers Boom on Penn State: $60 Million Fine and Four-Year Bowl-Game Ban
Penn State’s football program faces the daunting task of rebuilding itself while accepting punishment for enabling a culture that covered up child sexual abuse and led to the downfall of a storied college coach
10 Things We’ve Learned About Soccer from Euro 2012
Some things are apparently worse than racism; the haunting of Cristiano Ronaldo; why England’s team is like Stoke City; and more
Go Home, England: The Curse of Penalty Kicks Strikes Once Again
Utterly outclassed by Italy, but hanging around to lose, again, on PKs.
Can A Chinese Kicker Make It In the NFL?
Long Ding is trying to be the first China-born player to suit up in the NFL.
The Minnesota Vikings Stadium: A Test of Economic Principle
An academic who studies stadium economics actually has a vote on the Vikings stadium issue. Here’s why he stuck to his principles.
Remembering Ex-NFL Star Junior Seau: 1969-2012
We may never know what dark thoughts drove one of the NFL’s most respected defensive players to commit suicide at age 43.
The Madden Curse: A History
Calvin Johnson, please be careful. The Lions’ wide receiver is the latest athlete to grace the cover of the Madden NFL video game, an honor fraught with peril.
NFL Draft 1st Round: Three Surprises from Pro Football’s Big Night
Luck landed in Indy and RG3 will light up the nation’s capital, but not everything was completely predictable Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall.
Q&A: Washington D.C.’s NFL Savior, Robert Griffin III
Before Subway, which has signed Robert Griffin III to an endorsement contract, officially unveiled a bust made out of smokehouse barbeque chicken in RG3′s likeness (“They keep calling it the food bust, but you don’t want to
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Beyond the Quarterbacks: Why The NFL Draft Really Matters
We know the top two picks. But how will the rest of the NFL draft shake out?
Eli Manning for SNL? Really?
Eli Manning no longer needs any quarterbacking tips from big brother Peyton. But he can probably use a comedy lesson from him.
