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Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy with quarterback Dak Prescott.

Only in America: Dallas Cowboys’ season theme lost in translation

Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. The Dallas Cowboys have done us all a big favour.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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New York Jets’ Aaron Rodgers.

Why the NFL should not bring a game to Sydney

Hey, Mr Goodell, follow the ... ahem ... great success of rugby league and use Las Vegas to attract new fans.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Australian flag footballer Tamika Sutton.

Put NFL, netball and Oztag in a blender, and you get this new Olympic sport

Flag football is set to make its Olympic debut in Los Angeles in 2028, and the Australian teams have already started their campaign to get there.

  • Billie Eder
A 19-year-old has appeared in court after running onto the field and doing a backflip during a Major League Baseball game between Cincinnati and Cleveland.
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Baseball fan Tasered after invading pitch

A 19-year-old has appeared in court after running onto the field and doing a backflip during a Major League Baseball game between Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Superbowl fans watching the match in Double Bay, Sydney in February 2024

NFL considering Australia as host for a regular-season game

The NFL has confirmed Australia is one of the markets being considered to host a match in the near future as the league expands its reach outside America.

  • Peter Ryan
O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles on July 22, 1994/

Murder, a televised chase and the Kardashian dynasty: The OJ Simpson saga was a unique American moment

Beyond the news value of such a famous person accused of such brutal killings, what made the OJ Simpson trial such an incredible moment in US history?

  • Ted Anthony
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FILE - In this July 20, 2017, file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson appears via video for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev. The 74-year-old former football hero, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, the day after a hearing before the Nevada state Board of Parole, Kim Yoko Smith, spokeswoman for the Nevada State Police, said Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)

OJ Simpson, fallen NFL hero acquitted of murder, dies at 76

He earned fame, fortune and adulation through football and show business. But Simpson’s legacy was forever changed by the June 1994 knife slayings of his ex-wife.

  • Ken Ritter
Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata.

From a $5000 offer at Souths to becoming the NFL’s $100 million man

Australian NFL star Jordan Mailata has re-signed with the Philadelphia Eagles on a three-year deal worth $100 million.

  • Tom Decent
Dark Brandon strikes again.

‘Laser eyes’ Biden trolls conspiracy theorists with Super Bowl rigging joke

Taylor Swift has become the subject of recent conspiracy theories suggesting she is a “deep state” operative who will swing the election for the Democrats.

  • Benedict Smith
Mitch Wishnowsky

Aussie glazier out to make NFL punt pay off with Super Bowl ring

San Francisco 49ers’ Mitch Wishnowsky already holds one piece of NFL history, now he wants to be the first Australian to play in and win a Super Bowl.

  • Jonathan Drennan

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