The AFL has come under fire after allowing veteran field umpire Nick Foot to be on the payroll of the league's gambling partner, Sportsbet.

Which AFL coaches have the best job security? Who is under the most pressure heading into the 2025 season? Matt Walsh takes a ...

Australia’s love affair with the major football codes – the Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) – is well documented. However, one aspect that stands out to many observers ...

Although there were no Jewish players on the last two Super Bowl-winning teams, since the founding of the National Football League in 1920, there have been 18 Jewish football players who have won a ...

Pro baseball, football, basketball and hockey have all seen competition with rival leagues, followed by a merger.

The Super Bowl name, surprisingly, originated from a child's bouncy toy and a casual remark by Kansas City Chiefs' owner Lamar Hunt during a 1966 league meeting. Although initially called the AFL ...

Since its founding more than a century ago, the NFL has progressed to become the most prestigious American football league on the planet and one of the best sports leagues in the w ...

and the American Football League (AFL). The two leagues were rivals and in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game—which came to be known as the Super Bowl—a team from each league competed ...