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Fox News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Ex-NFL star Dez Bryant slams league's Pride Month messaging: 'Far from right'
Former NFL star Dez Bryant took issue with the league's message as it celebrated the start of Pride Month on Sunday. The NFL released a 30-second video telling its audience what "football is." The video showed the words, "Football is gay," "football is lesbian," "football is beautiful," "football is queer," "football is exciting," "football is transgender," "football is bisexual," "football is power," "football is American," "football is accepting," and "football is everything," among other messages in the clip. Bryant, who spent most of his NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys, expressed his frustration with the ad. "Football is gay. Football is queer. Football is transgender... these are wild statements to make... excuse my silliness," Bryant wrote on X. "I'm going to proudly tell my boys football is none of these things. I have nothing against Gays but this is far from right." Bryant's social media post sparked debate and he fiercely defended himself. "It's gay players in the NFL.. but forcing it in people's faces... especially children... can send the wrong message… Football is a real community, like the gay community. Imagine telling gays they have to advocate for straight people... they probably would have a problem," he added. Several NFL teams fired off messages for Pride Month on social media on Sunday. Celebrating Pride Month had been a contentious topic in sports over the last few years. The Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Flyers, Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays have been among the organizations involved in controversies over the topic. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The history of NFL schedule release videos
The NFL schedule release has become the creative Super Bowl for NFL teams, with everyone trying to outdo one another in creativity and originality. We've had video game spoofs, big budget TV show and movie recreations, and celebrity cameos. When did this creative arms race begin? It started in 2016 with cupcakes. Read more about this season's schedule releases on Yahoo Sports. Advertisement View more Video Transcript The NFL schedule release has become the creative Super Bowl for NFL teams, with everyone trying to outdo each other in creativity and originality. We've had video game spoofs, big budget TV show and movie recreations, celebrity cameos, and of course people on Broadway in Nashville knowing nothing about football. I. But when did this creative arms race begin? Well, it all started with cupcakes. The first schedule release video was the 2016 Seahawks cupcake video, where they spoofed popular top-down cooking videos to bake cupcakes for all their matchups. It was this simple video that kicked off the trend of original creative schedule releases, and now every team does something, although some go a bit more all out than others.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hear Florida lacrosse coach Amanda O'Leary's opening statement after clinching spot in Final Four
The history of NFL schedule release videos The NFL schedule release has become the creative Super Bowl for NFL teams, with everyone trying to outdo one another in creativity and originality. We've had video game spoofs, big budget TV show and movie recreations, and celebrity cameos. When did this creative arms race begin? It started in 2016 with cupcakes. Read more about this season's schedule releases on Yahoo Sports. 0:40 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
3 teams who were absolutely screwed by the NFL schedule, and 3 who weren't
A huge part of a team's success during the NFL regular season is how their schedule lined up. It's not fair, but it is what it is. We've seen some of the best teams in the league get screwed over by their schedule and limp into the playoffs, while others have gotten the perfect bye week and found a way into a Wild Card spot when they really didn't have the talent to justify it. With NFL schedules just having been released there are three very obvious teams who were totally screwed over this year — and a handful of ones that lucked out with how their schedule broke. Advertisement SCREWED: New York Giants The Giants are really trying to get 2025 off on the right foot and the NFL schedule makers gave them absolutely no favors. The first six weeks to the season are more brutal than anyone else in the league, and it's bad enough that the schedule could legitimately sink the Giants' season before it ever begins. Week 1: Commanders Week 2: Cowboys Week 3: Chiefs Week 4: Chargers Week 5: Saints Week 6: Eagles The only obvious winnable game of the lot is against New Orleans. Dallas is a push, but possible. There is a very real chance that New York could be 1-5 by the end of Week 6 and it might be enough to see heads roll. NOT SCREWED: Minnesota Vikings I know it's tempting to look at those back-to-back games in Ireland and London and think that's a terrible thing, but honestly this schedule is FANTASTIC for the Vikings. The team gets a beneficial bye week in Week 6 after the travel, and while that might be a touch early — it's important to remember that those two games in Europe are both defacto away games. Advertisement That means the Vikings only really have seven away games this season, and their out-of-division away games are against the Chargers, Seahawks, Cowboys and Giants. It could be infinitely worse and gives Minnesota pretty soft lineup this year when it comes to being comfortable. SCREWED: Detroit Lions Sorry, but forcing a team to play on both Thanksgiving AND Christmas Day is just cruel. The Lions are also being subjected to back-to-back games on Thursday Night Football in Weeks 13 and 14. There's just no flow to this schedule that has Detroit jumping back-and-forth between home and away games, playing a bizarre schedule, and on holidays too. Heavy wears the crown, and the NFL is really making the Lions feel it. Advertisement NOT SCREWED: Philadelphia Eagles Not really sure how the Super Bowl champs pulled this one off. Philadelphia is one of the few teams not to have multiple divisional games to kick off the season. They face Dallas in the season opener, then don't need to worry about the NFC East until Week 6 against the Giants. This will allow the Eagles to get into the groove of the season without too much to worry about when it comes to shock games. Outside of that Philadelphia doesn't need to worry about a ton of long travel, they get their toughest opponents at home, and seem set up perfectly to be able to make another playoff run. SCREWED: Kansas City Chiefs Advertisement I hate this schedule for the Chiefs. It's another case of a good team being given a rough run, but their leadup to the bye week in 2025 is just brutal. KC gets a favorable Week 10 bye, but these are the teams they have to face to get to the rest week. Eagles Ravens Lions Commanders Bills That is a brutal slate close together to open the season. Factor in that the Chiefs have to open the season in Brazil in a divisional game, then also play on Christmas Day and it's just a rough slate to deal with.
New York Times
14-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
How to watch the 2025 NFL schedule release on Wednesday night
It's something of a minor holiday for pro football obsessives and folks who ritualize stadium road trips. The NFL's 18-week regular-season schedule is revealed in full on Wednesday night, with updated slates for all 32 teams and a look at the primetime broadcast picks. Flights will be checked, group chats will pop off and way-too-early predictions will be made. Advertisement We already know a select few national TV matchups that the league has teased out — the Philadelphia Eagles, defending Super Bowl champions, will open the season against historic rivals in the Dallas Cowboys. Philly is also set to play the Chicago Bears on 'Black Friday.' Here's everything that's been confirmed ahead of Wednesday's complete announcement: Every NFL team plays 17 regular-season games and takes one bye week for rest. Here's a reminder on how these schedules are formed, using the reigning Lombardi Trophy holders as an example. As always, there are six divisional games — two meetings with each rival, one at home and one on the road. The Eagles have annual home-and-away sets with the Giants, Cowboys and Commanders. Then we add four total games against teams from an in-conference division — two at home and two on the road. Philadelphia, along with its NFC East peers, has drawn the NFC North this year. Hello, Vikings and Packers and Lions and Bears (oh my). Next, another four games versus an out-of-conference division — two at home and two on the road. The members of the NFC East face the AFC West squads this year. Woah, that means a Super Bowl rematch with the Chiefs, plus matchups with the Raiders, Broncos and Chargers. Then we tack on two games against teams from the remaining divisions in-conference — one game at home and one on the road. Matchups are determined by 2024 standings. The Eagles play the entire NFC East and North field this season, so the remainders here are the NFC West and South. Because the Eagles finished in first place, they'll take on fellow division winners in the Rams and the Buccaneers. The 17th game is a non-conference opponent outside of the scheduled division. NFC teams hosted this 17th game in 2024, so the AFC teams host it this year. Matchups are determined by 2024 standings. The Eagles are in the NFC, of course, and their corresponding non-conference division for 2025 is the AFC West. So, they could've drawn first-place teams from the AFC North, South or East. It's the East in this latest rotation, so Eagles-Bills. Advertisement Make sure you're following The Athletic's NFL desk, with the best coverage in the game and the sharpest football minds known to humankind. Now is the perfect time to read about the man behind this comprehensive scheduling process. He's on the verge of retirement and has an interesting story to tell. Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. Restrictions may apply. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication. (Photo by Patrick Smith / Getty Images)
