Posts tagged: NFL

Aaron Hernandez walks across a football field. He is muscular, with short hair; both arms are covered with tattoos, and he wears red receiver's gloves.

Aaron Hernandez Hangs Himself in Prison

Aaron Hernandez — convicted murderer, acquitted double-murder suspect, and former million-dollar NFL star — is dead. Hernandez hanged himself in his prison cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correction Center, a maximum-security prison about …..

Colin Kaepernick Biography: New!

The finger-licking good not-quite-Super-Bowl-winning quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers is the subject of our latest biography.

Peyton Manning Goes to Denver

NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is going to the Denver Broncos, they say. What will happen to Tim Tebow?

Al Davis: A Career Timeline

When was the late Al Davis in the Army? And just how old is his son?

Vince Lombardi: Trophy Man and Gapper

Vince Lombardi, the legendary pro football coach, has now been profiled by editor Paul Hehn.And just in time: the NFL Super Bowl trophy has his name on it.  (Lombardi, not Hehn.) Lombardi is a “gapper” — someone we should have profiled long ago.