American Football

The Chicago Bears, of the National Football League, is planning to build a new stadium just south of its current home, Soldier Field, with more than $2bn (€1.8bn) to be invested for the domed stadium.

FanDuel has become an ‘Official Sports Betting Partner’ of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers as the state of North Carolina gears up for the launch of a sports betting market worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Shipping company FedEx has ended its stadium naming-rights deal with the National Football League's Washington Commanders two years early

Record UK viewing figures on Sky Sports for Super Bowl LVIII were among strong performing ratings across a variety of the National Football League’s target international markets.

ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed a six-year, $7.8bn (€7.3bn) extension as the new era of the college football postseason begins.

Domestic Super Bowl coverage drew the most-watched broadcast in NFL history with an average audience of 123.4 million viewers across all platforms

The National Football League is to stage its first regular season game in Spain in 2025, at Real Madrid's iconic Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

The National Football League is to open the regular season with an international game for the first time later this year, when it makes its debut appearance in Brazil

The Tennessee Titans has announced Verizon as its exclusive wireless telecoms sponsor of its new Nissan Stadium, which is due to open in 2027.

NFL franchise the San Francisco 49ers and Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) have announced a proposed 10-year extension to their stadium naming rights and team sponsorship deal worth a combined $170m (€156.4m).

The National Football League has set records during its live postseason coverage across the main US networks

Disney and the National Football League have held "advanced talks" over the latter taking an equity stake in ESPN, it has been claimed

The College Football Playoff and ESPN are in “the midst of negotiations” to renew the network as the sole rights-holder for the premier college sports event as it expands from four to 12 teams.Acc

Amazon Prime Video's second season as the exclusive Thursday Night Football broadcaster returned a 24-per-cent increase in total viewership in the United States compared to its inaugural season

The XFL and USFL American football competitions have officially announced their merger, with the newly launched United Football League (UFL) scheduled to begin in March.

The National Football League's (NFL) Christmas Day triple-header was a television ratings success, attracting average viewership of 28.7 million

The National Football League had a big 2023 with new commercial deals, extensions and major moves on the streaming front. In this year-end review, SportBusiness takes a look at 12 months of deals and developments covered by our team of reporters.

The National Football League is to double the number of regular-season fixtures it plays in international markets to eight from 2025, while a new host territory - Brazil - is to debut next year.