Tag: NFL

Although sports wagering goes into effect on Oct. 7, Mohegan Sun may not yet be on board. "“We would rather roll it out properly than too quickly,” says President and CEO Ray Pineault.

The timing means that consumers will be able to place bets for Week 5 of the NFL season, as well as on other sports.

Rumored to be among the companies taking a look at acquiring the bankrupt football league is Fox/Disney, while a CBS reporter has floated the idea that the NFL should buy the XFL as “a developmental league.”

The masks will be distributed at Darien Town Hall, at 2 Renshaw Road, today to representatives of Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.

Although the usually prolix Vince McMahon was relatively quiet about his Stamford-based league’s first week results, the XFL’s media partners were presumably pleased.

Gone are the scantily-clad cheerleaders, "He Hate Me" and shirtless comedians. "I don’t think it will be driven by a pro wrestling personality or trying to be ‘off the edge’ as it was the first time," says one observer.

People's United Bank executive John Traynor quipped, "Massachusetts got GE and we got Gisele – I think we got the better deal."

Millennials and Generation Z were the most excited to see the XFL games.

“Businesspeople can make a difference,” Anthony Davidson, dean of the Fordham University School of Professional and Continuing Studies, said when discussing why he believes...

Earlier in his career, he played in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, and overseas in Germany through NFL Europe.

This is the third WWE incarnation of "Halftime Heat," with earlier shows in 1999 and 2000.

The pop-up space, which runs through Feb. 4, will also provide customers with the chance to win tickets to NFL games.

General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt and National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell today will announce a new initiative aimed at reducing concussions and improving player safety.

Cablevision agreed to carry the NFL Network and the NFL RedZone channel on its system.

Pepperidge Farm’s president is wrapping up his career at the Norwalk icon.