Tag: NFL

  • Nation & World

    Is MLB ready to compete for next generation of fans?

    Sports business expert discusses recent signs that pro baseball, which trails NFL, NBA, European soccer in money, popularity, may be rallying.

    6 minutes
    Aaron Judge points at sky after hitting 61st homer of season.
  • Nation & World

    Good with left brain but invested in right as well

    Brian Bertrand plans to use what he learned from his degree in statistics and in Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media program to help arts organizations maximize their success.

    4 minutes
    Brian Bertrand ’22,
  • Nation & World

    Examining Brian Flores’ suit against NFL

    Class action lawsuit filed against the National Football League by Brian Flores seeks to break “old boy network” hiring and retention practices of team owners that he says discriminate against Black head coach candidates and coaches.

    8 minutes
    Brian Flores.
  • Nation & World

    The new breakfast club

    What started 13 years ago as a welcome gesture from a towering figure at the Law School to a new basketball coach has become a monthly balm, an oasis of multigenerational community and education.

    6 minutes
    Coach Tommy Amaker at a 2012 game.
  • Nation & World

    After the game is over

    Black, other athletes of color report more pain, physical impairment, mood disorders and cognitive problems than white peers.

    4 minutes
    Football player.
  • Nation & World

    In their activism, a different kind of strength

    In a conversation with sportscaster James Brown ’73, Berkeley Professor Harry Edwards described the history of activism by black athletes and how current players such as Colin Kaepernick continue their legacy.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Doing his job

    Bill Belichick’s endlessly efficient management style holds lessons for business

    14 minutes
    Patriots coach Bill Belichick wears headset on the sidelines during the first half of NFL Super Bowl XLIX.
  • Nation & World

    NFL chief talks player safety at HSPH

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell highlighted recent moves to make the game safer and affirmed a commitment to player safety Thursday (Nov. 15) during a talk at the Harvard School of Public Health.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Teaching, NFL style

    Panelists in a recent Askwith Forum discussed lessons for educators in the ways NFL teams prepare for games and evaluate talent.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Nose to nose with mental illness

    Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall talked to a Harvard audience about his struggles with mental illness in a forum at Emerson Hall Oct. 24.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The game ends, and life begins

    Once a Harvard and pro football star, Business School grad Isaiah Kacyvenski is ready to tackle fresh challenges.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Ball-carrier Dawson rushes the future

    While nearly every college senior can relate to the anxiety of an uncertain future, very few have the luxury (or is that curse?) of seeing how those hopes and dreams unfold on television. Harvard football running back Clifton Dawson, glued to ESPN for a solid weekend this past April during the NFL Draft, is among…

    4 minutes