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Football

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First Amendment

Phoenix Sued After Giving the NFL Power To Censor Signs on Private Property

The city is banning temporary signs that don't have the NFL's approval in a downtown "clean zone."

Christian Britschgi | 1.13.2023 4:40 PM

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First Amendment

Phoenix and the NFL Are Censoring Small Business Owners' Signs

Property owners are required to get permission from the city, the NFL, and/or the private Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee before displaying temporary advertisements and signs.

Christian Britschgi | 12.16.2022 3:20 PM

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Sports

Morocco's Incredible World Cup Run Is a Victory for Open Borders

The first African team to make the World Cup semifinals wouldn't be there without help from foreign-born players.

Eric Boehm | 12.14.2022 1:05 PM

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Corporate Welfare

Brett Favre Goes on Welfare

How the former NFL quarterback convinced Mississippi to spend its public assistance money on a volleyball facility.

Joe Lancaster | 9.15.2022 12:05 PM

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Sex Work

'I Have My Own Life': The Case for Legalizing Sex Work

It would be far easier to prosecute sex trafficking if voluntary sex work were legal.

John Stossel | 9.14.2022 1:00 PM

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Sports

The Atlanta Braves Won the World Series. Their Stadium Is Still a Taxpayer Boondoggle.

The economic benefits are a home run that never came, and never should have been expected.

J.C. Bradbury | 4.7.2022 7:00 AM

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stadiums

Taxpayers To Be Billed a Billion Dollars for Buffalo Bills' New Stadium

If approved by the New York legislature, it would be the biggest public handout in NFL history.

Eric Boehm | 3.29.2022 11:30 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Papers, Please

Charles Oliver | 2.7.2022 4:00 AM

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Government Spending

Joe Manchin Drives Final Nail Into Doomed 'Build Back Better' Plan. For Now.

Plus: The pragmatic approach to omicron is emerging, lumber prices are skyrocketing again, and more...

Eric Boehm | 12.20.2021 9:35 AM

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Coronavirus

The NFL and NBA Must Chart a New Path Through Omicron Panic

What the major professional sports leagues decide to do in the next few days will play a significant role in how Americans view the next stage of the pandemic.

Eric Boehm | 12.16.2021 10:45 AM

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Sports

More Fans Can Easily Bet on the NFL Than Ever Before

Convenient online sports betting is legal and live in 14 states.

Jason Russell | 9.12.2021 8:00 AM

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LGBT

Pro Football Player Carl Nassib's Coming Out Is a Non-Issue, and That's Awesome

The positive coverage shows a culture shift on LGBT issues for the better.

Scott Shackford | 6.23.2021 12:30 PM

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Sports

How the NFL and the Players Union Screw Draft Picks Out of Millions

During the draft, they can't even endorse snacks that the league hasn't approved.

Jason Russell | 4.29.2021 4:32 PM

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Coronavirus

The NFL Challenged Conventional COVID-19 Wisdom and Kept Playing

In staring down the virus's blitz, the NFL showed that it is possible to balance caution and continuity.

Eric Boehm | 2.6.2021 12:00 PM

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Coronavirus

What the Weirdest Game of This College Football Season Can Tell Us About COVID-19

Coastal Carolina University beat BYU on a last-second play Saturday. Four days earlier, neither team expected to be playing the other.

Eric Boehm | 12.7.2020 12:00 PM

culture

Sports

The Games Must Go On

COVID-19 upended the NBA, the NFL, the NHL, and MLB. How the professional sports leagues responded offers a glimpse into our future.

Eric Boehm | 10.22.2020 6:00 AM

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Donald Trump

Donald Trump, Bob Woodward, and the Noble Lie

The Reason Roundtable reads Bob Woodward, goes to the Oscars, weighs in on the NFL, and more.

Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Zach Weissmueller, and Eric Boehm | 9.14.2020 4:02 PM

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Sports

The NFL Is Back. So Is the National Anthem Controversy. And Now There Are Two Anthems.

American society is grappling with complex, nuanced issues connected to race and political power. If we have to filter that debate through the binary of choosing to stand or sit for a national anthem, we'll never get much resolved. 

Eric Boehm | 9.13.2020 12:55 PM

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Football

Miami Spent $20 Million Hosting This Year's Super Bowl, but at Least Taxpayers Got Free Ferris Wheel Rides

Totally worth it.

Eric Boehm | 2.1.2020 12:50 PM

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NYPD

NYPD Banned Street Parking for Department Flag Football Championship, Says It 'Relocated' Violators' Cars

"This is a special event. This was the flag football championship," said NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill

Joe Setyon | 3.5.2019 1:45 PM

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Sex Work

Patriots Owner Robert Kraft's Bust Is Being Billed as a Human Trafficking Bust, but It Looks More Like Ordinary Prostitution

It's also part of a larger national attack on massage parlors and sex workers.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.22.2019 5:05 PM

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Socialism

How Another Patriots' Super Bowl Victory Explains Anti-Billionaire Politics

Even with all the steps the NFL takes to level the playing field between teams, the Patriots keep rising to the top. It generates some envy, and resentment.

Ira Stoll | 2.4.2019 4:00 PM

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Football

The NFL Should Pay for Super Bowl Security, Not Taxpayers

If Trump wants to negotiate good deals for taxpayers, he should start putting some pressure on his old nemesis: the National Football League.

Eric Boehm | 2.3.2019 1:00 PM

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stadiums

Super Bowl-Bound L.A. Rams Are Building the NFL's Most Expensive Stadium, Without Public Money

There's no reason for taxpayers to finance athletic colosseums, and the Rams are providing a model for the next era of new stadiums.

Eric Boehm | 2.2.2019 9:52 AM

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Atlanta

Atlanta Spent $23 Million Building a Pedestrian Bridge for the Super Bowl That Pedestrians Can't Use

And even if fans could use it, $23 million is an insane amount of money to spend for a pedestrian bridge.

Eric Boehm | 2.1.2019 10:00 AM

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Reason Podcast

The Secret History of Super Bowl LIII: Podcast

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch talk about the deep and ever-changing political and cultural meaning of football's biggest game.

Nick Gillespie | 1.30.2019 3:00 PM

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Football

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Call To Abolish ICE Does Not Mean She Supports Sex Trafficking

The Super Bowl is around the corner and a popular sex trafficking myth is back.

Zuri Davis | 1.30.2019 1:15 PM

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Sports

The Super Bowl of Corporate Welfare

Football is popular enough to thrive without politicians subsidizing it.

John Stossel | 1.30.2019 12:01 AM

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Stossel: Super Bowl of Welfare

Sports stadiums get billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.

John Stossel and Tanvir Toy | 1.29.2019 9:25 AM

Culture

Old School Football

Jesse Walker | 1.31.2009 2:59 PM

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