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Jerry Jones: Cowboys ‘will not play’ if they disrespect flag

By SCHUYLER DIXONOctober 9, 2017 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas owner Jerry Jones said the NFL can't leave the impression it tolerates players disrespecting the flag and any Cowboys making such displays won't play...

Football ratings down on weekend of boycott

By DAVID BAUDEROctober 3, 2017 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Football League is continuing a steady decline in audience, with its fourth week of games having the smallest audience on a weekend when some conservatives called for a boycott because some of its players used the national anthem to protest against police treatment of minorities.

The Latest: Trump sticks by NFL criticism on national anthem

September 23, 2017 GMT

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's remarks about pro football (all times local):

6:55 p.m.

President Donald Trump is sticking by his criticism of football players who kneel during the national anthem and is brushing off a rebuke from the commissioner of the National Football League...

Trump says NFL should fire players who kneel during anthem

By JILL COLVIN and CATHERINE LUCEYSeptember 23, 2017 GMT

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — President Donald Trump says National Football League owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem...

Supporters want Colin Kaepernick signed by NFL season start

By KAREN MATTHEWS and JESSE J. HOLLANDAugust 24, 2017 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Supporters of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who refused to stand for the national anthem to protest police brutality against blacks, showed their solidarity with him and his cause at a rally outside National Football League headquarters on Wednesday, demanding that he be signed by the start of the regular season next month.

Brain disease seen in most football players in large report

By LINDSEY TANNERJuly 26, 2017 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school...