October 28th, 2007
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
It was everything I thought it would be. And wouldn’t be. The National Football League had its historic moment. The game was, for the most part, uneventful. And we can all go home now.
The N.Y. Giants traveled 3,500 miles to beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10 […]
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October 28th, 2007
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
Forgive me for not being more excited about an historic moment for the National Football League today. In a few hours, the Miami Dolphins will “host” the N.Y. Giants in the first-ever regular season NFL game played outside North America. There will be 86,000 fans at Wembley Stadium. […]
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October 25th, 2007
AP Photo/Tom Hevezi
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
We’re just a couple days away from the historic first regular-season NFL game played outside of North America. The game between the Miami Dolphins and N.Y. Giants lacks a tremendous amount of excitement with the Dolphins coming in at 0-7. But Commissioner Roger Goodell made some […]
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July 1st, 2007
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
As predicted, NFL Europa is history. The NFL has determined that it will switch the focus of its international business strategy to presenting the NFL to the widest possible global audience, including broader media visibility and the staging of international regular-season games. Mark Waller, the senior VP of […]
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June 24th, 2007
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
Members of the Miami Dolphins made a visit to Wembley Stadium in London a couple days ago to promote the NFL’s first-ever overseas regular season game. The Dolphins will face the New York Giants on Sunday, October 28, 2007. Naturally, DE Jason Taylor was the focus of attention […]
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May 16th, 2007
The game is still five months away, but fans in the United Kingdom can’t wait. The first 40,000 tickets made available for the NFL’s first overseas regular-season game on October 28 at Wembley Stadium in London, England between the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants sold today in 90 minutes. The tickets were available to […]
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February 7th, 2007
I got this press release on official “NFL International Series” letterhead today. The first regular season NFL game to be played outside of North America is already a guaranteed sellout. More than 500,000 tickets were requested by some 160,000 fans in the three days following the announcement that the Dolphins and Giants would play in […]
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January 18th, 2007
London will be the location for the first regular-season NFL game to be played outside North America later this year. The venue and participating teams will be announced during Super Bowl XLI week. NFL owners voted last October to play up to two games outside the United States every year for the […]
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