HISTORY SHOWS NFL COULD DELIVER SUBSTANTIAL NEWS OVER FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND

The Fourth of July holiday is the biggest weekend of the summer, and as we get ready to kick back around the pool to celebrate, the NFL sometimes likes to sneak some not-so-flattering news past us.Of course, Friday news dumps are nothing new and stretch well beyond the sports realm. Basically, it's a tactic to drop news -- predominantly negative ne

The National Football League's dominance in sports worldwide is as undeniable as the sky is blue. The league had a record 82 games inside the top 100 most-watched telecasts in the United States in 2022, according to , and seven of the world's 10 most valuable sports franchises, according to .In both the world of television and the world of sports f