Roger Goodell

The National Football League may not be recession proof, but it has done well during the economic downturn. Nonetheless, as training camps get underway, owners and players are worried about a possible labor stoppage in 2011.

This may come to no surprise to many of you that have read my work as a financial writer, but I am what my wife calls a "walking head injury." I played football from the age of six until 19, when I was told my college football career had to end -- more on that in a minute. Having gotten my "bell...

Just a couple of years ago, the only practical way to get your Sunday afternoon National Football League fix was to watch CBS (CBS) or Fox (NWS). To get additional games, you'd have to go to your local sports bar or pay up for your own DirecTV (DTV) NFL package. Now, there is another way. Last...

Say you're the head of the National Football League. You have the chance to make a long-running and very annoying public relations problem go away without spending a penny. Oh, and you get to do the right thing in the bargain. Wouldn't you do it? That's the choice current NFL commissioner Roger...