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Football News: Dwayne Johnson & Dany Garcia Announce XFL Will Relaunch In 2022

Football News: Dwayne Johnson & Dany Garcia Announce XFL Will Relaunch In 2022

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to Twitter on Thursday and announced that the XFL will relaunch in the spring of 2022. The announcement was also shared across social media by Johnson’s business partner, Dany Garcia. The former WWE superstar — who teamed up with RedBird Capital’s Garcia to buy the bankrupt football league in August […]

4y ago

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Buys The XFL Out Of Bankruptcy, Promises ‘Something Special’

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Buys The XFL Out Of Bankruptcy, Promises ‘Something Special’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and a team of partners purchased the XFL after the alternative football league filed for bankruptcy, TMZ reported. The actor/wrestler promised the league would become “something special.” The twice-defunct league was scheduled to go on the auction block on Monday. However, in an 11th-hour deal, Johnson and his partners purchased it […]

4y ago

Brandon Reilly Retires From Football

Brandon Reilly Retires From Football

Brandon Reilly has officially called it a career. The former Nebraska football star announced on Twitter that he was retiring from the sport. The receiver began his statement by saying “football started as something fun to do.” He went on to talk about his rise from walk-on with the Huskers to making the NFL as […]

4y ago

De’Mornay Pierson-El Returns To Raiders After Coronavirus-Shortened XFL Stint

De’Mornay Pierson-El Returns To Raiders After Coronavirus-Shortened XFL Stint

The Las Vegas Raiders brought a former Nebraska Cornhusker wide receiver back into the fold on Thursday. The team, which has been adding speed during the NFL draft, added a little bit more by signing De’Mornay Pierson-El. Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk reported the team brought back the player just a few weeks after his stint […]

4y ago

Ousted XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck Is Suing Vince McMahon

Ousted XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck Is Suing Vince McMahon

WWE chairman Vince McMahon — who owns the XFL through his company Alpha Entertainment, LLC — is being sued by the league’s former commissioner and CEO, according to a breaking report published in The Athletic. Oliver Luck, who signed on to help run the league when it was officially brought back to life in 2018, […]

4y ago

Tampa Bay Vipers Vs. LA Wildcats Preview, Odds: XFL Week 5 Wraps With 2 Teams Fighting To Stay In Playoff Race

Tampa Bay Vipers Vs. LA Wildcats Preview, Odds: XFL Week 5 Wraps With 2 Teams Fighting To Stay In Playoff Race

The new XFL gets its first big test on prime-time television on Sunday, when the revitalized Tampa Bay Vipers travel to Los Angeles to face the Wildcats in what would be the first Sunday night football national telecast since December 29, at least in a regular season, according to Athlon Sports. After another week of […]

4y ago

DC Defenders Vs. Tampa Bay Vipers Preview, Odds: As Last Winless XFL Team, Vipers Look For Home Upset

DC Defenders Vs. Tampa Bay Vipers Preview, Odds: As Last Winless XFL Team, Vipers Look For Home Upset

Though the featured matchup of the XFL Week 4 slate takes place in the early game, as the Houston Roughnecks defend their undefeated record against the 2-1 Dallas Renegades, Sunday’s finale also holds a certain intrigue. The game will answer the question of whether the only winless team on the new pro football circuit, the […]

4y ago

Houston Roughnecks Vs. Dallas Renegades Preview, Odds: XFL Fight For Texas Bragging Rights, West Division Lead

Houston Roughnecks Vs. Dallas Renegades Preview, Odds: XFL Fight For Texas Bragging Rights, West Division Lead

After the first week of play in the new XFL, Houston Roughnecks quarterback P.J. Walker was one of only three to record a passer rating of more than 100. Three weeks into the season, and Walker has firmly set himself as the league’s top MVP candidate, as the only passer to rate over 100 in […]

4y ago

NFL CBA Meeting Between Owners And Players Ends Without Apparent Resolution

NFL CBA Meeting Between Owners And Players Ends Without Apparent Resolution

The NFL and NFLPA had what is being reported as a four-hour meeting to discuss the upcoming CBA but it doesn’t appear at the moment that the two sides have come to a decision. Dan Graziano reported on Twitter that the meeting had come to a conclusion on Tuesday night but neither side was willing […]

4y ago

New York Guardians Vs. St. Louis Battlehawks Preview, Odds: XFL Week 3 Brings Pro Football Back To St. Louis

New York Guardians Vs. St. Louis Battlehawks Preview, Odds: XFL Week 3 Brings Pro Football Back To St. Louis

Led by breakout quarterback Jordan Ta’amu, who achieved his second passer rating of at least 100 in the first two games of the XFL season last week, the 1-1 Battlehawks bring professional football back to St. Louis for the first time since 2015 on Sunday. The team hosts the New York Guardians, and though both […]

4y ago

Former Nebraska Football Star De’Mornay Pierson-El Dedicates Standout Game To Grandparents

Former Nebraska Football Star De’Mornay Pierson-El Dedicates Standout Game To Grandparents

A Former Nebraska football star seems to have found his niche in the XFL. De’Mornay Pierson-El had a second straight standout game for the St. Louis Battlehawks, despite the team losing their week two contest against the Houston Roughnecks. After Pierson-El put together his second straight solid game, he gave an interview where he made […]

4y ago

St. Louis Battlehawks Vs. Houston Roughnecks Preview, Odds: XFL Week 2 Finale, ‘Hawks Go For 2nd Texas Victory

St. Louis Battlehawks Vs. Houston Roughnecks Preview, Odds: XFL Week 2 Finale, ‘Hawks Go For 2nd Texas Victory

After becoming the only XFL team to win a road game in the new league’s opening week, defeating the Dallas Renegades 15-9, the St. Louis Battlehawks enter their Week 2 contest as the biggest underdog in any of the weekend’s games. This is likely due to the ‘Hawks playing their second consecutive road game and […]

4y ago

XFL Receiver Eli Rogers Skipped His Mother’s Funeral To Play In Saturday’s Game

XFL Receiver Eli Rogers Skipped His Mother’s Funeral To Play In Saturday’s Game

Wide receiver Eli Rogers had a difficult decision to make — to suit up for his second-ever XFL game with the DC Defenders or attend his mother’s funeral. Rogers, who played for three NFL seasons and now is trying to revive his football career in the newly formed league, decided to play. As the USA […]

4y ago

New York Guardians Quarterback Matt McGloin Rips Team’s Gameplan Before Halftime

New York Guardians Quarterback Matt McGloin Rips Team’s Gameplan Before Halftime

Week 2 of the XFL had plenty of television-worthy events, including the starting quarterback for the New York Guardians being replaced and inserted and then ripping his offensive coordinator as the team headed to the locker room for halftime. Matt McGloin arguably has his worst ever game as a pro football player and his frustration […]

4y ago

Pair Of Former Cornhuskers Start XFL Season In Winning Fashion With St. Louis Battlehawks

Pair Of Former Cornhuskers Start XFL Season In Winning Fashion With St. Louis Battlehawks

Two former Nebraska football players found themselves on the winning side of a game as teammates once again on Sunday. Brandon Reilly and De’Mornay Pierson-El are both members of the St. Louis Battlehawks team that pulled off the biggest upset of a very young XFL season. The Battlehawks entered the game as a 9.5 point […]

4y ago

Tampa Bay Vipers Vs. New York Guardians Preview, Odds: XFL Week 1, Expected Top Teams In New League Square Off

Tampa Bay Vipers Vs. New York Guardians Preview, Odds: XFL Week 1, Expected Top Teams In New League Square Off

Just six days after the NFL crowned the Kansas City Chiefs its 54th Super Bowl champion, professional football returned on Saturday with the debut of the resurrected XFL — a league founded by WWE CEO Vince McMahon that played one season in 2001 before folding. Now, 19 years later, McMahon has a new version of […]

4y ago

Former Dallas Cowboys Player Dez Bryant Rules Out Joining The XFL

Former Dallas Cowboys Player Dez Bryant Rules Out Joining The XFL

Former Dallas Cowboys star receiver Dez Bryant wants to get back on the football field quite badly. While he doesn’t believe his playing days are over, he’s not willing to strap the pads on for just any old team to prove it. This became abundantly clear on Wednesday when the pass-catcher announced that him playing […]

4y ago

XFL News: Vince McMahon’s Football League Can Succeed This Time, According To Jim Ross

XFL News: Vince McMahon’s Football League Can Succeed This Time, According To Jim Ross

Football fans are getting ready for today’s NFL Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, but the world of football has another event to look forward to this month. Next week will see the relaunch of the XFL, a league owned by WWE owner Vince McMahon that famously failed during […]

4y ago

WWE News: Stockholder Suing The Promotion For Diverting Resources To The XFL

WWE News: Stockholder Suing The Promotion For Diverting Resources To The XFL

In less than two months, Vince McMahon will step out from behind the world of WWE and revive the XFL to bring fans more professional football. The league already had one run many years ago and failed, but Vince believes it can actually thrive and be successful. Unfortunately for him, one WWE stockholder believes that […]

4y ago

XFL News: Draftee Turns Down League Contract, Will Make More Money As Software Developer

XFL News: Draftee Turns Down League Contract, Will Make More Money As Software Developer

Earlier this month, the XFL held its draft for each of the new teams to select their players and build their rosters. Numerous players are looking at this league as a second chance or a possible stepping stone to the NFL. One player, though, is not overly convinced that the XFL is going to be […]

5y ago

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