The feds have approved a merger between the USFL and XFL, allowing the two spring professional football leagues to operate as one going forth. Both parties can now proceed with planning for the 2024 season, which the new league has announced will begin in 2024. What hasn’t been clear until now was which teams would … Read more
Reports have surfaced that executives for the USFL and XFL are in ongoing discussions regarding a potential merger starting as early as the spring of 2024. This is the second time that XFL ownership has entertained the idea of a merger with another pro football league. Prior to the XFL’s return in 2023, CEO Dwayne … Read more
For the first time in over twenty years, the XFL will complete a full season this Saturday at 8 PM when they host their second-ever Championship Game. The last time an XFL Championship Trophy was hoisted was by the Los Angeles Xtreme in 2001. Back then, the owner of the league was WWE Executive Chairman … Read more
The 2023 XFL season has concluded, setting up two XFL Playoff games that will go down this weekend. The first contest on the XFL Playoff schedule is this Saturday at 7 PM on ESPN2 when the 4-6 Arlington Renegades travel to Houston to play the Roughnecks. Legal online XFL betting sites have been slow to … Read more
After a second hiatus, the XFL will return this weekend under new ownership. This time, the league has returned after COVID-19 caused their 2020 campaign to cease after 5 games. The first incarnation of the XFL only lasted one complete season in 2000. For seasons 1 and 2, there were plenty of opportunities for XFL … Read more
The Carolina Panthers are in the middle of a rebuilding year where they’ve fired their head coach and traded away arguably the best running back in the league, Christian McCaffrey. Sam Darnold was expected to run the Panthers’ offense this year but suffered an ankle injury in the preseason that still has him on the … Read more
The USFL has completed its second week of regular-season games and while the on-field product passes as legitimate gridiron action, the league does not seem to be building much momentum. While there is no doubt that professional football is the dominant spectator sport in the United States today, spring leagues have yet to establish any … Read more
The XFL still appears on track for a debut in the spring of 2023 and has made several head coaching hires over the past few days. While the hiring process appears to be complete with enough coaches for all 8 XFL teams, the league has yet to announce which franchise they will be calling the … Read more
Following weeks of speculation sparked by meetings between the Canadian Football League and the XFL, a statement has now been issued by both leagues that confirms a potential partnership is brewing. Legal online sportsbooks have been offering odds on whether or not the upcoming XFL or CFL seasons will occur, and are also accepting action … Read more
Following one season of Teddy Bridgewater operating as the starting quarterback in Carolina, the team has now traded three draft picks for Sam Darnold, a former first-round selection of the New York Jets. Did the Carolina Panthers move on from Cam Newton too soon? Many have been critical of Newton’s play last season for the … Read more
Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson is an A-list Hollywood actor, former WWE wrestling superstar, and is part of the current ownership of the XFL, a professional football league that is planning to begin anew for a third time in the spring of 2022. The first two attempts at jump-starting the XFL failed for different reasons (ineptitude … Read more
An investment group led by Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, which included his ex-wife, Dany Garcia, and others, secured the purchase of the XFL with a bid of $15 million. Although Garcia and Johnson were divorced in 2008, she remains his business manager and partner in many enterprises. Gamblers that are interested in betting on the … Read more