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Steak Shapiro: It Makes Sense for NFL to Prioritize TV Audience
NFL games scheduled for Thursday nights toward the end of the regular season are now eligible to be flexed along with the Sunday and...
Ian Rapoport: ‘I Would Be Surprised’ If a Thursday Night Game Gets Flexed
“I think basically is the kind of thing where, like, they want it available, but it's only going to be used if they have literally no other choice.”
Danny Parkins: NFL Teams ‘Don’t Really Care About Your In-Stadium Experience’
“In one year of Al Michaels complaining about the games, they’ve changed two huge rules around it.”
NFL Owners Approve Thursday Night Football Flex Scheduling
The move will give Thursday Night Football the ability to flex games between Weeks 13 through 17.
Al Michaels: ‘I Would End My Career if I Tried to Call Hockey Now’
"You stay in your lane. My lane is not hockey. My lane is watching hockey.”
Bengals Pitched NFL, Amazon on Being Annual Host For Black Friday Game
“We play in Dallas and Detroit on Thanksgiving every year. How about playing in Cincinnati on Black Friday every year?"
Fred Gaudelli Wins Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Award
"Joining former award winners – not to mention colleagues and friends including John Madden, Al Michaels, Chris Berman, Dick Ebersol, Howard Katz and Andrea Kremer – makes this honor the greatest of my career.”
Al Michaels: Amazon Will Make ‘$18 Gazillion’ on Black Friday Game
"Amazon Prime Video play-by-play announcer Al Michaels appeared on The Michele Tafoya Podcast, hosted his former NBC Sports colleague, to discuss what adding this game means to the network."
Flex Scheduling Would Give Thursday Night Football 5th Game Pick Each Week
"Amazon is in year two of its exclusive deal with the NFL as the home for Thursday Night Football."
Dan Patrick: NBC Created ‘Something That Was Brilliant’ With Flex Scheduling
“Networks were so upset that NBC would go ‘Hey, you know what? We’re gonna take that game and we’re gonna have it on Sunday night.’ Then FOX and CBS would be scrambling there.”