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The XFL is trying to expand its reach as it seeks to establish itself as a viable football league, and one of the avenues to do that might end up being quite unique. According to Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports, the XFL and Canadian Football …
Vince McMahon and Oliver Luck are still involved in their lawsuit that stemmed from Luck’s firing last year. Luck was hired as the XFL commissioner in 2018 and served in that role until the league filed for bankruptcy last April. …
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson partnered with an investor to buy the XFL for $15 million nearly two months ago, and the league is officially coming back in 2022. The Rock released a hype video on Thursday announcing that the XFL will resume …
The XFL has sold to a new owner, and fans are likely going to be excited to hear who is taking over the league. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has partnered with Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital to purchase the XFL for $15 million. The news …
The XFL may return in 2021 despite the league filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, and Steve Spurrier is interested in coaching a team if that happens. Spurrier told Josh Kendall of The Athletic that he would “probably do it” if the …
The XFL filed for bankruptcy in April, and now a date has been set for its bankruptcy sale. Sports Business Journal reporter Ben Fischer said on Monday that U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein ruled last week that a bankruptcy sale …
You didn’t think Vince McMahon was really going to let the XFL go down the way it did, did you? McMahon spent money, time, and energy reviving the XFL for a launch this year and got screwed when the pandemic hit, forcing the cancellation of the …
The legal battle between XFL owner Vince McMahon and former commissioner Oliver Luck shows no signs of slowing down. McMahon’s attorneys responded to Luck’s wrongful termination lawsuit Wednesday by claiming that the former commissioner …
The XFL closed up shop and filed for bankruptcy last week, and former commissioner Oliver Luck is suing for the millions of dollars that were left on his contract. Luck filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in federal court last week against WWE …
Things seemed to be going well for the XFL in its first revived season, but fortunes have shifted significantly since the coronavirus pandemic forced the league to cancel the rest of its season. On Monday, the league officially filed for bankruptcy, …
The XFL is one of many sports leagues that has been impacted by the coronavirus, and it may not be able to recover. The XFL held a conference call on Friday during which league officials informed employees that operations are being suspended, …
It was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would prematurely end a sports league’s season, and now we have the first. The XFL announced Friday that the remainder of its inaugural season is canceled. Only five of the scheduled ten weeks …
Even if you have been unimpressed by the play on the field in XFL games over the past month, I think we can all agree that what happened during Sunday’s game between the St. Louis Battlehawks and DC Defenders was a thing of beauty. With a 12-6 …
Cardale Jones was one of the biggest names to join the XFL. Five weeks into the season, he’s already been benched. Jones threw his seventh interception of the season early in the DC Defenders’ Week 5 game against St. Louis and was …
Landry Jones had an extremely rough first half in Sunday’s XFL game between the Dallas Renegades and Houston Roughnecks, and the quarterback didn’t get any sympathy from his opponents. After he threw his third interception of the first …
While the XFL’s unique rules have received mixed reviews from football viewers, there’s one that some have argued should be adopted by the NFL. The XFL kicks off from the 30-yard line, and has the coverage teams line up five yards apart …
