National Football League Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:25:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg National Football League Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 The National Football League… Expect the Unexpected https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/09/23/expect-unexpected-national-football-league/ Tue, 24 Sep 2013 02:31:24 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=11022 The NFL (National Football League) is in full swing and many exciting stories have already begun to unfold.

Although the league opened just three weeks ago, teams have already surprised their fans, for better and for worse.

Seven of the 32 teams in the league are now 3-0 (3 wins – no losses).

But it may not be the teams you would expect.

Favourites such as The Seattle Seahawks, The Denver Broncos and The New England Patriots are 3-0, but so are The Kansas City Chiefs, The Miami Dolphins, The Chicago Bears, and The New Orleans Saints—four teams that didn’t even make the playoffs last year.

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]]> The Baltimore Ravens Win The Super Bowl https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/02/04/1-wins-the-super-bowl/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/02/04/1-wins-the-super-bowl/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:44:08 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=9033 The Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl on Sunday, edging out the San Francisco 49ers.

The Super Bowl is professional football’s biggest and most important game.

Baltimore won 34 to 31.

Going into the Super Bowl, neither team was heavily favoured to win.

However, by half-time the score was 21 to 6 for the Ravens.

At the beginning of the second half there was an interesting play.

Jacoby Jones returned the opening kick-off for a 108-yard touchdown. It is tied for the longest kick-off return ever made.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/02/04/1-wins-the-super-bowl/feed/ 1 Bad Calls By Replacement Refs Irritating NFL Players, Fans https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/09/25/1-bad-calls-irritating-nfl-players/ Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:49:21 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=7440 In any sport, referees sometimes make mistakes.

After all, no one’s perfect.

But major league football teams have been irritated by the unusually high number of bad mistakes made by the referees these days, including a bizarre call on Monday night.

The National Football League (NFL) is using stand-in refs.

The league’s usual referees are in a contract dispute and are unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.

So the NFL has brought in replacement refs that aren’t as well trained or as experienced.

And they’re making some bad calls.

On Monday night, there was an especially poor call made by a ref that directly affected the outcome of a game.

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