In January 2019, Sports Business Journal reported the XFL was looking for broadcast partners that would air nearly all their games. They also reported that the league was in talks with ABC/ESPN and Fox Sports. Today, we await an announcement about the XFL’s major network broadcasting plan, which we are told is imminent. We also … Read more
The fans have spoken! What do the names Dallas Outlaws, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Avengers, New York Hitmen, St. Louis Stallions, Seattle Wolfpack, Tampa Bay Sharks and Washington Generals have in common? They were the top vote-getters in our “Fan Choice: Team Name Poll.” Why did we do this? Mainly, to give XFL fans a … Read more
On Friday, SiriusXM NFL Radio host Alex Marvez tweeted the rumor that former Quarterback and and NFL coach JIm Zorn is now rumored to join the XFL as a coach. Source tells me that Jim Zorn is expected to join the @xfl2020 coaching ranks — Alex Marvez (@alexmarvez) February 15, 2019 If we could go … Read more
A spring pro-football league debuts to good fanfare and support from the NFL. Designed as a developmental/feeder system, this league fields teams in non-NFL markets like Birmingham, San Antonio and Orlando. The upstart league opens on network television with NFL announcers and good crowds at some of their opening games. Sound familiar? The last two … Read more
CEO & Commissioner of the XFL, Oliver Luck, joined the Dan Sileo Show on 97.3 “The Fan,” in San Diego, to talk about the success the AAF had in their first weekend, and more so about the football talent the XFL wants to showcase. Luck pointed out that the AAF opening weekend proved, “there is … Read more
Voting closes at Midnight (Eastern) on Thursday 14 February. We will publish the results on Saturday 16 February! Vote now! Background In 2000, when XFLBoard.com asked fans to weigh in on their choices for XFL 1.0 team names, the results were so interesting we decided to do it again. As we await the official release … Read more
It has been a busy weekend! Not only did the AAF kickoff their inaugural football season, the XFL was basking in their recent victory of hiring Oklahoma Sooners coach Bob Stoops to a Head Coaching job in Dallas, and still made time to celebrate a one-year countdown until their own kickoff in 2020. However, the … Read more
Oliver Luck signs Bob Stoops to Coach in the XFL.”That’s not something, I am going to be interested in,” Bob Stoops said when the XFL initially reached out to him over a month ago. Stoops was echoing the sentiments of millions of sports fans, when they first heard about the return of the XFL. At … Read more
STAMFORD, CONN., February 7, 2019 – The XFL today announced that Bob Stoops, the winningest head coach in University of Oklahoma history, has been named head coach and general manager of the XFL team in Dallas. “We’re incredibly excited to have an individual as accomplished as Bob Stoops join the XFL family,” said Oliver Luck, … Read more
For XFL 2.0, it’s halftime in the two-year runway from inception to kickoff. Taking the approach of the “tortoise” in a well-known children’s fable, the XFL has let the “hare” race towards the finish line at double-speed. Of course, the hare is the Alliance of American Football, who is kicking off their inaugural season in … Read more
The original XFL was launched on February 3rd, 2001, exactly 18-years ago today. To commemorate the anniversary, we present the XFL Quiz. It’s time to prove what you remember about the XFL. Be careful! You may find some of the questions to be a little tricky.
Oliver Luck spent Super-Bowl weekend on “Radio Row,” trying to gain a positive vibe for the XFL.”The XFL is going to be one and done again”… “The XFL is a Trumpian Nightmare”… “Is the XFL returning really still a thing?”… “No one wants to see that garbage again.” The biggest hurdle that the current XFL … Read more