At the end of a blowout that few fans were still watching on Sunday, an obscure aspect of the NFL's kickoff rules led to a highly unusual situation. With less than two minutes remaining in the game, ...

The NFL made a significant change to its kickoff in 2024, instituting the "dynamic kickoff" to boost the percentage of returned kicks and make one of the league's most dangerous plays safer. The ...

The Miami Dolphins narrowly avoided a major disaster last weekend against the New Orleans Saints. The Dolphins led 16-0 at halftime, but a run by the Saints in the second half made the score 21-17 ...

NEW YORK — The NFL may give renewed consideration this offseason to implementing a fourth-and-15 or a fourth-and-20 alternative to the onside kick. The league’s modest tweak to its onside kick rules ...

The Week 11 Monday night game frankly was a bit of a dud — OK, a big dud — but it did feature a unique play in the form on an onside punt or onside kick punt, however you want to describe it. It was a ...

Something finally had to give for the Morrisville-Eaton football team. The Mavericks have gone toe-to-toe with defending 8-man champion Frankfort-Schuyler and Section IV’s Elmira Heights the first two ...

It’s official. The onside kick, once the most thrilling, heart-stopping, hold-your-breath play in football, is on life support. The NFL, in its infinite wisdom, has tinkered with the kickoff rules so ...

Clemson, S.C. -- At some point during the week, Syracuse head coach Fran Brown promised his team he’d call it. Special teams coach Ricky Brumfield wanted to call an onside kick against Clemson. He ...

to boost the percentage of returned kicks and make one of the league's most dangerous plays safer. The league is continuing its efforts to refine the play by tweaking its kickoff rule ahead of the ...