Showing 1 - 15 of 27 articles tagged "XFL"

• Posted Monday 2/21/22 at 3:21PM EST

  NFL and XFL team up on “select innovation programs” with a focus on player health and safety

  Some NFL fans found it odd that the NFL would allow Dwayne Johnson, co-owner of rival football league the XFL,...

• Posted Wednesday 3/10/21 at 2:00PM EST

  Dwayne Johnson's XFL delays 2022 relaunch plans to explore a potential partnership with Canadian Football League

  The leagues announced Wednesday that they "have agreed to work together to identify opportunities for the leagues to collaborate, innovate,...

• Posted Wednesday 10/14/20 at 4:17PM EDT

  Dwayne Johnson supports XFL players kneeling during the National Anthem

  Johnson and business partner/XFL co-owner Dany Garcia expressed their support for kneeling during a Vice TV interview.

• Posted Thursday 10/01/20 at 1:12PM EDT

  Dwayne Johnson announces the XFL's return in 2022

  Johnson and business partner Dany Garcia announced the news in a video posted this morning.

• Posted Wednesday 8/12/20 at 3:17AM EDT

  Fox Sports may be interested in Dwayne Johnson's XFL

  Fox and Disney's ABC and ESPN aired the second, coronavirus-shortened iteration of the XFL this past spring.

• Posted Thursday 8/06/20 at 3:44AM EDT

  Dany Garcia recalls approaching Dwayne Johnson about purchasing the XFL

  "In May, I called Dwayne and I said, 'We have something really big and very, very important to do.

• Posted Wednesday 8/05/20 at 3:16PM EDT

  XFL's creditors are fighting Dwayne Johnson's purchase of the failed football league

  Johnson, his business partner Dany Ramirez and RedBird Capital's purchase of the XFL is running into problems with the league's...

• Posted Monday 8/03/20 at 2:08PM EDT

  Dwayne Johnson pays about $7.5 million to become XFL's co-owner

  Johnson and business partner Dany Garcia are teaming with RedBird Capital to buy the defunct league for $15 million, with...

• Posted Tuesday 5/26/20 at 12:15PM EDT

  Vince McMahon says he won't try to buy back the XFL

  The Delaware bankruptcy court's committee of unsecured creditors alleged last week that McMahon had set up a "fire sale" bidding...

• Posted Wednesday 5/20/20 at 12:48AM EDT

  Is Vince McMahon trying to buy his own XFL out of Delaware bankruptcy court?

  The XFL's creditors think McMahon declared bankruptcy over his startup football league as "a cutthroat finance ploy" to "ride out...

• Posted Monday 4/13/20 at 3:01PM EDT

  XFL files for bankruptcy

  In a Delaware Chapter 11 bankruptcy court filing, Vince McMahon XFL listed between $10 million and $50 million in debts...

• Posted Saturday 4/11/20 at 3:56AM EDT

  Farewell to the XFL: The upstart football league was better than expected

  "In some ways, I expected this to happen," Rodger Sherman says of the XFL reboot shuttering Friday amid the coronavirus...

• Posted Friday 4/10/20 at 3:17PM EDT

  XFL suspends operations and lays off employees with no plans to return for 2021 season

  When the XFL shut down after five games last month due to coronavirus, the XFL pledged to return next year.

• Posted Friday 3/20/20 at 3:14PM EDT

  XFL officially shuts down for the season over coronavirus

  "Here's to 2021," the XFL tweeted in thanking fans for its inaugural season.

• Posted Thursday 3/12/20 at 7:59PM EDT

  XFL suspends its inaugural season over coronavirus

  Even though Vince McMahon's fledgling football league was only five weeks into its first season, the XFL will fully compensate...