NFL

The NFL Running Back Age Cliff

Author: Michael Diersen (michaeldiersen2023@u.northwestern.edu), McCormick To many NFL GMs and all fantasy football managers, workhorse running backs are hot commodities. While an elite running back can carry NFL and fantasy teams to championships, they can…


Why Missing Spring Training and the Preseason Matter

Authors: Tim Wegener (timothywegener2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 Rishab Jayanthi (rishabjayanthi2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 The COVID-19 crisis has upended economies, lives, and cultures around the world. Among the endless list of COVID-19 affected markets lies sports. For months,…


Home-Field Advantage: What Difference Do Fans Make?

Author: Ben Caterine (bencaterine2023@u.northwestern.edu), McCormick There are few sounds more ubiquitous in sports than the roar of a home crowd. From the Cameron Crazies to Borussia Dortmund’s Yellow Wall, fans give sporting events the energy and…





Racial Prejudice in the NFL

Author: Sam Mestel (Weinberg ’20) Introduction According to a 2018 US Census Bureau report, only 13.4% of the United States population can trace their ancestry to sub-Saharan Africa. So how is it that almost 75%…