Football

• YouTube and Netflix are on track to land multi-game packages for the 2026 NFL season
• YouTube’s NFL broadcast was a distinctive, record-breaking show, but some fans weren’t so enthused

  YouTube got strong ratings and mixed reviews for its first exclusive broadcast of a regular season NFL game.

  
• Thanks to ‘EA Sports College Football’, gamers are the new four-star recruits

  As name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals bring 'EA Sports College Football 26' to the spotlight, streamers like Bordeaux are cashing in.

  
• YouTube wants its second season as NFL Sunday Ticket distributor to be even better than the first

  YouTube is adding new features catered to football fans as it prepares to launch its second season of NFL Sunday Ticket coverage.

  
• Deestroying earned a spot on a pro football roster. Then he landed on the injured reserve list.
• Deestroying is going pro after signing a contract in the United Football League
• YouTube scores a touchdown during week one of its NFL Sunday Ticket coverage
• YouTube’s first season of NFL Sunday Ticket will be free for some Verizon customers
• Deestroying is going toe-to-toe across the NFL with an expansion of his ‘1ON1’ series
• Pat McAfee is big on YouTube. Now the ex-NFL player is going into business with ESPN.
• The House of Highlights Creator League is ready for some football
• With Sunday Ticket on the horizon, YouTube is going deep at the NFL Draft