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What does NFL mean? Meaning and origin of the name of the American football league

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3 years ago

July 10, 2022

Jayden

The NFL It is the ultimate league football worldwide, with origins dating back to the year 1920. However, at that time the North American competition did not carry its current name, but instead played its first seasons as APFA: American Professional Football Association.

It was just before Campaign of 1922 that the face value modification has taken place, to return to the current: NFL.

What does NFL mean?

NFL is an acronym for National Football League. Namely, National Football League. As mentioned, the name change took place in June 1922 and since then it has been maintained for eight decades.

The canton bulldog They were the first champions named NFL in 1922, prevailing in a scenario that included 18 franchises, including three current ones: Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals (then Chicago Cardinals).

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John Esteves

Source: Sporting News

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Frenchwoman Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the World Cup in Annecy, Wierer came third

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2 weeks ago

December 20, 2025

Thomas

Frenchwoman Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the World Cup in Annecy, Wierer came third

Lou Jeanmonneau / Photo: © Jasmin Walter / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

French biathlete Lou Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the third stage of the World Cup in Annecy (France).

The athlete, who started from the second position, covered the 10 km distance in 27 minutes 58.8 seconds, making one mistake at the shooting range.

The silver medal was won by the representative of Finland, Suvi Minkkinen (lag – 30.2 seconds, 0 misses), who climbed to the podium from sixth place at the start. Italian Dorothea Wierer repeated the result of the sprint and finished third (+32.7; 1 miss).

The winner of the sprint race, Hanna Oeberg, made four shooting errors and finished the pursuit seventh (+47.2).

Later on Saturday, the men’s pursuit race will take place at the Annecy World Cup.

Source: Sportbox

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Reztsova won the pursuit race at the Commonwealth Biathlon Cup stage

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2 weeks ago

December 20, 2025

Thomas

Reztsova won the pursuit race at the Commonwealth Biathlon Cup stage

Kristina Reztsova / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov

Kristina Reztsova won the pursuit race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory)

The silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games covered the 10 km distance in 31 minutes 44.4 seconds, making two mistakes at the shooting range.

Inna Tereshchenko finished second (lag – 54.3 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was closed by Irina Kazakevich (+1.00.8; 3 misses).

On Sunday, at the stage of the Commonwealth Cup in Tchaikovsky, men’s (starts at 09:00 Moscow time) and women’s (12:00) mass starts will be held. Watch live broadcasts of the competition on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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Biathlete Reztsova: “Bolshunov doesn’t greet anyone. He’s just such a person in life.”

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2 weeks ago

December 20, 2025

Thomas

Biathlete Reztsova: “Bolshunov doesn’t greet anyone. He’s just such a person in life.”

Kristina Reztsova and Alexander Bolshunov / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov, RIA Novosti / Ivan Mikhailov

Biathlete Kristina Reztsova said on Match TV that skier Alexander Bolshunov does not greet her, despite the fact that they competed together at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.

– He doesn’t even say hello! How will he give me the phone number? He doesn’t say hello to anyone at all. I don’t deserve it. So I went to one Olympics with him. After the Games we saw each other everywhere. He doesn’t greet anyone. “He’s just such a person in life,” Reztsova said on the air of the “Biathlon with Dmitry Guberniev” program.

Watch live broadcasts of the PhosAgro Russian Cup in cross-country skiing and the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in biathlon on the television channels of the Match group, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Source: Sportbox

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