Kickoffs in the NFL will look different this fall after NFL owners approved a new kickoff format at the annual league meeting Tuesday. The new rule originated in the XFL and should “minimize ...

NFL team owners on Tuesday decided to revive the kickoff and take a page out of the XFL’s book in its overhaul of the special teams play. For the basic kickoff, the ball would be kicked from the ...

The new NFL kickoff rule can trace its origin story to a Splenda packet in a boardroom. As "XFL 2020" pitched television networks, Sam Schwartzstein − then the ill-fated league's director of football ...