Football | The GIST

personLog In

Listen Subscribe

⚙️ How it works

⚙️ How it works

Breaking down the 2025 NFL season

Dust off your foam finger, throw on that lucky jersey, and turn on the slow cooker because the NFL is so back. And that means today’s newsletter has everything you need to know ahead of a jam-packed Week 1 slate. Are you ready for some football?

September 04, 2025

🏈 Even the breakups are bigger in Texas

🏈 Even the breakups are bigger in Texas

Two-time All-Pro Micah Parsons dealt to Green Bay Packers

Turns out couples counseling was not effective for the Dallas Cowboys and All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons, because the divorce is officially official: A blockbuster deal sent Parsons to the Green Bay Packers yesterday. Here’s the tea on the messiest breakup of the summer.

August 29, 2025

🏈 Ditch the clowns, get the crown

🏈 Ditch the clowns, get the crown

Your 2025 fantasy football guide

Taylor Swift has her ring, but the chase is just beginning for the NFL’s 32 teams. The season kicks off in just over a week (!!!), meaning fantasy football drafts are in full swing as millions of people assemble their imaginary rosters. Whether you’re new to fantasy football or a seasoned vet, you take care of the (maybe Swiftie-inspired) team name and let us help with the rest. Here’s a cheat sheet to make draft day a breeze.

August 27, 2025

🖤 Answers and questions

🖤 Answers and questions

What’s CTE? Explaining the disease cited by NYC gunman

The NFL's Manhattan offices are said to be the target of Monday's shooting.

🏈 Queue the chime

🏈 Queue the chime

Everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Draft

Hope you like bear hugs because the 2025 NFL Draft starts tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET from Green Bay, Wisconsin. That’s right, the pick is (almost) in.

🏈 Everything everywhere all at once

🏈 Everything everywhere all at once

Quarterback carousel keeps turning as NFL Free Agency heats up

The calendar flips on a new NFL year (aka when teams can officially ink new players) today at 4 p.m. ET, but the league has been giving main character energy for weeks. There’s been plenty of moving and shaking, so let’s dig into the latest from the gridiron. Hut, hut, here we go.

🏈 The details

🏈 The details

The only Super Bowl LIX preview you need

In honor of the big event, today’s Scroll has everything you need to know before the two-time defending champ Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET with the Vince Lombardi Trophy on the line.

February 09, 2025

🏈 Vibe like that

🏈 Vibe like that

Sports News

Philadelphia Eagles dominate Kansas City Chiefs to win second-ever Super Bowl

🏈

February 09, 2025

From the opening kickoff to the final seconds, everything came up Philly, as the Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs to win their second title in franchise history. Inner excellence leads to outer excellence…and a Vince Lombardi Trophy, apparently.

Read Full Story

The GIST of It Podcast

Our way-too-early Super Bowl picks

September 04, 2025

Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify

Our way-too-early Super Bowl picks

Our way-too-early Super Bowl picks

Hut hut, here we go!

It’s officially NFL season, GISTer — and we’re going all in on The GIST of It. Before tonight’s kickoff, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are breaking down the league’s top contenders, from the defending champs to a team we know, ahem, all too well. It really is the greatest time of year.

Continue Reading

🔢 Soaring, flying

🔢 Soaring, flying

Eye-popping numbers from Super Bowl 2025

The Eagles prevented Kansas City from achieving a historic three-peat last night. Here’s a look at a handful of eye-popping stats from Philly’s massive win.

February 09, 2025

🏈 Not great

🏈 Not great

Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker accused of inappropriate sexual behavior in bombshell report

Seven-time Pro Bowler and Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker is facing allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior, as reported by The Baltimore Banner in a bombshell article yesterday. Here’s everything we know.

January 31, 2025

🏈 No off switch

🏈 No off switch

Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl bound after Championship Sunday

Super Bowl, set — the No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs and No. 2 Philadelphia Eagles punched tickets to New Orleans with yesterday’s respective American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) Championship game wins. The stars really have never been closer.

January 27, 2025

🏈 Sit down, be humble

🏈 Sit down, be humble

Four teams vie for Super Bowl berths on NFL Championship Sunday

And then there were four. With just two weeks until Super Bowl LIX (59), it’s almost time to find out which teams will be ballin’ in the Bayou on February 9th. No matter what people are rooting for, Super Bowl berths are earned on the gridiron — let’s dig into Sunday’s Conference Championship matchups.

January 24, 2025

🎓🏈 Big ’ships and small ’ships

🎓🏈 Big ’ships and small ’ships

No. 8 Ohio State football wins ninth National Championship

Confetti rained down on No. 8 Ohio State after Monday’s 34–23 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship win over No. 7 Notre Dame, marking the Buckeyes’ first natty since Taylor Swift shook it off in 2014. Gatorade showers hit hard, but these numbers reflecting on a historic CFP hit harder.

January 22, 2025

⏪ How we got here

⏪ How we got here

Breaking down the 2025 CFP championship between Notre Dame and Ohio State

After a wild NCAA football season, featuring the first-ever 12-team expanded playoff, the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes will face off in the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET.

January 19, 2025

Older Storieschevron_right