![]() With newly attained rights in Ireland, the Pittsburgh Steelers are trying to grow their fan base there in hopes of eventually staging a regular-season game at Croke Park in Dublin. The Dolphins are the only team with rights in Brazil. Under the global markets program, the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins have commercial rights in Spain. The league has expressed interest in bringing games to several of those markets and hasn’t ruled out putting a franchise overseas in the future. Twenty-one teams are participating in the NFL’s global markets program in 2023 across 14 international countries. League officials have made site visits to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in Brazil and Madrid in Spain where they were “building relationships, looking at the stadia there, looking at the operations partners, the infrastructure," said Peter O’Reilly, the NFL’s executive vice president for club business, and international and league events, in a recent media call. The league has made an aggressive push internationally by adding a 17th game to the schedule to facilitate games abroad and giving teams marketing rights in various countries. The NFL declined to comment beyond Goodell's answers at the fan event. “We actually have three or four markets that are here this weekend and next weekend that are interested in hosting a game." “I do see us playing in more markets very soon, as early as next year,” Goodell said. “We are ready to go.The league recently confirmed that cities in Spain and Brazil are under review as potential hosts in the future. Federer, fashion designer, clearly has his next shot lined up. But it could have been basically double in size,” he said. But at the end, at some point, you have to cut it down. “We would've liked the collection to be even bigger, because we had so many cool pieces. As Federer explained, there’s more yet to be revealed from their many design sessions. For now, he hopes to keep working with Anderson. Now that Federer has designed sneakers, sunglasses, and a capsule collection with one of the hottest designers working today, what’s next? I asked if one of the great suit-wearers of our age would try his hand at tailoring. And after going through Covid, with loungewear, keeping it easy and smooth-I thought that would be a nice touch.” “We haven’t seen that many hoodies in the past for on court stuff. “I liked the color blocking, knowing that Jonathan does that better than anybody.” He also pushed for the inclusion of a fleecy hoodie with preppy ribbing details that one might wear on a practice court. ![]() And adding more fashion projects to his portfolio-this year, he inked a deal with Oliver Peoples to co-design sunglasses.įederer noted he was particularly proud of the lambswool sweaters, in a heather gray and one in a navy and rich blue. Following his retirement from tennis last year, Federer has been indulging in new hobbies like playing percussion with Coldplay and making pizzas with Scarr Pimentel in Dimes Square. In 2020, he released a sneaker he designed with On, the culty Swiss running brand. ![]() In 2018, Federer signed an endorsement deal with Uniqlo, and began refining his on-court fits with the brand’s artistic director, Christoph Lemaire. ![]() Available August 28, the collaboration is the latest in a string of apparel and accessories projects the icon of sporting icons has launched in the last few years. ![]() “Up-and-coming fashion designer,” he replied, cracking his famously warm grin.Īs he was there to announce, Federer has created a collection of clothing for Uniqlo with Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson. I joked that he might be becoming their favorite fashion designer. If there’s one thing Federer has heard approximately one billion times from fans, it’s that he is their favorite tennis player. Outside, a small crowd of admirers was growing larger by the minute. On Wednesday morning in New York, I watched as Roger Federer toured the Uniqlo flagship on Fifth Ave, a phalanx of videographers moving amoeba-like around him. ![]()
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