AFL
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A.F.L.
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AFL
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“It’s the tightest turnaround in MCG history. Getting it right matters, because the AFL finals are one of the most important times of the year for us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Racism has no place anywhere, anytime -- not in our game, not in the community and not online," AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon said at the time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sixty years ago, the rival NFL and AFL announced a merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
On Wednesday, Prince Harry had joined players from an AFL team for a lesson in how to play the sport.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Of course, Tasmania’s new A.F.L. team may decide not to name itself the Devils after all.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
The A.F.L. had rarely endorsed a candidate during a contested Democratic primary, but Mr. McEntee believed it was important to consolidate the labor movement behind Mr. Gore.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
The Raiders met the Jets again in the 1968 A.F.L. championship game.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
And an 0-5 A.F.L. team, the 1962 Buffalo Bills, somehow finished 7-6-1.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2020
"I've a good bit of influence with the A.F.L.," he said.
From A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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