Sports-TV networks are jumping in, too: Viewers watching NFL Network's coverage of the National Football League draft last month could use a mobile app to see a range of content during the telecast, including video interviews with players selected in the first round and analysis from experts.

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Despite what has gone on in courtrooms thus far, it is likely that neither the National Football League (NFL) nor the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has the stomach for the ruling yet-to-come from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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The deal must still be approved by National Football League owners, but Fowler would be the first African-American owner in modern NFL history.

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