Unlike the MLB or NHL, the NFL understands the importance of a perfectly good game of sports playing on the Internet. Without cable or satellite, you’re going to be missing a lot of games or making plenty of trips to your local sports bar. But now, thanks to the webs, you can sit at home in your underwear with a bag of chips and watch games for free.

This is a joint venture between NBC Universal and the NFL, so don’t expect any ESPN Monday Night Football or FOX broadcasts. Still, any football is good football.

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Apparently robots partaking in athletics is becoming a recognized venue. I’m not talking about Battle Bots, although I’ve heard that the show is planned to make a comeback. I’m talking about straight-up American football (ironically taking place in Japan.)

The video above shows two teams consisting of pure robotics, battling it out on a mini-Football field. Now, these bots aren’t quite up to snuff with say, the NFL. Not yet at least. It’s more along the lines of Foosball. Their small stature and fragile frames couldn’t withstand a bulky linebackers tackle, but they are really fricken fast. — Andrew Dobrow

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