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Photo credits
Every research cover is a real photograph. Each one is CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, or a U.S. government public-domain work. Nothing here comes from a wire service, a team site, or a league site.
Wembley Stadium, NFL International Series, Steelers vs. Vikings, September 29, 2013
Photo by Teo's89, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. No free-licensed photo of an October 4, 2026 Showdown slate was available. This is a real NFL game at Wembley, the kind of London kickoff that Sunday board opens with.
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Dallas Cowboys at Washington, October 29, 2017
Photo by Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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San Francisco 49ers at Jacksonville Jaguars, Wembley Stadium, October 27, 2013
Photo by U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Keenan Kunst, Public domain (U.S. government work), via Wikimedia Commons.
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Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys, 2022
Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. No free-licensed photo of the October 8, 2026 Buccaneers at Cowboys game was available. This is the Cowboys, the home team that night.
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Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns, November 14, 2019
Photo by Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. No free-licensed photo of the October 1, 2026 Steelers at Browns game was available. This is the same matchup at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
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Aaron Rodgers with the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2025
Photo by Cramerwiki, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. No free-licensed photo of the October 1, 2026 game was available. This is Aaron Rodgers in a Steelers uniform, the captain the note is about.
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Philadelphia Eagles sideline before a game at Dallas
Photo by Billy Bob Bain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. No free-licensed photo of the September 28, 2026 Eagles at Bears game, or a large enough photo of that night at Soldier Field, was available. This is the Eagles, one of the two teams.
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Washington at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, November 14, 2021
Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Washington at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2020 playoff game
Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Rory McIlroy, BMW Championship, Aronimink Golf Club, September 2018
Photo by Michael Stokes, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Golfer teeing off on a tree-lined course
Photo by PattayaPatrol, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. No CC BY, CC BY-SA, or public-domain photo of Yokohama Country Club or the 2026 Baycurrent Classic was available. An aerial of that course on Commons is a Ministry of Land copyright and was not used. This is a real golf swing on a tree-lined course.
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Case Keenum, Minnesota Vikings at Washington, November 12, 2017
Photo by Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Chicago Bears at Washington, Monday Night Football, September 23, 2019
Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Brooks Morrell at the U.S. Air Force Academy Eisenhower Golf Course, September 9, 2023
Photo by Justin R. Pacheco, U.S. Air Force, Public domain (U.S. government work), via Wikimedia Commons.
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Washington at Cleveland Browns, preseason, August 8, 2019
Photo by Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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