1 outlets · filed 18 October 2026
NFL line judge takes knee and appears to pray after umpire collapses during Jaguars-Texans London game
Umpire Larry Smith collapsed on the Wembley Stadium turf during the Jaguars-Texans game, and the moment that followed moved NFL fans everywhere.
What the coverage shows
Fox News is the only outlet here to foreground the sideline incident itself, with its headline and extract focused on the line judge taking a knee and appearing to pray after the umpire collapsed. The Guardian US does not mention that moment in the headline or extract, instead presenting the game as part of a broader live blog. In this grouping, the contrast is mainly that Fox News treats the collapse as the lead item while The Guardian’s coverage does not surface it at all in the excerpt provided.
Written by Crossfiled from the 1 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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