I grew up in a generation where “Catching them all” was every kids dream. If I’ve followed football feverishly ever since I saw the 2006 World Cup finals (yes that Zidane headbutt got me into ...

Barely over a month after the release of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, Nintendo has dropped an unexpected bomb by announcing the release of a new Pokémon RPG (Role Playing Game). The ...

Blake Martinez wired a six-figure sum to a man in Japan he’d never met, then waited. The cash was crammed into duffel bags, delivered by train and dropped on a doorstep. The package was shipped ...

The Pokémon Company is stepping onto the Indonesian football pitch - not with cleats, but with characters. The Japanese entertainment powerhouse has teamed up with the Indonesian Football Association ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blake Martinez playing for the New York Giants.Cooper Neill/Getty Images Linebacker Blake Martinez retired from the NFL earlier ...

After six years of playing as a linebacker for some of the top teams in the NFL, Blake Martinez officially retired in November. But his post-football career has been anything but routine. Rather than ...

After much debating and double checking our Pokedexes, we’ve come up with the perfect Pokemon analogy for every FBS program. There are now a gazillion Pokemon, but we’re going to stick with the ...

Pokemon Go is consuming the nation like wildfire, and its tentacools (get it) have reached all the way into the college football world. Since college football is a place where adults try to look cool ...

And now, even football team's are getting in on the fun. On Friday, MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps took to Twitter to present their two new singings, Marcel de Jong and David Edgar, in the style of ...

Pokemon GO may have started as a mobile game but it has soon turned into a fully fledged global phenomenon that makes people want to go outside and socialize more, boosts economy, and helps police ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Blake Martinez, 29, about his decision to quit the NFL and go into business trading Pokémon cards. The following has been edited for length and ...