SportsSPORTS DESK
NFL says Paris game is on as protests escalate in France
The Saints are the designated home team for the league's first regular-season game in France, set for Sunday at Stade de France; the schedule has no comment.
Watch it as it aired: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from Late Night BBN at 10:34 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are CBS Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by CBS Sports: “NFL, Saints address plans for Paris game during Week 6 as protests escalate in France”, with reporting from NewsNation, ESPN and Sky Sports.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 10:34 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield.
The real story
The reporting behind this segment. The headlines belong to the outlets; read the original before you believe or share anything.
- CBS SportsNFL, Saints address plans for Paris game during Week 6 as protests escalate in France
- NewsNationSteelers-Saints Paris game will go ahead as planned despite riots across France, NFL says October 20, 2026 · facts used on air
- ESPNNFL: Steelers-Saints in Paris still on despite civil unrest, protests in France October 20, 2026 · facts used on air
- Sky SportsNFL Paris 2026: New Orleans Saints vs Pittsburgh Steelers game 'all systems go' despite riots in French capital October 20, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe NFL says its Paris game is on.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe Saints are the home team at Stade de France, kickoff is Sunday at nine-thirty Eastern, and the Saints landed in Paris Monday.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe home team flew across an ocean to be the home team?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, that's how the league sells it.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorYellow vest organizers want protests across France on October twenty-fourth, one day before the game, and the NFL statement says, quote, preparations continue as scheduled for NFL events.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEvents. Plural. That's the most corporate way I've ever heard anyone say there's a situation.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's discipline, I'm telling you. They're adding security and working with Paris, the national authorities and the State Department, and the Steelers still leave Thursday.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA league that puts the State Department on a group chat and calls it a normal week. Fine, the schedule has never been wrong once.
More Shorts
All videos →From the archive: everything BBN aired on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · the Sports archive · all months


Photo: Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN
Photo: Andrés Nieto Porras from Palma de Mallorca, España · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN
Photo: Timmy96 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson… · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

