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I've read in too many places that one billion people watched yesterday's 2-2 draw between Arsenal
and Manchester United. Whilst that's probably nonsense (nobody ever cites where that figure comes
from), it's fitting that in London's Observer today, James Robinson offers us a long overview of
the shift in sport brought about by the power [...]
Steven Wells' latest missive in The Guardian seeks to connect America's war since the 1960s with
the war-like metaphors of America's version of football, which has become "America's game" in the
past few decades. Given that the Pentagon is packed with officers brought up on American football;
given that generations of American football coaches have bombarded [.
As I sat around with some friends this past Sunday watching some NFL and patiently awaiting the
US-Brazil friendly in Chicago, I got to thinking how Javier Mascherano would make a bad ass
American football player, particularly at running back. He seems to have the perfect low-gravity,
wide, muscular build with powerful tree trunk like legs to propel him forward while carrying a
couple of players with him.
