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The most popular spectator sport in the United States
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American football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"'American football', known in the United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport. The object of the game is to advance the football towards the opposing team's end zone and score points. The ball can be advanced by carrying the ball, or by throwing or handing it from one teammate to the other. ..."
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The Case against Football, by Joseph Sobran, The Reactionary Utopian, 10 Jan 2006
"The rest of the world reserves the word football for a sport in which the ball is kicked constantly. ... What I don't understand is using the word for a sport in which the ball is kicked only a few times per game; most of the time it's carried or thrown. ... In most sports, from chess to boxing, offense and defense are inseparable. But football is perverse that way ..."
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