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Rick Telander on American Football (and its Dark Side)

It’s America’s favourite sport – at its best, a wonderful, thrilling spectacle; at its worst, legitimised violence exacting a terrible price on players. The Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter takes us inside the game's dark heart
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FirstBank Time Out

The advertising equivalent of "don't click on this link"

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PJ O'Rourke, on leisure

"A tense and busy futility is the best Americans can do by way of down time. How else to explain golf?"

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