How a Prayer Became Football’s Most Famous Pass
Here's how a prayer became part of the playbook.
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How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football
How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football
President Teddy Roosevelt, a die-hard football fan, saved the sport from collapse and helped reshape the rules to create the game we know today.
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Art broadens perspective, fosters appreciation for beauty, lifts us above ourselves, enables us to project beyond our circumstances, and gives us a common language to explore disparate ideas.
-Rita Moreno
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Why Do We Call It the Super Bowl?
NFL’s championship game owes its name to an unlikely source.
The Evolution of Super Bowl Halftime Shows
From a disastrous 'Battle of New Orleans' to the comical 'Left Shark,' the entertainment has captured the public's imagination.
Who Invented Football?
The game has ancient origins, but in the late 19th century, Walter Camp helped shape football—the American kind—into the sport we know today.
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The Courage of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment broke barriers in the Revolutionary War as the first predominantly Black unit in the Continental Army.
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