We Americans, especially Jews and supporters of Israel, are facing daunting issues: growing anti-Semitism, Israel’s security challenges, radical Islam, general upheaval in […]
As the architect of the modern N.C.A.A., [Walter] Byers became stuck in the contradictions that would define intercollegiate athletics. He railed against […]
The catalyst for pro football’s breakthrough in the latter half of the 1950s and 1960s was the new medium of television. The […]
The N.F.L. was blindsided by the magnitude of the Dolphins’ bullying scandal and by Sam’s recent disclosure that he is gay. The […]
Over the past 12 years, as Americans have sought a distraction from the moral incoherence of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, […]
The introduction of football made the holiday more appealing to many men. By adding listening to an athletic contest to a feast, […]
In the 1920s, football finally moved into the home, rather than being merely a form of outdoor amusement which threatened to overwhelm […]
What was lost on these devotees of the game was the irony in a family event, punctuated by (mostly) men listening to […]
Lower-class men had been making merry and poking fun at their betters for centuries, on Thanksgiving and other holidays. In the late […]
Macy’s parade, even in the 1920s, existed not in the shadow of the family feast or the church service, but in competition […]
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