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Review of Richard C. Crepeau's "NFL Football: A History of America’s New National Pastime"

by Ron Briley

How American professional football came to dominate national culture across boundaries of race, class, and even gender as well as cast a giant shadow internationally.

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Review of Richard C. Crepeau's "NFL Football: A History of America’s New National Pastime"

by Ron Briley