Description A provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of--and punctures the hype around--big-time contemporary American athletics In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports.
This appeal, which cuts across all demographic and ideological lines, makes sports perhaps the l.
On Sundays in September, more families worship at the altar of the NFL than at any church.
Description A provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of--and punctures the hype around--big-time contemporary American athletics In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports