[ad_1] Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” was already enjoying a revival, of sorts, as a number in Presley’s post-1968 comeback shows, by the time it poured from the speakers at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1973. The occasion was that year’s F.A. Cup final, featuring the Sunderland Association Football Club, an underdog team that,… Continue reading The Heartbreak of an English Football Team
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The Virtues and the Sins of Big-Time High-School Football
[ad_1] In 2012, Sports Illustrated published a feature about an intriguing new phenomenon: a high-school football powerhouse that was not, strictly speaking, a high school. The Eastern Christian Honey Badgers, as the team was known, called Elkton, Maryland, their home. They lifted weights at a Y.M.C.A. and practiced on an unmarked field and took online… Continue reading The Virtues and the Sins of Big-Time High-School Football