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Gregg Easterbrook On Football's Impact on America

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published October 11, 2013 at 9:35 AM EDT

    In The King of Sports: Football's Impact on America

, Gregg Easterbrook, author of the wildly popular ESPN.com column Tuesday Morning Quarterback takes on football's place in American society.

In the book, he tells the full story of how football became so deeply ingrained in American culture. Both good and bad, he examines its impact on American society at all levels of the game.
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