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Why Do the Lions and Cowboys Always Play on Thanksgiving?

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Why Do the Lions and Cowboys Always Play on Thanksgiving?

50 Years of Monday Night Football's Memorable Theme Music

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50 Years of Monday Night Football's Memorable Theme Music

A Deaf Football Team Invented the Huddle—Then Stopped Using It

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A Deaf Football Team Invented the Huddle—Then Stopped Using It

15 Facts About Football’s Early Days

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Bo Knows Everything: Remembering Nike's Legendary Bo Jackson Ad Campaign

Bo Jackson and the "Bo Knows" campaign helped Nike finally overtake Reebook in the early 1990s.

Remembering Tom Dempsey, the Toeless NFL Kicker Who Set a 43-Year Field Goal Record

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54 Super Facts for Your Super Bowl Party

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Quiz: Which Superb Owl Are You?

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Want to See the Original 1967 Super Bowl I Broadcast? A Kickstarter Could Make It Happen

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9 Fascinating Facts About Super Bowl I

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The Controversy Behind 'The Super Bowl Shuffle'

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Tom Brady Makes Nearly $1.5 Million Per Hour of Playtime—Which Is Only a Fraction of the NFL’s Highest Paid Quarterbacks’ Earnings

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Super Bowl 2019: How to Live Stream the Big Game

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