How Football Took Over America — and Could Collapse

<p>American football is so big — so braided into our weekends, our language, and our culture — that it can be hard to see it clearly as a whole.</p><p>In his new book, <a href="https://amzn.to/4pK7xC0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Football</em></a>, Chuck Klosterman helps us see the game from unexpected angles, and argues that football isn’t just a sport, it’s a kind of national operating system. Chuck explains how it became the dominant televised spectacle in America, despite having elements that should count against …