Frank Crum of the Denver Broncos celebrates with his teammates after scoring his first career touchdown against the Buffalo Bills at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026, in Denver. | Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Football occupies a strange place in American life. It’s the most popular sport in the country by an absurd margin, but it’s also the most controversial. It’s treated as a civic ritual in some places, a primitive distraction in others, and a kind of background noise almost everywhere.  For millions of people, football Sundays (and Saturdays) structure the week. For m...

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