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The Altar of Football

By Lynette Hanson

Jackson Free Press | September 8, 2004

The New York Times reporter Warren St. John became intrigued with football fan mania after he heard a father admit on a TV interview that he and his wife skipped their daughter's wedding to watch a football game.

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