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If football is so deadly, why did 103 million people watch the Super Bowl?

  • Written by John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Pennsylvania State University
A hit from Malcom Jenkins sidelined the Patriots' Brandin Cooks for the night.AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

During the second quarter of Super Bowl LII, the party stopped, if just for a second.

Tom Brady found Patriots wide receiver Brandin Cooks downfield with a 23-yard completion. Cooks spun around then got laid out by the Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins,...

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