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The Super Bowl's evolution from football game to entertainment extravaganza

  • Written by Peter M. Hopsicker, Associate Professor of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University

In just 50 years, the Super Bowl has become one of the biggest “shared experiences” in American culture, up there with attending religious services, voting in presidential elections and playing Pokémon Go.

But curiously, many of the tens of millions who tune in don’t actually want to watch football.

Perhaps it’s...

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