Football is the most popular sport on the planet partly because it’s so simple to play – but as philosopher, novelist and avid fan Stephen Mumford shows, be

Human beings are the only creatures known to engage in sport. We are sporting animals, and our favourite pastime of football is the biggest sport spectacle on e

An insightful collection of essays that investigate many of the issues surrounding the nation's biggest sport tackles the moral and philosophical principles beh

Over the past forty years, football has surpassed baseball as America's favorite game. The game has become an institution of our national culture: the Super Bow