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Football is one of the most popular games played in almost every corner of the globe. But, do you know about the invention of football and how the game has developed over the years? Let’s take a look at the history of this wonderful game.
There are many sports being played all over the world, but if we need to acknowledge one as the king of all sports, it has to be football. But, wait a minute; what sport are we talking about? Different parts of the world relate football to different sports. For us, here in the US and Canada, it’s American football, down under they mean Australian rules football, in Ireland it is Gaelic football and the rest of the world understands it as what we know as soccer. Damn! That’s a lot of interpretations. While we discuss the invention of football, we’ll talk in brief only about the two most popular and widespread forms of football i.e. American football and Soccer. Read the rest of this entry »
For those of you who are too young, the United States Football League (USFL) was a league that competed against the NFL back in the middle 1980’s that featured great future NFL players such as Steve Young and Jim Kelly. It also almost forced the NFL to create a merger due to the popularity of the league.
However, a merger never occurred and just like the XFL and other leagues it collapsed and has been forgotten by many. At my age, I do not remember the XFL and was not alive when the USFL was around. I did, however, get to go to Arena Football League (AFL) games. I absolutely loved them and while I do not know why, AFL games just felt different than NFL games. Read the rest of this entry »