It’s true that the World Cup has more spectators world-wide than the Olympics. I know this because I looked it up on the internet. I didn’t believe my father when he told me that we were going to be attending the World Cup this year—I mean that kind of thing...

The origins of American football are not as murky as the origins of baseball (at least there is no Abner Doubleday in the mix) but one thing that is almost universally agreed upon is that the sport as it is known today traces back to Ivy League colleges shortly the...