football

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They are running a spreadsheet of stats on their own looks, following the theory that romance works the exact same way as fantasy-league football.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Phelps is in his first year of track after being a defensive back and receiver for the football team.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Until 1968 – and 1972 for football and basketball – freshmen weren’t even allowed to play at the varsity level.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The company's facility -- the size of 14 football fields, with its roofs covered in solar panels -- is located in Florstadt outside Frankfurt, itself a transport centre in the middle of Europe.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

There are ooohs and ahhhs from the green-lipped Collective, like they casually witnessed a hard tackle at a football game and not the destruction of a planet.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera