football
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Maccani, she said, had been a star prep football player and a college graduate — not a transient as he had been depicted in some early police accounts and news reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Palos Verdes and Sierra Canyon came away with football victories against teams from Florida on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A darts challenge and a football tournament are also set to take place.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Luckily, playing football in Brooklyn schoolyards was free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He appeared not quite as physically impressive as a football linebacker, but certainly looked like a broad-shouldered athlete, perhaps a retired Olympic swimmer.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
He’s been fed hundreds of footballs from a Jugs machine to develop hands that don’t drop passes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Long before the World Cup kicked off, U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t shy about setting extraordinarily high expectations for a country that believes footballs are oblong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The people waiting outside our ports of entry are not footballs stopped at the 1-yard line, letters suspended in a mail carrier’s hand, or dinner guests lingering on a porch.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Among the whistles on colorful coiled plastic key chains, small blue rubber footballs, Frisbees, yo-yos, bubbles, and glow jewelry, I saw green and red and blue glitter pens.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
