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Football is undoubtedly the most popular sport in the world. It just depends which country you're in to determine exactly what football is, though. Most countries beyond North America consider football to be the sport played on a large grassy field with two goals, a round ball, and one person on each team being able to use their hands. But for the United States and Canada, "football" is the one where the athletes use an oblong ball, two tall posts, and only one person each team doesn't use their hands. In North America, the sport everyone else calls football is instead called "soccer." There. Got all that? Hope it wasn't too confusing.

Most every league gains popularity by scheduling games once a week, leaving plenty of time in between for fans and writers to opine about their favorite team's past game and upcoming match. So whether you're talking about the United States' NFL, Canada's CFL, England's Premier League, Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A, or any country's top football league, like the Australian rules football's AFL, football just rules wherever you are.

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  • Buckeyes Star DE Thaddeus Gibson Announces He Will Enter NFL Draft


    Cleveland Leader - Cleveland News & More! — Authority Authority: 603
    Ohio State Buckeyes star defensive end Thaddeus Gibson announced that he will forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility and enter the 2010 NFL draft. Gibson, who hails from Euclid, had a team leading 13 tackles for a loss this year and projects as a linebacker in the pro level using a 3-4 scheme. He announced the news ...
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  • Shanahan Agrees To Become New Redskins Coach


    SPORTSbyBROOKS — Authority Authority: 679
    Mike Klis of the DENVER POST reports that Mike Shanahan has agreed to become the next head coach of the Washington Redskins . Shanahan is expected to sign a five-year deal worth about $7 million a year, with the Redskins making the official announcement on Wednesday. The move is also good news for Denver ...
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  • Clint Dempsey, Power Forward


    Dave's Football Blog — Authority Authority: 115
    Damn. Look at that goal. Look at it. Then look at it again. Damn. A few days ago, Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport called Clint Dempsey the best left winger in the Premier League . If he’s capable of strikes like that, though, Bob Bradley needs to get him off the wing and move him up front. The U.S. ...
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  • With Julian Edelman, The Patriots Will Be Fine Without Wes Welker


    Bleacher Report — Authority Authority: 761
    The revived Houston Texans defeated the New England Patriots, 34-27 this past Sunday in Reliant Stadium.   The Patriots (10-6) loss to the Texans (9-7) in the regular season finale will ultimately prove to be meaningless.   However, the severe injury that Pro Bowl wide receiver Wes Welker suffered this weekend ...
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  • College Football Picks (XIV)


    You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD — Authority Authority: 575
    There’s no need for me to go into any elaborate explanations about who I think is going to win and why. My college bowl game picks fell off track faster than Tiger’s marriage. At one point I was 5-7. I’m now 10-22. I’m 5-15 in the last 20 bowl games for the slow people. Here’s my winning pick . Do with ...
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  • Texas Coach Mack Brown Meets With Media Tuesday Before BCS National Championship


    Cleveland Leader - Cleveland News & More! — Authority Authority: 603
    We are very excited to be here. Its game time now. Well have a brief practice this afternoon for about an hour and a half as a review in shorts, and then obviously have our typical pregame routine through Friday and Saturday. Guys are excited. Weve had a great month of practice. Theyve got great respect for what ...
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  • Team Leach Plans Another Stand-In


    Bleacher Report — Authority Authority: 761
    Lubbock, Tex.—Texas Tech starts to interview candidates for the head coach position, and Team Leach is on the high seas of the South Plains. Armed with flags, eye patches, double Ts, and protest signs, these students have scheduled another stand-in: The TEAM LEACH "Reach for Leach" rally will take place on ...
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  • Habitat for Humanity “huddles up” for families in need


    Coralville Courier — Authority Authority: 139
    Iowa City, Iowa – On Super Bowl Sunday, Eastern Iowa residents will huddle up to support local nonprofit housing organizations by hosting Home Team Huddles for their football fanatical friends and family. HOME TEAM HUDDLE, benefiting and Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity and Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity, will ...
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  • 2010 Fiesta Bowl: Low-Scoring Outcome Does Not Mean It Was a Sloppy Game


    Bleacher Report — Authority Authority: 761
    By upsetting TCU 17-10 for its second BCS bowl victory in four years, I assumed the Boise State bashing would cease and the Broncos would finally be given the respect as a nationally-acclaimed program. But in almost as big of a shock as last nights victory was the arrogance put forth by many college football fans ...
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  • NBC Previews NFL Wild Card Weekend


    The Crowe's Nest — Authority Authority: 448
    From NBC Sports - HIGHLIGHTS FROM NBC’S WILD CARD SATURDAY MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL “I’m picking Philly to win this game and go all the way to the Super Bowl.” – Football Night’s Harrison “ I don’t know of anything that has the live drama that NFL football games have.” – Sunday Night’s ...
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  • Cincy, Boise State, and TCU: Stay on the Porch


    Bleacher Report — Authority Authority: 761
    Its the phrase many know and love to use: If you cant run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. After the Sugar Bowl, many were left wondering, did Cincinnati even know they had a game tonight? After the Fiesta Bowl, even more were asking, "Wow, I wonder what would have happened if Colt McCoy had thrown that ball ...
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  • Benítez lines up sales but gets just £1.5m to bolster Liverpool


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 985
    • Benítez will not be able to reinvest income from sales • Maxi Rodríguez plus one other likely to be sole additions Rafael Benítez will have to rely on the £1.5m capture of Maxi Rodríguez and possibly one loan signing to revitalise Liverpools squad during this transfer window even if the club succeed in ...
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  • NFL Ratings News from FOX and NBC


    The Crowe's Nest — Authority Authority: 448
    From Fox and NBC Sports - 2009 NFL ON FOX SEASON SMASHES AUDIENCE RECORD HIGHEST-RATED CAMPAIGN SINCE 1995 NATIONAL GAMES SET NEW MARK; HIGHEST-RATED, MOST-WATCHED PROGRAM ON ANY NETWORK FOX SPORTS IS NO. 1 SPORTS NETWORK FOR 13TH STRAIGHT YEAR The 2009 NFL on FOX regular season goes down as the most-watched ...
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  • The Five Best Rose Bowls of the Last 20 Years


    Bleacher Report — Authority Authority: 761
    College football bowls mean one thing to me: the Rose Bowl. Every year, this is the game I look forward to more than anything else. The Pac-10 champion vs. the Big-10 champion. Two schools that would likely never meet in a game, unless it was for all the roses.There have been some great Rose Bowl games over its ...
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  • Juan Sebastián Verón turns down £7m Manchester City transfer


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 985
    • Family reasons scuppered Citys bid • Roberto Mancini keen to sign former Lazio team-mate Manchester City have tried to sign the former Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder Juan Sebastián Verón according to reports emerging from Argentina last night. The 34-year-old told Italys Corriere Dello Sport that ...
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  • Who is it for?


    Rob Fahrni — Authority Authority: 131
    ESPN : "The slippery-slope argument can often be a slippery slope, but were not asking What if? here, were asking What is? The idea that only playoff-bound teams resting players is costing fans is absurd from any perspective. Sure, the Colts rested Peyton Manning and other prominent players, but do Giants fans ...
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  • Orange Bowl: Coulda Been So Much More


    The Big Lead — Authority Authority: 461
    We’ll spare the playoff arguments in this post, for the most part. We’ve been beating that drum for about a half-decade. This game, though, would be a lot more interesting if it was an Elite Eight battle within a playoff structure; as a stand-alone one night after the depressing, realization-filled game that was ...
    3 hours ago

  • Rob Bagchi: Feeble Wigan feeling a Siberian chill


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 985
    The paltry crowd that watched Wigan v Hull told us a lot about the FA Cup, but also about football in Wigan Dave Whelan, the Wigan Athletic chairman, does not look like the kind of man who would want our sympathy. In fact I doubt the former Blackburn Rovers full-back turned multimillionaire entrepreneur, who comes ...
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  • American lines up bid for West Ham


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 985
    • Unnamed North American completes due diligence • Banks believe anonymous bidder is safest long-term bet West Ham Uniteds ownership saga could take a new twist after it emerged that Straumurs preferred bidder is an unidentified North American. The cash-rich investor, who has other sports interests, has ...
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  • Which football club is the greenest?


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 985
    Plus: Funking like Zamora; the (not so) mysterious Bristol Downs League; and the most postponed game ever. Send your questions and answers to knowledge@guardian.co.uk "The Copenhagen summit got me thinking: which football club is the greenest?" wondered Jack Lyle a few weeks ago . Step forward Dartford FC, ...
    3 hours ago

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