Baseball may be known as the "national pastime," and basketball is certainly more popular worldwide, but the violent, action-packed game of football has consistently rated as the most popular spectator sport in the United States since the early 1960s. This brief, colorful history tells why, from the game's origins in the 19th century as an amateur sport for college "gentlemen and roughnecks," sometimes played on what was referred to as "Bloody Monday," to the nationally televised sporting and entertainment extravaganza ...
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Baseball may be known as the "national pastime," and basketball is certainly more popular worldwide, but the violent, action-packed game of football has consistently rated as the most popular spectator sport in the United States since the early 1960s. This brief, colorful history tells why, from the game's origins in the 19th century as an amateur sport for college "gentlemen and roughnecks," sometimes played on what was referred to as "Bloody Monday," to the nationally televised sporting and entertainment extravaganza known today as Super Bowl Sunday.
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