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    Commentary: Is there something about Americans that makes us football addicts?

    by Randall Balmer, Los Angeles Times Jan 06, 2023 3 minutes
    Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Jonah Williams, right, strips the ball from Houston Texans quarterback Davis Mills in the first quarter of a preseason game at SoFi Stadium on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Inglewood, California.

    I teach a course on the intersection of sports and religion in North America, and I ask students whether there is something about American society that draws us to the violence of football. Why, for instance, despite the NFL’s best efforts, has American football not caught on elsewhere in the world, whereas by most metrics it is America’s most popular game?

    Sure, violence erupts from time to time in other sports — the consequence

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