[For each of the
last few years, I’ve used Super
Bowl week to AmericanStudy some
football and/or sports
topics. This week, I’ve focused on five football debates I haven’t already
covered in those series, leading up to this special post two complementary Super
Bowl L storylines!]
Consider this a
Guest Post of ours, because when it comes to Super Bowl L and its two most
prominent and polarizing figures, I couldn’t possibly AmericanStudy them any
better than did two scholars on the great Sport
in American History blog:
Andrew McGregor
on “Peyton
Manning: The NFL’s Great White Hope”;
And Kate Aguilar
on “The
Man in the Mirror: Black Culture, White Privilege, and Supermen in the Age of
Cam Newton.”
Before you
settle down for the spectacle, the commercials, the Coldplay, and oh yeah the
football, I urge you to read those two great examples of SportsStudying.
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. What do you
think?
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