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What The Conversation talks about when it talks about football: 3 essential reads ahead of the Super Bowl

  • Written by Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor
What The Conversation talks about when it talks about football: 3 essential reads ahead of the Super BowlFootball, as a mirror to society? AP Photo/Morry Gash

The Super Bowl is all about wings. Well, it’s about wings and commercials. OK, OK, it is about wings, commercials and four 15-minute quarters of broken play interspersed with moments of occasional sporting drama and a halftime singsong.

In fact, football is about all that and much more....

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