Beautiful. Violent. American. The N.F.L. at 100. - The New York Times

Beautiful. Violent. American. The N.F.L. at 100. - The New York Times: Beautiful. Violent. American. The N.F.L. at 100.
The N.F.L. has never stopped changing. But a few things remain constant, including the league’s popularity and brutality.



Scenes from the 1958 N.F.L. championship game between the Giants and the Baltimore Colts. The Colts won the title in what has come to be known as the Greatest Game Ever Played.Credit...Ernie Sisto/The New York Times
By James Surowiecki
Dec. 19, 2019