51.   The finals were held in the Rose Bowl, normally the province of prancing female cheerleaders and strutting American football players.

52.   The game begins in earnest this week when Dallas Cowboys star Emmitt Smith launches an ad campaign to make American football an official Olympic sport.

53.   The interest in American football has grown so much in recent years that last week the NFL announced it will open an office in Mexico City this fall.

54.   The Great Court spans two acres, making it longer than Buckingham Palace and larger than an American football field.

55.   The global spread of punters helps in his two main sports, American football and English soccer.

56.   The NFA eventually changed its name to the American Football Association of Japan, which is now in charge of all American football played in Japan.

57.   The players run precise patterns like wide receivers in American football.

58.   The same investors who put money into American football and baseball and the NBA will put money into soccer, but they must see something strong.

59.   The traveler from a faraway land, clearly bewildered by the American pro football culture, approached John Elway tentatively.

60.   There is mighty symbolism in Giants Stadium this evening, American football being shoved aside for a day by real football.