Sport: Canadian Football

The man in the bar was puzzled as he looked at the television screen. No doubt about it, he was watching a football game. He could even recognize some of the players' names: Choo-Choo Roberts from the New York Giants, Al Pfeifer, who once played end for Fordham, Tom McHugh from Notre Dame. Still, something was wrong. There were twelve men on the field for each team, and no whistles blew.

To the U.S. fan's surprise, nothing was wrong at all. He was watching a Canadian game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Ottawa Rough Riders, televised from Toronto by NBC, which...

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