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Les Carpenter is a sports writer for The Guardian US.

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Report Highlights the Obscene Price of NFL's Paid Patriotism
Who would have known many of those smiling soldiers on the football stadium scoreboard, the ones home from war, were for sale? The stadium announcers never said this as they demanded fans stand and applaud the waving men on the screen. Somehow they forget to mention that the defense department has...
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