Gridiron Gospel: How the NFL Network Became America’s Most Subtle Weapon of Mass Distraction
Seen from the rooftop bars of São Paulo, the NFL Network looks less like a television channel and more like a geopolitical hallucination: 24-hour coverage of men in Kevlar costumes hurling themselves at one another, punctuated by graphics so aggressive they could be NATO briefings. Yet the signal—beamed by satellite, pirated in Lagos internet cafés,…