The two most fabled decades in English popular culture are, almost without question, the 1960s and the 1990s. Those periods represented peaks for the nation’s two major obsessions: music and football.

How did a sport codified in England end up with a nickname that divides the Anglophone world? The surprising history of ...

In the heartland of Ohio lies a hallowed ground that stands as a monument to the legends of American football. The Canton Football Hall of Fame, situated in the city of Canton, has celebrated the ...

The history of college football abroad goes back further than many realize. International games are almost as old as the sport itself. The first was a two-game series in 1874 between Harvard and ...

Thanksgiving and NFL football go hand-in-hand today, but when did the tradition of football on Turkey Day even start? As it turns out, the NFL – technically, its direct predecessor, the American ...

A brief history of the evolution of the U.S. men's national team and its performances since the first World Cup in 1930.

After World War II, tactical change moved faster, at least outside England. A pattern emerged as new tactics were successful only to be countered by other innovations. This push–pull process, the ...

This article is part of our Kitted Out series, an exploration of the impact of soccer kits on culture and fashion. Whether it is the red stripe of Peru, River Plate or Rayo Vallecano, the diagonal ...