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USA Football Youth Player Academy 2010

June 29th, 2010 - 1:35pm by Gabe HiattOther posts by

The Broncos are on a break, but the practice fields at Dove Valley still saw some action.

USA Football hosted the first day of their three day Youth Football Player Academy today at Dove Valley, bringing in youth and high school coaches to instruct 140 youth football players ranging from 7-year-olds to 14-year-olds.

The academy runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Thursday, July 1. Participants broke up into groups with individual coaches to work on techniques and drills suited for their positions.

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America’s Favorite Sport

March 30th, 2010 - 11:46am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

NFL football in particular and football in general is bigger than ever in every way, certainly beginning with the all-important category of fan interest.

Last week one of the USA TODAY Snapshots (a quick poll of readers which the paper does daily, on a variety of topics) asked the question, “What is America’s favorite sport?”

Here is exactly how the responses appeared in USA TODAY:

Pro Football 35%

Pro Baseball 16%

College Football 12%

Auto Racing 9%

Pro Men’s Basketball 5%

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