A Former Football Fan's Lament

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 15, 2014

Steve Almond, writer, former sports reporter and the author of  Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto  (Melville House, 2014), explains why he thinks we need to stop supporting the game of football.

→ Event:  Steve Almond at The Strand, Monday, 9/15 at 7 pm

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