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The Super Bowl is one of the world's most significant single-day sporting events. It attracts over 100 million U.S. viewers and [tens of millions of international viewers], making it an entertainment ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) For me, the Super Bowl is a real-life laboratory. As a sports scientist ...