American football
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American Football is a sport played by two teams of people with 11 players on each side. It is played with a brown ball that is pointy at two ends and is about the size of a loaf of bread. This ball is also called a football. The sport is played on a grass field, about 120 yards long and about 53 yards wide. The players wear protective equipment, including a helmet with facemask, shoulder pads, thigh pads, and often a mouth guard. At both ends of the field there are endzones. Each team has four chances to advance the ball 10 yards. If they can advance the ball 10 or more yards until stopped by the opposing team. Teams can score by advancing the ball by either certain players carrying it or throwing it and advance it to the other teams endzone, or kicking it through a goalpost. American football is carefully regulated by time, and rules, enforced by officials, who also determine when a team scores. The main leagues that play Amerian Football are the National Football League, and the National College Athletic Association Football.
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