More than anything else it was television that made the National Football League. The NFL’s popularity began with “The Greatest Game Ever Played”, the championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants in December 1958 at Yankee Stadium. The game went into sudden death overtime and was watched by an estimated 45 million people shared the experience (even though it was blacked out in New York).
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More than anything else it was television that made the National Football League. The NFL’s popularity began with “The Greatest Game Ever Played”, the championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants in December 1958 at Yankee Stadium. The game went into sudden death overtime and was watched by an estimated 45 million people shared the experience (even though it was blacked out in New York).
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