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Football is by far the most popular sport in the US, but that isn’t stopping the NFL from investing in one of the least popular sports in the US. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers and Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Sarah Schweppe and Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Bridger Dunnagan and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. USA Women’s flag football quarterback Vanita Krouch looks to pass during halftime at Highmark Stadium on October 5, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images. List...
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Nine of the ten most watched television broadcasts last year were NFL games.
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B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 87% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 182 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 112 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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Rumor has it Miley is gonna play the Super Bowl halftime show. ["Super Bowl Halftime Show"] But the Super Bowl halftime show isn't until Valentine's Day 2027. ["Super Bowl Halftime Show"]
Even so, there's tons of speculation about the big game and the big game's halftime entertainment because that's just how big the NFL is. ["Super Bowl Halftime Show"]
The last several Super Bowls are the most-viewed television events in United States history. Nine of the ten most watched television broadcasts last year were NFL games. The league is an unstoppable money-making machine that Forbes says is worth about $300 billion.
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