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How sport connects US to the world
As the United States prepares to host the FIFA Men’s World Cup in 2026 and the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028, the Great Game Lab explores the convergence of global sport, media, and geopolitics. We do so through storytelling, research, teaching, and informed conversations.
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How sports connect us… what’s your take? Twenty-ish-minute chats with some of the more compelling protagonists in the great game.
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Special event at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Learn more about the lasting cultural and public health significance of Cold War-driven presidential physical fitness tests, the role of sport in geopolitical affairs, the rise of American intercollegiate athletics as a developer of Team USA and global Olympic talent, and the evolving relationship between JFK’s beloved American football and the world’s version of the game known to us as soccer.
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