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The NFL used to shun Las Vegas. Why is it moving a team there? – The Washington Post

washington post • Dave • March 29, 2017 • football, history, life in vegas, nfl, sports betting

I’ve written up a few thoughts for the Washington Posts’s Post Everything on why Las Vegas is suddenly acceptable to the NFL: The gambling industry here and football have been seeing each other secretly since the 1960s. But Monday’s 31-to-1 vote by league owners to permit the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas with […]

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Football’s local impact in Vegas Seven, and an award

news about gambling, writing • Dave • September 30, 2010 • football, golden gaming, life in vegas, news about gambling, nfl, sports betting

It’s Green Felt Journal time again. This week, I talk about the impact of football on Las Vegas in Vegas Seven: Even though Las Vegas doesn’t have an NFL team, football is a popular pastime in the city, and one that has a huge economic impact on the area.Yes, there are the Locomotives of the

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’72 Dolphins & history

haphazard world • Dave • November 7, 2007 • miami dolphins, nfl, undefeated

There’s a popular story that every year, when the NFL’s final sole remaining undefeated team goes home a loser, the surviving members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins pop champagne corks and celebrate the fact that their perfect season will remain the only one in NFL history. The story might not, strictly speaking, be true. But

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