January 7, 2005
No Contest
A Mormon college abandons traditional sports in favor of an athletics program designed to train the spiritIt looks like a real college football game. Fans, sipping hot chocolate, cheer on the players, who make hard tackles under the glare of stadium lights. The university's mascot, a white-bearded Viking, energizes the crowd while the band plays and the spirit squad throws mini-footballs into the stands.
But a look across the field reveals a strange emptiness. No fans from
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