Overtime With American Football in Russia
Vasiliy Kolotilov was so taken by American football in Russia that he immersed himself in its world, where an opening-day game might attract only a handful of spectators.
Vasiliy Kolotilov found out about an American football league in Russia where most people discover bizarre, out-of-the-ordinary things: the internet. After a bit of investigation, he pitched a piece on the Spartans — a local football team in Moscow — to a newspaper. In March, he attended some training sessions and published the article. But that wasn’t enough.