Overtime With American Football in Russia – The New York Times

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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.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/overtime-with-american-football-in-russia/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

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.