Thanksgiving and football go hand-in-hand, from Detroit and Dallas on down to grandma’s backyard. Across the U.S. and even to the north, it’s a day for pickup football among families and friends. These are your tales
The MMQB asked readers to send us stories of how football has shaped their Thanksgiving traditions. We received many great submissions and wish we could print them all. Here are a few of our favorites.
Class Reunion
Thirty-four years ago a group of classmates and I played a game of pickup football at our junior high school over Thanksgiving weekend.