Football America is a book

Book

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 and film

Film

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 series that was released by the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 in 1992. It was also the name of a followup series that aired on NFL Network

NFL Network

NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...

 from 2003 to 2005 on a regular basis.

The books and TV shows were feature stories about various players and teams. Among the stories:

• A 65-year-old semipro football player in Agoura Hills, California
  Agoura Hills, California
  Agoura Hills is a city in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,330 at the 2010 census, down from 20,537 at the 2000 census. It is located in the eastern Conejo Valley between the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains. This city on the Ventura...
  
  , who played against opponents a fraction of his age.
• Dot Easterwood Murphy, head football coach at Itawamba Community College
  Itawamba Community College
  Itawamba Community College, formerly known as Itawamba Junior College, is a community college in Mississippi, United States, with two campuses; the main campus is located in Fulton, and a branch campus in Tupelo that mainly handles technical education programs. It serves Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee,...
  
   in Fulton, Mississippi
  Fulton, Mississippi
  Fulton is a city in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,882 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Itawamba County.This city is part of the Tupelo Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  .
• The football rivalry between members of the New York City
  New York City
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   fire and police departments.
• An Arab-American football star at Azusa Pacific University
  Azusa Pacific University
  Azusa Pacific University is a private, inter-denominational, evangelical Christian university located near Los Angeles in suburban Azusa, California. It was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900 in Whittier, California. It began offering degrees in 1939...
  
   who uses football to overcome increasing hostility against his people following "9/11."
• Players at Linfield College
  Linfield College
  Linfield College is an American private institution of higher learning located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college with a campus in Portland, Oregon, it also has an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the...
  
   in Oregon
  Oregon
  Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
  
   caught in the crossfire of the Pearl Harbor attack.
• A single-wing
  Single-wing
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   offense run by a small college and a high school.
• "Turkey Bowl" flag football games in Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
  
   and North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
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• A "Turkey Bowl" full contact football game set in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
• The Gallaudet College team.

Turner Network Television

Turner Network Television

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, which then held partial rights to NFL games

TNT Sunday Night Football

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, telecast the original film in 1992. The 2003-05 series was hosted by veteran sportscaster Charley Steiner

Charley Steiner

Charles Harris "Charley" Steiner is an American sportscaster and broadcast journalist. He is currently the main play-by-play voice for the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network, paired with Rick Monday.-Early career:...

. It aired on Sunday and Monday nights, at the same time ESPN

ESPN Sunday Night Football

ESPN Sunday Night Football is the ESPN cable network's weekly television broadcasts of Sunday evening National Football League games. The first ESPN Sunday night broadcast occurred on November 8, 1987, while the last one aired on January 1, 2006....

 and ABC

Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...

 presented their prime time games.

Football America was "cancelled" by NFL Network in 2006, when the network revamped its lineup; there is now more emphasis on live programs and major projects like America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films . Its 45 installments profile the first 45 winning teams of the National Football League's annual Super Bowl championship game; each episode chronicles an individual team.A spin-off debuted on September...

. But the show still appears very occasionally; the show aired at the same time the Thanksgiving Classic

Thanksgiving Classic

The National Football League's Thanksgiving Classic is a series of games played during the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. It has been a regular occurrence since the league's inception in 1920. Since 2006, three games are played every Thanksgiving...

games were played in 2006.