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The intermingling of sports and patriotism

The Ohio State marching band performs the national anthem prior to a football game at Ohio Stadium.
Kevin Fitzsimons
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Ohio Stadium
The Ohio State marching band performs the national anthem prior to a football game at Ohio Stadium.

The national anthem began to be played at sporting events when America was in WWI. Fast forward a few decades and patriotic displays can be found at all major sporting venues.

We’ll speak with the OSU professor behind a study that looks at whether sports teach a love of country and how the intermingling of sports and patriotism has increased over the past decades.

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