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Super Bowl Sunday: Why We Love to Watch Team Sports

Football fans pose outside of the Raymond James Stadium a day before the Super Bowl match between Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Florida on February 6, 2021.

Chandan Khanna
Football fans pose outside of the Raymond James Stadium a day before the Super Bowl match between Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Florida on February 6, 2021.

COMMENTARY: We love to watch team sports because we find therein an image of our better selves. The Catholic Church, however, enjoins us to be our better selves.