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An American obsession is attracting investments in baseball fields, volleyball courts and football camps, intensifying the gap between families with means and those without.

Mr. Jota and his brother Andrés, 26, died in Spain, the authorities said. The crash came two weeks after the Portuguese player's wedding.

Amateur football players from Ancona and Florence drew a crowd in Ohio on Saturday.

A sack specialist, he led the American Football League in taking down quarterbacks in the 1968 regular season, which was capped by the Jets' upset win in Super Bowl III.