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American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football and often internationally as a type of gridiron football, as against association football, is a competitive sport, most often contested at any given point between two teams comprising 11 players each. A team attempts to advance a ball, roughly a prolate spheroid, by carrying (rushing), throwing (passing), or, under specific circumstances, kicking the ball, on a field composed of grass or artificial turf, intending eventually to advance the ball into an opponent's end zone–located 100 yards (91.44 metres) from a team's own end zone–prior to the exhaustion of a team's series of three or four downs, for a touchdown (worth six points) or a field goal (worth three points); the team to have scored more points upon expiration the time alloted for the game, 60 minutes–divided into four equal quarters–during a professional event, is the victor.

The offensive unit of one team, featuring a quarterback to whom the ball is snapped who directs the play of his team, competes against an opponent's defensive unit; should the offense fail to advance at least 10 yards beyond the location (original line of scrimmage) at which it receives possession, it may surrender the ball to the opposing team, the offense of which then takes the ball, either by exhausting its supply of downs or by kicking the ball away (punting). Possession may also transfer should, in the course of active play, an offensive player drop (fumble) or throw (interception) the ball to a defensive player.

Various activities–both relative to activities during play that inappropriately provide a competitive advantage or are inordinately dangerous and to unsportsmanlike conduct–are proscribed by rule and are punished with the assessment of penalties by a referee, who heads a team, at the professional and collegiate levels, of seven officials. Offenses are dealt with in a variety of fashions, but most often with an assessment of yardage to the team aggrieved or the nullification of a play during which an offense occurred.

Several variants of the game exist, including arena football, indoor football, and flag football. Both Canadian football and American football are derived from rugby football, and while they have some shared origins, there are significant differences.

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The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The team's headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn, Virginia, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia near Dulles International Airport. They are members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

According to Forbes Magazine, the Redskins are the second most valuable franchise in the NFL, valued at approximately $1.467 billion, having this year been surpassed by their rivals the Dallas Cowboys. In 2007, they generated over $300 million in revenue and netted over $60 million. They have also broken the NFL's mark for single-season attendance six years in a row.

Overall, the Redskins have played for eleven NFL Championships and have won five, including three of the five Super Bowls in which they have played. Four of the five Super Bowl appearances were under the leadership of Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs.

The Redskins are one of only two teams in the NFL with an official marching band. The other is the Baltimore Ravens. The Redskins were also one of the first teams to have a fight song, "Hail to the Redskins."

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Marshall William Faulk (born February 26, 1973 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former football player in the National Football League. He is currently an analyst for NFL Total Access on the NFL Network. He played football in college for San Diego State University, before being drafted second overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1994 NFL Draft. Following the 1998 season Faulk was traded to the St. Louis Rams. Marshall is one of the few players to reach at least 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards in his career. His seven two-point conversions are an NFL record. Marshall Faulk is the only player to have 100+ rushing touchdowns and 30+ receiving touchdowns. Due to a knee injury, Faulk did not play in the 2006 season. During the season he became an analyst for the NFL Network. Faulk announced on March 26, 2007 that he had officially retired from football at the annual NFL Owners meeting. Faulk had his #28 jersey retired by the St. Louis Rams on December 20, 2007, during a halftime ceremony with NBC reporter Bob Costas.

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