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From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports, a memoir-meets-manifesto about the overwhelming power of sports and how they provide meaning and purpose in people's lives all over the world. Sports is a religion. This isn't a metaphor - sports is a living, evolving religion populated by true believers, who go on pilgrimages to sacred sites (Fenway Park) , witness miracles and mythologies (Michael Jordan does not abide by gravity's rules) , observe rituals (Lebron's "chalk toss" before any game) , and, most importantly, form communities around shared beliefs (Odessa, Texas, the town made famous by Friday Night Lights) . From Gotham Chopra - a lifelong diehard sports fan who also happens to be the son of world-renowned spiritualist Deepak Chopra - comes a compelling and incisive exploration demonstrating how heavily sports and religion are intertwined.