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...Wembley Stadium...
...inaugural season, the World League attracted 1.4 million fans to its games in North America and Europe, averaging more fans per game than either the United States Football League or the American Football League in their initial years. And last year's World Bowl drew 61,000 fans to Wembley Stadium to see the London Monarchs vanquish the Barcelona Dragons...
FREEDOMFEST (Fox network, June 11, 5 p.m. EDT). Whitney Houston and Harry Belafonte are among the gaggle of stars celebrating Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday in a daylong concert from London's Wembley Stadium...
...would the bride react when she reached the altar and saw the real thing, in the form of the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys, waiting for her in Wembley Stadium? Well, the honeymoon may not be over, but when the much ballyhooed American Bowl came to an end last week in London, it was clear that American football has yet to find domestic bliss in Britain. "You can't beat the spectacle," said one fan as he shuffled toward the exits, "but don't you think that 3 1/2 hours is rather much for a onehour game...
...game had sold out months ago in just a few days, and not even a cold, driving rain could deter the lucky 82,699 ticket holders. They filed into Wembley past souvenir hawkers peddling T shirts, caps and, of all things, Confederate flags, one of the odder English associations with American football. A comfortingly familiar concert by the Band of the Grenadier Guards filled some of the pregame wait. Culture shock began in earnest with the arrival of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, who romped onto the field and high-kicked for the astonished audience. "What is this?" a Brit demanded...