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11 Football Destinations You Can't Miss

No. 6 Washington, D.C.

Monument to football success

by: Laura Boswell, from: AARP, September 27, 2010

Although the Redskins are the highest-grossing NFL team, football isn’t just for the boys in the district, which is also home to the D.C. Divas women’s pro team, and Coolidge High School, where Natalie Randolph, 29, is the new head coach of the boys' football team. Washington-area high school football even made it to the silver screen when T.C. Williams High School was depicted in Remember the Titans. … Back to Article

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