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Mr. Kennedy said he had been speaking with the Jets quarterback “pretty continuously” for the past month.

Thompson’s 1971 book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and a later article on the Super Bowl glimpsed much of what has become of these exemplars of American excess.

A former pro linebacker, he had a long acting career that reached beyond the boxing ring, appearing in action films, comedies and TV dramas and earning an Emmy nomination.

Buffalo’s stadium was full of snow, with a playoff game against Kansas City looming. Hundreds of fans stepped in to help.

Off the field, he earned a Ph.D. in mathematics and taught the subject at Rice and Yale. And he brought computers to the House of Representatives.

Maybe this is what being in a megachurch or a Trump rally feels like to true believers.