If you want to understand what it means to be a man, there is perhaps no better place to look than ESPN.  ESPN is the third-rated network on cable and one frequented by two-thirds of men ages 18-34 every week; men who stay an average of 56 minutes a day.

So as Bruce Feiler reminds us, when hours of ESPN discussion on Super Bowl XLV contenders seem to settle on a single story line – How much of a man are you? – We should be paying attention.

Read the full Times article here.

-Nicole