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Jimmy Fallon
As told to Sarah Kwak
April 06, 2009
The new host of Late Night learned sports the new-fashioned way
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April 06, 2009

Jimmy Fallon

The new host of Late Night learned sports the new-fashioned way

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My dad didn't play many sports growing up in Brooklyn. I had to learn how to catch a baseball and how to throw a football from my grandfather. He showed me the basics, but when it came to rules of the game, I was lost. So I turned to video games. Madden taught me the rules of football. (I still don't quite understand "encroachment.") I picked a random team—the Oilers because I liked Warren Moon—and started playing. Now I understand the game and can teach it to my kids. That is, except encroachment. I'm currently learning rugby on my Xbox.

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