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Cultural Identity, Naming and Popular Reception

Essays on how a sport or competition acquired its popular name or became a wider cultural phenomenon beyond competition itself, covering the Super Bowl's own naming and its growth into a cultural event, and the Moneymaker effect's role in popularizing the World Series of Poker. Belongs here: any article primarily about naming, branding or a competition's reception in popular culture. Does not belong here: an article about a competition's founding or format growth on its own terms, grouped under Modern Competition Founding, Format and Growth.

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How a sport or competition acquired its popular name or became a cultural phenomenon beyond competition itself.

Cultural Identity, Naming and Popular Reception covers essays on how a sport or competition acquired its popular name or became a wider cultural phenomenon beyond competition itself, covering the Super Bowl's own naming and its growth into a cultural event, and the Moneymaker effect's role in popularizing the World Series of Poker. An article primarily about naming, branding or a competition's reception in popular culture belongs here, rather than an article about a competition's founding or format growth on its own terms.
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