• My Aunt Beverly is 93 and credits football for keeping her spirit young and her mind sharp. • She has been a football fan for over 70 years, supporting the Steelers and 49ers. • Football connects her with family and community, enhancing her mental agility.

Every Sunday, my 93-year-old great aunt wakes up early, sets up in her recliner, and turns on the pregame shows.

Aunt Beverly lives alone in Las Vegas and credits this one ritual with keeping her spirit young: her love of football.

On the phone recently, she gushed about her love of the sport: "If there's a game in London, I'm up at 7. Then I watch until 10 at night — the whole day."

She calls football her favorite pastime and her best anti-aging secret: "It keeps me jumping and alive," she told me.

Aunt Beverly has been watch

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