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Michael Doolittle
May 17, 20183 min read
How did Manly Excercises come to us colleges?
To understand how sports became such an important part of US colleges, we have to turn to England. Historian Richard Holt explores the...
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Michael Doolittle
May 10, 20183 min read
College sports in America: A sports-educational complex
Money matters. It has become an integral part of the college sports landscape. The flood of money starts in the professional leagues,...
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Michael Doolittle
May 2, 20183 min read
Death and football in1905
The NCAA was borne out of a profound crisis in football. At that time, football rules were very different from today. In the 1880s Yale’s...
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Michael Doolittle
Apr 26, 20182 min read
Sports in colleges: same as it ever was
Today we read about the recommendations of former Secratary of State Condoleeza Rice, who was asked by the NCAA to chair a Commission on...
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