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August 3, 1852: An Unlikely Group Launches College Sports

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August 3, 2024

On a nice summer day on August 3, 1852, Harvard University and Yale University upped the ante in rivalry by introducing a fun little sporting competition between the two schools. The first college sporting event in American history was born.  No, it wasn’t football…

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