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The competitive events added to the olympic games include throwing the discus and the javelin, the long jump, boxing, wrestling, chariot and horse racing and a challenge to test allround ability the pentathlon. The titans were losing 23 16 when kevin dyson caught a pass across the middle. Larry brown sportscentury a profile of welltraveled hall of fame basketball coach larry. Book of sports first edition robin carver bauman rare books. The best american sports writing of the century demonstrates in a single, very large volume that sports writing is often much more than a trade for arrested adolescents. Women in sports resources rachel ignotofsky design.
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