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NFL, American football history: The “center” isn’t really, rules for snap are dynamic

For one, the word “center” does not appear in the NFL rules handbook. That is what we all call the position, but the league ...
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Was the 1869 Rutgers-Princeton clash the birth of American football?

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The first American football game, played on November 6, 1869, was a far cry from the sport we know today. It was more akin to a chaotic soccer match, with 50 grown men chasing a ...