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    Rugby versus American Football: Same Origin, Very Different Game The roots of American football can be found in early versions of rugby. In the mid-nineteenth century, in Britain, both games have their origin in varieties of football played, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line. In the modern version of rugby and American football, a team of players is required to carry an elliptical ball over the goal line to score points. In American football, the rules are regulated by

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    It was a cold October night the night we won the first ever Northeast 8 conference championship. There was a sense of pressure in the air. A group of us angry football players who were ready to play. It was certain during warm ups we were ready. Things were clicking. As a team we were sharp. I was looking into the eyes of my brothers when I saw the focus and determination. In that moment no matter what were to happen I could not let down the seniors. I had to do my responsibility to win. The music

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    Research Paper The Philadelphia Eagles are an American football team. Everyone knows that if you are a Philly fan or you live in Philly because Philly is a town full of passionate people who never get many championship titles and they deserve at least more than they have right now. The history of the eagles has gone a long way and just a couple of months ago they won their first Super Bowl Ring and their history has gone a long way to get there. Eagles where founded back in 1933 to 1939 created

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    American Football is better than Rugby because in Football there are four chances to get a first down and run down the field to get a touchdown and makes the game more exciting when the teams try to get a first down and it makes players able to make amazing plays. American Football is a game where there are two teams with an offense, who are trying to score a touchdown by either running the ball, or throwing the ball into the endzone to get a touchdown while the defense are trying to stop them

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    toward football. Barry attended Wichita North High School. Sanders was a second string running back up until the last five games of his senior season. His coaches didn’t play him much because of his fear of getting hit. The last five games Sanders started doing amazing things. Sanders rushed for more than 1,000 yards in his last five games. The total was 1,417 yards for the year. That was a citywide record. (Net Industries, 2017) Barry Sanders in College Barry Sanders was offered a football scholarship

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    Camp, the father of American football we all know and love today was established. Before the 19th century “football” referred to many number of games played on foot. Each one of these games had different rules; same were played solely using your hands and were a running game. Yet others forbid the use of the hands and were kicking games. Many football historians place the games beginning in rugby which began in 1823, due to its many similarities. One of the legends is that football was invented when

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    The NFL, the governing body and league format for American football is the largest grossing sporting league in the world. The sport symbolises and embodies American culture as it is fast paced, dazzling razzmatazz of a show brought to a conclusion every year by the greatest show on earth, the Super Bowl. The themes explored are going to be America’s issue with race, how the sport has evolved with TV and commercialism linking the sport to capitalism and the free market. And just like the opening a

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    Super Bowl LI was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champions New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champions Atlanta Falcons, to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2016 season. The Patriots defeated the Falcons, 34–28, in the first Super Bowl ever to go into an overtime period.[8][9] Super Bowl LI was played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, February 5, 2017.[10] It was the second Super Bowl

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    Credibility: PLEASE HELP I’M VERY CONFUSED ON THIS PART. I’M GOING TO ASK ABOUT THIS TOMMORROW IN CLASS. C. Thesis: By learning more about American Football, you will have a greater understanding of how this exciting sport can bring a community together. D. Preview of Main Points: First, I will discuss the origin of American

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    According to The History of the Super Bowl, American Football League’s (AFL) merge with the National Football League (NFL) with a bouncy rubber ball was the mother to Super Bowl. In 1966, the NFL and AFL made a merging agreement that led to the creation of the NFL – AFL world championship games. It was during the negotiations between the teams that Lamar Hunt came up with the name Super bowl that he thought would only serve as a stop-gap until he could think of something better. However, the name

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