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Sports

Rules of the Game

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The first written rules for many modern sports, like basketball and baseball, were created in the late 19th century and have undergone hundreds of revisions since.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a soccer match where players could pick up the ball and run with it—would it still be soccer? What makes a game what it is?