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Podcast: ML Sports Platter
Episode: ML Archive: Best-Selling Author John Feinstein on "The Ancient Eight."
Description: 00:00-20:00:
John Feinstein joins the show to chat about his new book "The Ancient Eight." From Amazon:
college football’s oldest teams as they compete amidst a rapidly changing collegiate sports world.
The history of the Ivy League dates back to 1869 when Princeton played the first college football game against Rutgers. The Ancient Eight explores Ivy League football today. To play in the NFL, one must maintain the highest academic standards and be a great football player. The rivalries are as intense, as are the strict rules–but there is also a genuine purity n the Ivy League.
Through intimate inte...