History of American Sports

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Across
  1. 5. a policy allowing for college athletes to benefit from their image and name
  2. 6. a president who changed the rules of a sport in order to protect it from getting banned
  3. 8. individual who first broke the race barrier of a professional sport
  4. 11. a form of financial aid given to athletes for their roster spot in college sports
  5. 13. baseball was called the national ___
  6. 14. the governing body for college sports in the USA
  7. 15. a sport evolved from Indigenous skills to a formalized sport in the water
Down
  1. 1. a hit that goes out of the park at a baseball game
  2. 2. civil rights law that prohibits gender-based discrimmination
  3. 3. a sport evolving from illegal bare-knuckle fights, influenced by Irish and English immigrants
  4. 4. a sport originating from Native American stickball games
  5. 7. a 26 mile race
  6. 9. highest level of world wide competition that takes place every 2-4 years
  7. 10. a sport evolving from rugby and soccer
  8. 12. a sport evolved from an old English bat and ball game