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Looking for an amazing piece of personalized sports memorabilia. Created from newspaper coverage means these sports history books report the action exactly as it happened at the time. Nov 30, 2016 relying partly on outside reporting notably from espn and the new york times, luther, an austin, tex. Results are entered as records in accordance with the terms and rules approved by the appropriate. Find out more about all the latest guinness world records books, including the annual, gamers. The 50 most unbreakable records in sports history complex. Top 10 worst records in sports history worst sports records. The data located in this booklet includes sanctioned game statistics and information submitted through wftda games and stats departments, as well as information collected during the 2016 season, as.
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