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EARTH DAY: A BRIEF HISTORY OF GREEN IN SPORTS

By Edward Bauer

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

It's Earth Day! The event, established in the late 1960s by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, celebrates our environment — in sum, our collective "green"-ness. The color has played an important part in the history of sports as well. Here now, a brief history of green and athletics. 1604: The word "leprechaun," which will eventually become the most renowned green-linked mascot in America , debuts in the book The Honest Whore (WOW!) by Middleton and Dekker. 1744: British publication ...

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