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Auction Block: Going Bowling

By Eric Angevine

Monday, December 29, 2008

These days, we're accustomed to bowl games with multi-million dollar naming rights and television deals that sweeten the pot. Money flows into the coffers of universities, sponsors and host cities. The bowl parade is a staged masterpiece and each year, we lap it up. The Sun Bowl is now more Brut-ish? We're in! And of course, there are nuggets from each to be had. But first, where did all this bowl business come from? The first bowl game, in 1901, was an afterthought. The Tournament of Roses ...

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